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Operation Red Dawn was named after Cold War thriller
indianexpress.com
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 14: ‘‘Operation Red Dawn,’’ the code name for the US raid which resulted in the capture of Saddam Hussein, appears to have been inspired by a 1984 film in which US teenagers battle a Soviet invasion of the US. Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez said ‘‘Operation Red Dawn’’ was conducted by US troops against locations identified as ‘‘wolverine one’’ and ‘‘wolverine two.’’
Saddam, according to Sanchez, was hiding in a hole at location ‘‘wolverine two.’’ Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Harry Dean Stanton and Powers Boothe, takes place in a small town in the midwest of the US at the outbreak of World War III.
Following an invasion of the US by Cuban, Nicaraguan and Soviet forces a group of high school students band together to form a guerrilla resistance unit known as the ‘‘wolverines,’’ after the bear-like creature known for its ferocity.
The film was directed by John Milius. |
