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By August the ''New York Times'' reported [[Christian]] churches were openly praying to protect Gaddafi as NATO bombs fell.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa/07tripoli.html?_r=0 In Libya's Capital, Straight Talk From Christians,] By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, ''The New York Times'', August 6, 2011.</ref>
By August the ''New York Times'' reported [[Christian]] churches were openly praying to protect Gaddafi as NATO bombs fell.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa/07tripoli.html?_r=0 In Libya's Capital, Straight Talk From Christians,] By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, ''The New York Times'', August 6, 2011.</ref>
===NATO psyops===
One of the early NATO [[propaganda]] pamphlets read:
{{quotebox-float|"NATO is here to protect civilians and the inhabited areas threatened with attacks. NATO is not here to align to a particular side. NATO is authorized with resolution from the United Nations and has support of the international community and thus wide regional support."}}
This corresponds perfectly with early statements made by NATO that the mission was purely one of civilian protection and nothing more. Yet as time went on, the messages got more and more aggressive and demonized Gaddafi‘s régime to the people of Libya:
{{quotebox-float|"The Gaddafi régime is over, and he no longer rules…the [[International Criminal Court]] has indicted Gaddafi. Do you want to share a prison cell with him?"}}
This pamphlet provides an example of an explicit threat to Gaddafi supporters if they continued to support him. At the very least it is inconsistent with a civilian protection mandate and can be seen as a crossing point into a [[régime change]] operation where the population is being coerced to choose and withdraw their support
of Gaddafi.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/4022159/Did_NATO_Exceed_its_Mandate?email_work_card=view-paper</ref>
===Manufacturing Consent===
===Manufacturing Consent===
{{See also|Manufacturing Consent}}
{{See also|Manufacturing Consent}}