On Sunday, the AP ran a story on this video, which was “posted on an Islamic Web site that frequently airs insurgent messages.” The video carries the stamp of the Islamic State of Iraq and purports to show an al Qaeda terrorist planting an explosive under a Bradley armored vehicle in broad daylight. IraqSlogger and The Belmont Club are both raising questions about the authenticity of this video. A friend of THE WORLDWIDE STANDARD tells us he is almost certain the video is a fraud, but without a frame by frame analysis, it will be tough to know for sure. If any of our readers can shed some light on this, drop us a line and we will post comments below.

Our friend Stuart Koehl writes in with his analysis: