mia born free

M.I.A's new video for their track "Born Free" was pulled from youtube immediately after release this morning because of it's graphical violence including scenes of a child being shot in the head and another child being killed by land mine.

Directed by Roman Gavras, the nine-minute MIA Born Free video was released on Monday and will be available for download at midnight from MIAuk.com. The video for the title song from MIA’s third album – due for release on June 28 – is already sparking controversy for its violent content.

As "Born Free" — M.I.A.'s take on Suicide's classic "Ghost Rider" — pounds in the background like an aural assault, the video depicts a SWAT unit tearing apart an apartment complex and beating its tenants in search of an unknown perpetrator, who turns out to be a redheaded young man. Masked, heavily armed military men force him into a truck holding more redheads and drive them to a remote desert holding station, where they proceed to murder the outcasts.