Iraqi military viewed "Black Hawk Down" as war manual: report

NEW YORK (AFP) Mar 30, 2003
Iraqi commanders circulated copies of the movie "Black Hawk Down" before the war in Iraq as a manual to defeat the Americans, US military intelligence officials believe, according to Time Magazine.

"The film tells the story of the 18 US Army Rangers who were killed by Somalis while attempting to rescue comrades from two helicopters downed in Mogadishu in 1993. The casualties prompted the US to wind up its military operation in Somalia," the report said.

"The Iraqis may hope that similar scenes of Americans being bloodied in the streets of Baghdad would bring the same result," the report added.

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