In 2005, a highly publicized case emerged involving the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. The incident centered on allegations that several American soldiers had raped an Iraqi woman and murdered her and her family. This case became widely known as the "Mahmudiyah rape case" or the "Mahmudiyah killings," named after the Iraqi town, Mahmudiyah, where the incident occurred.
: A war film directed by Brian De Palma , which is a fictionalised dramatisation based on the Mahmudiyah killings. It uses a "found footage" style to depict the events through the lenses of soldiers' cameras and news reports.
