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41) Green zone
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After talking to a CIA operative about faulty intelligence, a United States Army officer goes on a rogue mission to find the truth of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Returning to his New Hampshire home after a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq, young Army sniper Warren Harlan Pease experiences a religious transformation that enables his better understanding and appreciation for those he fought.
43) Mad mouse
Author
Series
John Ceepak mystery volume 2
Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
It's almost Labor Day, and the end of summer could mean the end of someone's life in this exciting sequel to Chris Grabenstein's Tilt-a-Whirl. Young Danny Boyle, the part-time summer cop "down the shore" in Sea Haven, New Jersey, gets taken on a wild ride when he and his longtime beach buddies become the unwitting targets of a mad-man's twisted scheme for revenge. Fortunately, John Ceepak, the cop with a soldier's unshakeable code of honor, stays...
44) American sniper
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In September 2003, freelance Iraqi cameraman Yunis Khatayer Abbas was arrested and accused of planning to kill Tony Blair. This documentary is a fascinating portrait of an ordinary man trying to make sense of an absurd and nightmarish situation.
49) Control room
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle providing a rare window into international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab World's most popular news outlet.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
In March of 2004, a Pennsylvania filmmaker was activated with his National Guard unit and deployed to Iraq. During the next twelve months he would document his unique experiences as he and his platoon were tasked with the politically charged mission of searching for the infamous weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The search would take them from the heart of Baghdad to rural Iraqi farms. Reveals the extraordinary perspective of soldiers on the ground...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters, a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling, and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war, and mortality. Included are stories of heartbreak and redemption that remind viewers how this culture casts out elders, and too often soldiers.
Author
Publisher
W.F. Howes/jammer Audiobooks
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"In March 2003 M Squadron was sent 1,000 kilometres behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible, to take the surrender of the 100,000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps. From the very start their tasking earned the nickname 'Operation No Return'. Caught in a ferocious ambush M Squadron launched a desperate bid to escape, and the elite operators destroyed sensitive kit and prepared for death or capture as the Iraqis closed their deadly trap. ."--Container...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders.
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