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Clash of civilizations indeed ... or at least clash of videos; and should one play the two videos on separate but side by side PCs, the music really clash.
If the second video is for real, then the politicians involved on sustaining the clash to its bitter end do not fully understand the situation, I suspect. It all reminds me a bit of "Enemies At The Gate" and Stalingrad, or at least the ruins do; not so much the palm trees.
To think that the Iranians fought the Iraqis to a standstill for all those years makes me wonder what sort of resistence awaits in Persia, just beyond Mesopotamia.
youtube.com shows slick production of armored might, accompanied by rousing music
iraqslogger.com shows one side of the hightech story, without music
iraqslogger.com shows something, accompanied by rousing music
Related AP News Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_video
Video shows bomb blowing up U.S. vehicle Sun Mar 18, 5:53 AM ET
A Web video surfaced Sunday showing an alleged insurgent crawling under a U.S. military vehicle in Iraq and purportedly planting explosives in full daylight. Seconds later, the video cuts to an explosion ripping the vehicle apart.
The footage was stamped with the emblem of the Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaida-linked militant group that disavows Iraq's elected government and seeks to establish Muslim law.
The video — posted on an Islamic Web site that frequently airs insurgent messages — was first found by Intelcenter, a U.S. group that tracks extremist messages. The video's contents and authenticity could not be independently verified.
The footage shows a man in beige pants and a dark sweatshirt, crawling through mud puddles underneath a Bradley fighting vehicle and hauling an object about two-feet long. The video then switches to a wider view of the vehicle exploding in a ball of flames and smoke.
The incident appeared to occur in the driveway of a building, and it was impossible to discern more details about the surroundings or circumstances of the attack. It also was unclear why the U.S. vehicle appeared to be unguarded at the time.
A caption says the incident happened in western Anbar province, an insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad.
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