An incredible piece of video, recently released by the Israeli Army, shows how in the vola
An incredible piece of video, recently released by the Israeli Army, shows how in the volatile ground shared by Israelis and Palestinians -- high tech often meets low tech in basic battles for survival.
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What you're looking at are thermal images taken from an Israeli unmanned drone flying high above on the night of July 21. Two figures catch the eye of the drone operator sitting in a comfortable office far away. The figures are identified as Palestinian gunmen approaching the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel. The two gunmen move slowly among the bushes.
An Israeli unit is dispatched on a mission of interception, and you can see clearly that both sides are moving very slowly heading toward a collision.
The Palestinian gunman realizes that the Israeli forces are a few feet away and opens fire. A gun battle erupts. The black dots flying everywhere are the hot rifle shells. At this point one Palestinian gunman lies dead.
The explosion you see on the top right side is a grenade that was thrown by the second Palestinian gunman. The grenade explodes and doesn't injure any Israeli soldier.
One of the Israeli officers is roughly five feet from the surviving gunman and he decides to charge; but he makes a crucial mistake and doesn't remember to change his empty cartridge.
This is where low tech meets high tech.
With all the armored gear both sides have -- night vision goggles, automatic rifles, grenades, and a sophisticated remote controlled drone in the air -- what the Israeli officer is left with is wrestling the Palestinian to the ground with his bare hands.
You can see the officer standing up and running towards the Palestinian, but with no shells flying, he reaches the Palestinian and they are left tied up in a bundle, each fighting for his life.
The Palestinian pulls out another grenade and the Israeli manages to turn the Palestinian in the direction of the explosion, which kills the Palestinian, and leaves the Israeli officer only slightly wounded.
This piece of video is just a small and short testimony to the reality both sides face in this conflict, which occurs daily on the Israeli and Palestinian Gaza border.
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The second installment in The Obamacles: a unique chronicling of the 2008 presidential el
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Music video for Denver hip hop band the Flobots. Directed and edited by Iyabo Boyd, Cinema
Music video for Denver hip hop band the Flobots. Directed and edited by Iyabo Boyd, Cinematography by Sivan Kaplan, Produced by Nina Misch.
The video was made in 2006 to the first version of the song. (You can find this older version on the Flobots E.P. "Playpus".) A friend of the band, Iyabo made the video as a class project at film school at New York University.
The band recently signed with Universal Republic Records and the NEW OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO for 'Handlebars' can be found at www.Flobots.com and www.UniversalRepublic.com. Check it out!!!
For more info on the band, check out www.Flobots.com or www.myspace.com/Flobots and www.flobots.org !!!
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Hey Everyone! Thanks so much for all your viewings and comments! Just wanted to clear up one thing- neither I nor this video are racist. Each person should figure out what the song and video mean for themselves, but please dig deeper in your reflections- there's a lot going on out there in the world.
"There's a war going on for your mind. If you are thinking, you are winning." --Flobots
- Iyabo B.
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Barack hit the courts at the Maple Crest Middle School for a pick up game of basketball wi
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Announced by Herbie Ziskend, Obama motorcade coordinator.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/g GCGlW
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This is the legit Beatdown.
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catalogo de musica coral usada en los medios, caractirizados por un estilo epico a base de
catalogo de musica coral usada en los medios, caractirizados por un estilo epico a base de orquesta y coro
track list
1 Dryka - Ars Arcana
2 Hammer of the Gods - Audiomachine
3 Rise of the Avenger - Brand x
4 Herr der scahtten - E nomine
5 Sarabande suite (Aeternae) - Globus
6 Agresive intervention-Future World m.
7 The Mass - eRa
8 Epicon (Hybrid)- immediate music
9 Evil Island - Pfeifer Broz music.
10 Catastrophic Proportion-Position m.
11 Quidditch World cup - Patrick Doyle
12 Moving mountains-Two steps from hell
13 low of Solipsism - Death Note OST
14 Movement I - Vangelis
15 Dethrone the king - X-Ray Dog
1: used in x-men trailer
2: used in fantastic four 2 trailer
3: used in fantastic four 2 trailer
11: used in harry potter 4 soundtrack
12: used in jumper trailer
15: used in the simpsons movie trailer
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President Bush makes an appearance on NBC's "Deal or No Deal," wishing an Iraq war veteran
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Guncam footage of an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior attempting to take out a group of four insurgent
Guncam footage of an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior attempting to take out a group of four insurgents on a street corner in Iraq. The gunner demands the use of an AGM-114 Hellfire antitank missile.. When told it will cause too much collatoral damage he proclaims this 'bullsh*t', and sulks till gets his way. Three of the four targets then escape on foot. The very pink of perfection: http://www.syndicor.com
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Collection of Apache/UAV hellfire strikes and 30mm attacks against insurgent forces in Ira
Collection of Apache/UAV hellfire strikes and 30mm attacks against insurgent forces in Iraq.
*All killed had shown evidence of insurgent activity such as lobbing mortars, planting IED's, and/or carrying weapons.
Track used: Two Steps From Hell - Moving Mountains
For a higher resolution version, click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3GtOlrfYO0&fmt=18
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