How to position my flash file on my frontpage using index .php

I have battling for weeks over how to put a flash file on my frontpage. I want to know where to put the flass file.

below is the script for the index.php of my page

<?php
/**

  • @copyright Copyright © 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
  • @license GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
  • Joomla! is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
  • to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
  • is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
  • other free or open source software licenses.
  • See COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.
    */
    // no direct access
    defined( ‘JEXEC’ ) or die( ‘Restricted access’ );
    ?>
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
    <html xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang="<?php echo $this->language; ?>" lang="<?php echo $this->language; ?>" >
    <head>
    <jdoc:include type=“head” />
    <link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/system/css/system.css" type=“text/css” />
    <link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/system/css/general.css" type=“text/css” />
    <link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/template.css" type=“text/css” />
    <link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/<?php echo $this->params->get(‘colorVariation’); ?>.css" type=“text/css” />
    <link rel=“stylesheet” href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/<?php echo $this->params->get(‘backgroundVariation’); ?>bg.css" type=“text/css” />
    <!–[if lte IE 6]>
    <link href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/<?php echo $this->template ?>/css/ieonly.css" rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” />
    <![endif]–>
    <?php if($this->direction == ‘rtl’) : ?>
    <link href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/template_rtl.css" rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” />
    <?php endif; ?>
    </head>
    <body id=“page_bg” class="color
    <?php echo $this->params->get(‘colorVariation’); ?> bg
    <?php echo $this->params->get(‘backgroundVariation’); ?> width_<?php echo $this->params->get(‘widthStyle’); ?>">
    <a name=“up” id=“up”></a>
    <div class=“center” align=“center”>
    <div id=“wrapper”>
    <div id=“wrapper_r”>
    <div id=“header”>
    <div id=“header_l”>
    <div id=“header_r”>
    <div id=“logo”></div>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“top” />
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    <div id=“tabarea”>
    <div id=“tabarea_l”>
    <div id=“tabarea_r”>
    <div id=“tabmenu”>
    <table cellpadding=“0” cellspacing=“0” class=“pill”>
    <tr>
    <td class=“pill_l”> </td>
    <td class=“pill_m”>
    <div id=“pillmenu”>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user3” />
    </div>
    </td>
    <td class=“pill_r”> </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    <div id=“search”>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user4” />
    </div>
    <div id=“pathway”>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“breadcrumb” />
    </div>
    <div class=“clr”></div>
    <div id=“whitebox”>
    <div id=“whitebox_t”>
    <div id=“whitebox_tl”>
    <div id=“whitebox_tr”></div>
    </div>
    </div>
    <div id=“whitebox_m”>
    <div id=“area”>
    <jdoc:include type=“message” />
    <div id=“leftcolumn”>
    <?php if($this->countModules(‘left’)) : ?>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“left” style=“rounded” />
    <?php endif; ?>
    </div>
    <?php if($this->countModules(‘left’)) : ?>
    <div id=“maincolumn”>
    <?php else: ?>
    <div id=“maincolumn_full”>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <?php if($this->countModules(‘user1 or user2’)) : ?>
    <table class=“nopad user1user2”>
    <tr valign=“top”>
    <?php if($this->countModules(‘user1’)) : ?>
    <td>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user1” style=“xhtml” />
    </td>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <?php if($this->countModules(‘user1 and user2’)) : ?>
    <td class=“greyline”> </td>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <?php if($this->countModules(‘user2’)) : ?>
    <td>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user2” style=“xhtml” />
    </td>
    <?php endif; ?>
    </tr>
    </table>
    <div id=“maindivider”></div>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <table class=“nopad”>
    <tr valign=“top”>
    <td>
    <jdoc:include type=“component” />
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“footer” style=“xhtml”/>
    </td>
    <?php if($this->countModules(‘right’) and JRequest::getCmd(‘layout’) != ‘form’) : ?>
    <td class=“greyline”> </td>
    <td width=“170”>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“right” style=“xhtml”/>
    </td>
    <?php endif; ?>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div class=“clr”></div>
    </div>
    <div class=“clr”></div>
    </div>
    <div id=“whitebox_b”>
    <div id=“whitebox_bl”>
    <div id=“whitebox_br”></div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    <div id=“footerspacer”></div>
    </div>
    <div id=“footer”>
    <div id=“footer_l”>
    <div id=“footer_r”>
    <p id=“syndicate”>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“syndicate” />
    </p>
    <p id=“power_by”>
    <?php echo JText::(‘Powered by’) ?> <a href=“http://www.hillspictures.org”>Niyi!</a>
    <?php echo JText::
    (’’) ?> <a href=“http://validator.w3.org/check/referer”></a> <?php echo JText::_(’’) ?> <a href=“http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer”>Copyright 2009</a>.
    </p>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    <jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“debug” />
    </body>
    </html>

and here is the flash script i want to include.

<html xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=“en” lang=“en”>
<head>
<title>video_lara.swf</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
<object classid=“clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000” codebase=“http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0” width=“100%” height=“100%” id=“video_lara.swf” align=“middle”>
<param name=“allowScriptAccess” value=“sameDomain” />
<param name=“movie” value=“video_lara.swf” />
<param name=“quality” value=“high” />
<param name=“bgcolor” value="#ffffff" />
<embed src=“video_lara.swf” quality=“high” bgcolor="#ffffff" width=“100%” height=“100%” name=“video_lara.swf” align=“middle” allowScriptAccess=“sameDomain” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=“http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer” />
</object>
</body>
</html>

i am a novice in programming, please can u help locate it where it is suppose to be?

Please anybody with solution?