North Korea Turns 'Call of Duty' Into Weird Anti-American Propaganda

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Alex Fitzpatrick
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North Korea Turns 'Call of Duty' Into Weird Anti-American Propaganda

In your bizarre North Korea news of the day, the country's leaders have apparently used footage from the popular Call of Duty series in a new anti-American propaganda video.

Update: The video has since been removed from YouTube following a copyright claim from Activision, which publishes the Call of Duty series.

The video, posted by North Korean official propaganda agency Uriminzokkiri, tells the strange tale of a young North Korean man falling asleep and dreaming of a hypothetical missile attack on New York City.

It combines homemade renderings of a spaceship-style aircraft with footage of New York's skyscrapers in flames that was taken directly from Modern Warfare 3, first noticed by Kotaku.

Here's the original gameplay footage:

Adding yet another strange layer to the video is the choice of soundtrack: a version of "We Are the World," originally written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie for an African famine relief benefit.

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