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In Baghdad, A Top Video Rental Is Gibson's 'The Patriot'People in Baghdad have been spending their evenings watching Hollywood action movies as their city is being pounded by American bombs and artillery, according to an article appearing in Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers. News Limited papers reported today (Tuesday) that a favorite is the Mel Gibson movie The Patriot, in which Gibson plays a revolutionary war figure who reluctantly takes up arms against the British. One video dealer remarked, "During an evening of air strikes, provided there's electricity, customers want to wind down and be taken in by a story in...

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Their city besieged by coalition troops, Baghdadis lucky enough to have power pass the time watching movies. One of their favorites is about a militiaman who reluctantly takes up arms for his country after seeing brutality by British forces The film is "The Patriot," and Mel Gibson is fighting for America's independence. Even though Baghdadis can look out the window every day and watch US bombs and missiles raining down, ironically their top choices on the small screen are war films -- Hollywood war films. The best-selling movies for merchant Abu Abbas are "The Patriot" and "Ticker,"...