Allahu Akbar Research Papers

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A minute into the movie the words “Allahu akbar" can be heard in Arabic as Chris Kyle is about to put a bullet in a child with an anti-tank grenade. Our protagonist is revealed. Portrayed by Bradley Cooper (Voted sexiest man alive 2011), he lives, loves, laughs, drinks a little, and joins up with the SEALs. The uncharted zone beyond America’s borders is a deadly jungle, and only the SEALs' machete can clear a path to freedom.

We’re cut to a training camp. Kyle is undergoing SEAL training, and after some exercises and overt racism, we’re at the bar. Kyle is now a full-fledged Navy SEAL marksman, a sentinel of freedom, a keeper of peace, and a man ready to flirt with that brunette chick over there.

It's 9/11 — The world will never be the same again as he comforts his wife who's in tears. Kyle's getting deployed. He and the nice lady he met at the bar promise to get married pre-deployment. At the wedding, his SEAL brothers in arms are smashing beers, excited about getting their official go for Iraq. Kyle, while slow dancing with his newly-wed wife, flashes his Naval Special Warfare pin to his brothers, signifying him being locked, clocked, and ready to rock.
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The kid collapses in slow motion as a 7.62 bullet is put through his fragile person. The child's mother screams in remorse, gets over it, runs over, and picks up the fallen child’s grenade. She throws it, but not before getting shot herself. Their lives are over in less than a minute and the marines are safe, all thanks to our friend from afar, Chris

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