The Alamo
A small group of brave men find themselves hopelessly outgunned, yet unwilling to surrender their ideals and their freedom, fight to the death against overwhelming odds. It's a tale at the heart of the American national story, but this week, it's unfolding not at the Alamo, but many thousands of miles away -- in the northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour. The regime of President Bashar al-Assad has moved in his tanks and heavy weaponry, vowing to take back the town from the rebels - whether protesters who have taken up arms, or army conscripts who mutinied rather than fight their kin. The odds are stacked heavily against those who hold the town. Yet, the live free or die attitude captured in John Lee Hancock's 2004 retelling of the Alamo story may be all that stands between the rebels of Jisr al-Shughour and tyranny.
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