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  • Code name from '84 movie "Operation Red Dawn"

    12/14/2003 11:58:52 AM PST · by livesbygrace · 89 replies · 630+ views
    NEWS 24 ^ | 12/14/2003 | unknown
    Washington - "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 United States. Announcing Saddam's capture, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the top US military commander in Iraq, said Operation Red Dawn was conducted by US troops against locations identified as "Wolverine One" and "Wolverine Two." The former Iraqi leader was found, according to Sanchez, hiding in a hole at the location known as "Wolverine Two." "Red Dawn," starring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey,...