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Stories Set in Iraq
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Browse 110 books, 119 movies, 2 TV shows and 10 games set in Iraq.

American Sniper
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a…

The Hurt Locker
During the Iraq War a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Exhalation: Stories
An alternate cover edition for this book can be found here.This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In The Merchant and the…

Cherry
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the…

The A-Team
A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way Col. Hannibal Smith Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’…

Megan Leavey
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog Rex. While deployed in Iraq the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives until an IED explosion…

Jarhead
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight but are…

Buried
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this…

Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Three Kings
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base and they embark on a secret mission that's…
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