What Michael Jackson song was on the playlist the US Army used to flush Manuel Noriega out of his headquarters in 1989?

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Don't know for sure, but Beat It may have had the desired effect.

Yes that is the correct answer.

Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega surrendered in 1990 after rock music was blared for three ear-splitting days at the Vatican embassy where he was holed up.

Noriega was known to love opera and hated rock music with a passion, so U.S. soldiers began making requesting songs that had a "'musical message' for (him)... either by the words or the song title". Songs broadcast included such titles as "I Fought the Law and the Law Won," "If I Had a Rocket Launcher," "You're Messin' with a SOB," "I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down," and "Nowhere to Run.

Michael Jackson song was "Beat It"