{"id":14985,"date":"2016-05-04T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=14985"},"modified":"2016-05-04T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:01:28","slug":"crusader-corner-syrian-kurds-blow-up-isis-suicide-bomber-ala-mad-max-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/04\/crusader-corner-syrian-kurds-blow-up-isis-suicide-bomber-ala-mad-max-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Crusader Corner:  Syrian Kurds Blow Up ISIS Suicide Bomber ala&#8217; Mad Max Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE - Syria: Kurds destroy a suicide bomber&#039;s truck filled with explosives coming at them\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S4YRiJM-BLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If you thought \u201cMad Max\u201d-esque moments can only occur with the help of CGI, think again.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S4YRiJM-BLw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France24<\/a> uploaded a video showing a group of Syrian Kurds attempting to blow up an explosives-laden truck driven by an <a href=\"http:\/\/all-that-is-interesting.com\/gods-country-life-under-isis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISIS<\/a> fighter. The Kurds succeeded, in an event so dramatic it begs the question: When does Tom Hardy appear?<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the sequence befits not Hollywood but a region embroiled in conflict. \u201cA suicide bomber tried to attack us but my comrades managed to kill him,\u201d a fighter says in the video.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/all-that-is-interesting.com\/female-isis-fighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurds<\/a> have a number of geopolitical interests in eliminating the threat of ISIS \u2014 such as gaining territorial control in the region and potentially statehood of their own \u2014 and have been one of the few groups in the region who have succeeded in driving them out of regions they otherwise control.<\/p>\n<p>France24 said that US-led coalition forces supplied the Kurds with the anti-tank missile that led to the truck\u2019s swift, sudden end, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2016\/04\/28\/mad-max-style-isis-truck-blown-apart-by-syrian-kurds-in-viral-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read the Original Article at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/all-that-is-interesting.com\/syrian-kurds-blow-isis-truck?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atinewsletter\">All That Is Interesting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought \u201cMad Max\u201d-esque moments can only occur with the help of CGI, think again. On Monday, France24 uploaded a video showing a group of Syrian Kurds attempting to blow up an explosives-laden truck driven by an ISIS fighter. 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