Zero Dark Thirty

Character mistake: The CIA determines that there must be a third male living in the compound because three women are observed living there and according to Muslim law a woman must either live with her family or husband and cannot live alone. However Bin Laden had two wives living with him at the time so it could be possible for that to happen. (01:40:55)

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Character mistake: Dan is supposedly such an expert in Pakistan, but he hands Ammar the cigarette pack with his left hand (unclean to Muslims, and therefore not much of a gesture of hospitality).

Factual error: When the agent searches for Abu Ahmed in Peshawar, Pakistan, in one scene he gets out of his car, and a shop named Bhatia sons appear in the background, a company based in Delhi, India. In the next scene he is walking down a market, where a sign board of Jaggi sweets, (existing in Punjab, India) is seen, with words written in Hindi (only to be found in India).

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Ammar: Please help me.
Maya: You can help yourself by being truthful.

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Chosen answer: Most likely to conceal her naturally bright red hair. If that fact is known, it would make it easier for the enemy to identify and target her, either for surveillance, to be kidnapped, killed, etc.

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