The US-led coalition carried out attacks on the Iraqi forces as they fled up Highway 80, creating a pile-up by hitting both the front and rear before bombarding the convoy. Towards the end of the First Gulf War, US-led forces were successfully driving Iraqi troops out of Kuwait, leading to Saddam Hussein ordering a full-scale retreat in February 1991. That valley, and the name of the entire level, is called The Highway of Death - which the game says earned its name after the Russians bombed it during an invasion, killing those who tried to escape.Īs pointed out by critics, however, there was actually a real-life Highway of Death: and all that killing was actually down to a US-led coalition. One mission in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's single-player campaign puts players in the shoes of Alex, a CIA agent embedded in a pro-US militia, who undertakes a sniping operation overlooking a valley full of burnt-out vehicles. This article contains spoilers for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare campaign. Suddenly Sony's decision to avoid selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in the Russian PlayStation Store doesn't seem so surprising. This time, the game has been accused of rewriting history to place blame for controversial real-life US attacks on the Russians. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is finally here, and to the surprise of literally no-one, we already have another debate on our hands.
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