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By Salaam Abdul Khaliq, Columnist
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The year is 480 B.C., the city Sparta in ancient Greece. Against the advice of his council, King Leonidas decides to lead 300 elite Spartan warriors to stop an invading Persian army that numbers in the hundreds of thousands. Besides pride and bravery, the true motive of King Leonidas is the defense of (Western) freedom from the forces of (Eastern) tyranny. For three days at the Thermopylae narrow pass, the 300 Spartans hold the overwhelmingly powerful army of King Xerxes at bay by repeatedly thwarting its assaults. In the end, and with the help of a Greek traitor, King Leonidas and his men are outflanked and surrounded. When death and valor collide, the heroic Spartans choose the latter.
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