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Even in times of impending conflict, the Pentagon never forgets that we are living in the information age:

"The US has dropped at least 10 million leaflets on Iraq, telling Saddam Hussein's troops how to improve their chances of survival if war starts.

Allied planes dropped another 660,000 leaflets with half-a-dozen different messages on 11 sites in southern Iraq."

But many Iraqis have found the deluge of leaflets to be less than welcome. Baghdad resident Tawfiq Al-Saba said:

"It is so tiresome. I have to shovel them away from my door just to get out of the house in the morning. There are leaflets for everything from Samsonite luggage to water purifiers and pizza delivery. Even credit cards and cheap loans!!

But a spokesman for the USAF defended the policy.

"Look, we're just following up on our leads. All these people have requested more information on our products. They're all on our mailing list."

The USAF spokesman was not prepared to comment on rumours of aggressive salesman being sent in shortly to 'close the deals'.