I LOVE IRAQ 'N ROLL. Sometimes the heavy metal that breaks the bad guy's will is Metalllica or AC-DC, not a Warthog or an Abrams. (Via Betsy's Page.) Amnesty International might have a point about the Barney song being cruel.

The tactic, however, is not new in that part of the world.

So the priests blew the trumpets. As soon as the men heard it, they gave a loud shout, and the walls collapsed. Then all the army went straight up the hill into the city and captured it. With their swords, they killed everyone in the city, men and women, young and old. They also killed the cattle, sheep, and donkeys. - Joshua 6:20-21