Surf's Up, Dude

Wow! Look at this story!

A spoof music video by Norwegian peacekeepers in Kosovo, set to the Beach Boys hit "Kokomo", has sparked a diplomatic spat between Norway and Serbia and given ammunition to critics of the NATO-led force in the province.

The three-minute clip filmed on a hand-held digital camera features Norwegian troops dancing in fields and military bases as they sing their own version of the dreamy surf song.

The original tune about Kokomo beach in Florida is transformed into a biting satire on international intervention in places like Kosovo and Rwanda.

But wait, there's more!

"Somalia, Grenada, rescuing Kuwait, we screw ya, Rawanda, wish we could have helped ya, Iraqi embargo ... " they croon, with backing vocals and dance routines performed in combat boots and camouflage gear.

"Down in Kosovo, we'll kick some ass and then we'll see how it goes, and then we really don't know. Good luck to Kosovo.

"Every time we go to little places like Kosovo, we never really know what happens after we go ... It's Europe and NATO, why the hell do we go?"

So can we infer from this that Norwegians love the Beach Boys ot the same degree that Germans love David Hasselhoff?