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American Sniper: 10 burning questions No. This was one of the most fictionalised parts of the film. Mustafa, or the rather ruder Kaiser F—in' Söze in American Sniper, was the name given to an enemy sniper who had reportedly competed in the Olympics as a marksman for Syria. The standoff between Mustafa and Kyle is one of the major events in the film, which results in the death of Kyle’s comrade Ryan ‘Biggles’ Job (Jake McDormand) and Marc Lee (Luke Grimes).
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- On Feb. 2, 2013, former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle was killed at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas, while attempting to help fellow veteran Eddie Ray Routh. He had gained notoriety during the Iraq war—with 160 confirmed kills out of a possible 255, Kyle remains the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history.
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Man who shot âAmerican Sniperâ Chris Kyle wants slay trial moved Chris Kyle Photo: AP. The confessed killer of real-life “American Sniper” Chris Kyle wants his murder trial moved out of town in light of the movie’s incredible box-office success, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.
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- American Sniper's Chris Kyle: His Dangerous Life and Mysterious Death. Taya Kyle reveals how American Sniper “brought her husband back to life” and why she trusted Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper. Subscribe now to get instant access to the real story behind Chris Kyle, in this issue of PEOPLE.
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- Share this: Share this: Why ‘American Sniper’ will ambush the Oscar Best Picture race. Fasten your seat belts, I think we’re going to have a couple of huge upsets to shake us out of the usual Oscar night doldrums — like “American Sniper” winning Best Picture and its star, Bradley Cooper, snatching the Best Actor trophy.
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- Sniper: Ghost Shooter. Elite snipers Brandon Beckett and Richard Miller are fighting extremists in the Middle East when their Colonel gives them a new mission: to protect a gas pipeline stretching from the Republic of Georgia to Western Europe from extremists eager to make a political statement.
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255 confirmed kills: Meet Navy SEAL Chris Kyle... the deadliest sniper in US history Chris Kyle's 255 kills set a record among American marksman and his 2,100-yard shot is unbelievable. But snipers around the world have surpassed him in other ways. The most kills: Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper, holds the record with 542 Soviet soldiers shot during the Russian invasion of Finland in World War II.
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Report: âAmerican Sniperâ Chris Kyle Lied About His Medal Count Lies told by 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle continue to mount. 1  Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. history, is a legend. His autobiography, American Sniper, sold more than 1 million copies and was turned into a film; he was played by Bradley Cooper in what would become the highest-grossing war movie in history.
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- REUTERS/LM Otero/Pool/Files. 1  By Jon Herskovitz. 2  AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The man convicted last month of murdering former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, whose best-selling autobiography was turned into the movie American Sniper, has been transferred to Texas prison psychiatric unit, officials said on Wednesday.
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The bullet that finally felled the super sniper: U.S. marksman who insurgents called 'The Devil' has been killed - by one of his own side In one incident, he spotted the passenger of a moped dropping his backpack down a manhole — clearly an IED. Kyle shot the insurgent, the bullet from his powerful sniper rifle killing both rider and passenger. On another occasion he calmly broke off a phone conversation with his wife to fight off a fierce night attack.
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American Sniper is a dishonest whitewash of the Iraq war American Sniper presents the war as a response to al-Qaeda. Steven Jaffe/AFP/Getty Images. (Steven Jaffe/AFP/Getty Images). In the film's narrative, the Iraq war begins with Kyle's first mission against al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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Untouchable in Iraq, Ex-Sniper Dies in a Shooting Back Home Chris Kyle in 2012. Credit Paul Moseley/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, via Associated Press. HOUSTON — From his perch in hide-outs above battle-scarred Iraq, Chris Kyle earned a reputation as one of America’s deadliest military snipers.
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Semiautomatic handgun used to kill âAmerican Sniperâ author Chris Kyle at Texas gun range: official He lived by the gun, and he died by the gun. The military’s most famous sniper — Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who claimed to have killed more than 150 insurgents from long distances in the Iraq war — was gunned down point-blank by a mentally unstable vet at a Texas shooting range Saturday. CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE DAILY NEWS ONLINE PETITION TO BAN ALL ASSAULT WEAPONS.
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The fascinating life of Chris Kyle, the 'American Sniper' The fascinating life of Chris Kyle, the 'American Sniper'. Actor Bradley Cooper thanks U.S. soldiers in this behind-the-scenes video of his film 'American Sniper', in which he portrays real life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. He says Kyle was dynamic and charismatic and he hopes the film rings true. VPC
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- Former Navy SEAL Jesse Ventura says 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle shouldn't be remembered as a hero. Loading video... The former Navy SEAL is embroiled in a lawsuit he brought against the estate of deceased American Sniper author Chris Kyle.
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Natural born killers: the real American Snipers Namely that in the Wild East that was US-occupied Iraq, they had Rules of Engagement. Or, rather, one side did. Like Gilliland, Kyle too finds a burka-clad woman coming into his sights one day, this time as she wanders towards a US patrol with what looks like a bomb hidden in her cloak.
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The fascinating life of Chris Kyle, the 'American Sniper' Before it was a high-grossing, Oscar-nominated movie starring Bradley Cooper, American Sniper was a best-selling memoir by former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Kyle was considered the most deadly sniper in U.S. military history.
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Real âAmerican Sniperâ once shot a target 2,100 yards away Chris Kyle with his book, “American Sniper.” AP. 2,100: Number of yards away from which Kyle hit a target in Iraq, making him reportedly just one of only five people on earth who could do it. The sniper killed an insurgent over a mile away who was preparing to shoot a rocket at a US convoy.
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The movie, nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, deliberately left out the death of its hero. Chris Kyle, a 38-year-old former Navy SEAL and author of the best-selling autobiography American Sniper, stepped out of the cab and began walking up the gravel driveway. Eddie Ray Routh, 25, tall and bearded, appeared from the back of his house. You must be Eddie, Kyle said.
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Behind Enemy Lines Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 action film that stars Owen Wilson as a US Navy radar intercept officer who must evade enemy forces after his F/A-18 Hornet is shot down over Bosnia.
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John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad (December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He, along with his seventeen-year-old partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002, killing at least 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert citizens.
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Taya Kyle Taya Kyle. Taya Renae Kyle (née Studebaker, born September 4, 1974) is an American author, political commentator, and military veteran's family activist. Known as the widow of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, she was portrayed by Sienna Miller in the 2014 film American Sniper about her husband's life. Kyle is the co-author of American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Service, Faith, and Renewal, a book about life with her husband.
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How Did Chris Kyle Die? 5 Fast Facts Before The 'American Sniper' Murder Trial American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper (right) as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, has brought attention to the pending murder trial of Eddie Ray Routh. “American Sniper” has become a cultural phenomenon as well as a hit, and it seems everyone has an opinion about the controversial movie.
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Sniper: Ghost Shooter Sniper: Ghost Shooter is a 2016 direct-to-video action film. The film is the sixth installment of the Sniper film series. Brandon Beckett is given another mission. Elite snipers Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins), and Richard Miller (Billy Zane), tasked with protecting a Georgian gas pipeline from Islamic terrorists looking to make a statement.
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Deadly art of the sniper: After British sharpshooter kills six Taliban with a single shot... how the lone wolves of war went from hate figures to heroes The longest sniper kill on record was made by a British corporal in the Blues and Royals called Craig Harrison, who in November 2009 killed two Taliban machine gunners at a range of just over one-and-a-half miles (2,475m). To make a kill at such a range requires more than just a steady hand and a good eye.