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When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed...
2) Three kings
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The Gulf War has just ended and amidst the partying and confusion, four American soldiers, determined to take home more than sand fleas, go off into the Iraqi desert to embark on a treasure hunt for a cache of millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion. They are plunged into the heart of a democratic uprising that spins the day and their lives out of control.
3) Jarhead
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Follows "Swoff, " a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country...
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The equalizer: McCall is a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by; he has to help her.
The magnificent seven: The town of Rose Creek is under the deadly control of Bartholomew...
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When Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling is asked to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor, he finds himself plunged into an apparent cover-up surrounding the actions that led to her death. As he struggles to uncover the truth, he also finds himself forced to confront his own tormenting demons.
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In October 1991, three raging weather fronts, one of them a powerful hurricane, combined in the North Atlantic to form the greatest storm in recorded history. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Billy Tyne is the sword-fishing boat captain of the Gail who is from Gloucester. Tyne is highly competitive, but has been stung by a string of poor outings. His crew is hardly back in port when he tells them he's going out again, even...
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In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Up against the three big networks, Wiener, a veteran producer, along with his longtime producing partner and their team of rebels with a cause, take the biggest risks to get the biggest stories - unlike their rivals - live at a moment's notice.
8) The Gulf War
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The story of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and America's involvement in the conflict through first-person interviews with American soldiers and war leaders who were deployed for Operation Desert Storm.
10) Bravo two zero
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This is based on the true story of an SAS patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq during the Gulf War. An eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines with the mission to take out scud missle sight systems. Finding themselves surrounded and their communications cut off, the team heads toward the Syrian border. Four of the eight soldiers are captured and tortured. Out of an eight-man crew, only five returned alive.
11) Airlift
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In 1990, Kuwait's invaded by Iraq. Rich Ranjit Katyal can escape with his wife and child - but what happens when Ranjit decides to ensure 1,70,000 Indians also go home?
13) Combat zone
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"From the streets of an American city under siege to the far-flung jungles of Vietnam or the deadly desert towns of Iraq, modern warfare is all about cutting-edge strategy, the latest weaponry and soldiers laying their lives on the line to overcome the enemy. Combat zone takes you behind the lines of engagement of 13 hard-fought armed conflicts and tells the true stories of the tactics, the firepower and the heroes who risked everything. Historical...
14) War in the Gulf
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The confrontation in the Persian Gulf which resulted from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait pitted the largest and most hardened Arab Army against a coalition of forces led by the United States.
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Launched in 1944, it was the last U.S. battleship ever built and the last to serve. Today, she floats in Pearl Harbor, a powerful monument to the devastating 1941 attack that propelled America in WWII. Trace the 51-year career of BB-63, the battleship Missouri, which fought in WWII, The Korean War, and the First Gulf War.
18) Fires of Kuwait
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Shot on location, Fires of Kuwait takes viewers to the very center of the terrible Gulf War legacy. Firefighters from 10 countries answered Kuwait's cry for help. Supported by more than 10,000 people from 40 nations they battled and won.
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Lessons of darkness: In the aftermath of the Gulf War, retreating Iraqi soldiers left the oil fields of Kuwait a raging inferno. What resulted was not only a documentary about an environmental catastrophe, but also a powerful, strangely beautiful portrait of a world on fire. Fata Morgana: Herzog brings his cameras to the Sahara desert in order to film mirages. He combines the apocalyptic, often hallucinatory images of the desert with passages from...
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