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German Political, Jewish Leaders condemn
Turkish Iraq movie
20.2.2006
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Feb 20, - German
political leaders and Jewish community
representatives have demanded the boycott of a
Turkish action movie that casts U.S. soldiers in
Iraq as villains.
Bavarian state Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber and the
Central Council of Jews on 19 February blasted
"Valley Of The Wolves -- Iraq" ("Kurtlar Vadisi --
Irak") as anti-American and anti-Semitic and called
on German cinemas to stop showing the picture.
The movie is based on an actual event -- the arrest
of 11 Turkish soldiers by a U.S. military unit in
northern Iraq in July 2003 on grounds of "suspicious
activity."
The men were held for two days, their heads bagged,
before being released without explanation. The
incident dealt a severe and lasting blow to
relations between Turkey and the United States,
long-time NATO allies. |
Valley of the Wolves Iraq film poster
Photo: AFP |
The film features a Turkish intelligence officer who
exacts revenge for the episode, and depicts sadistic
violence against innocent Iraqi civilians at the
hands of the U.S. troops.
U.S. soldiers are also seen running a trade in
organs extracted from prisoners at Baghdad's
notorious Abu Ghurayb prison under the guidance of a
Jewish U.S. military doctor for rich buyers in New
York, London, and Tel Aviv.
AFP
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