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- Btw, After 2003 Is There A Reason For Turkey In Nato Or The Eu?
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A new wave of anti-American pop culture
Allies aren't supposed to behave like this. In Turkey—a stable secular Muslim democracy that's practically European—the country's biggest-budget-ever movie, Valley of the Wolves: Iraq, is preparing to hit shelves on DVD and is scheduled for a U.S. theatrical release this summer. Based on a television series that has been a record-breaking hit for four seasons, it's a military thriller about an elite Turkish intelligence officer who near-single-handedly smites a group of reckless U.S. soldiers who make Abu Ghraib look like a Sunday picnic. The film, which received some press coverage in the States, is only part of a wave of anti-American pop culture that's sweeping the country.
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq starts off factually enough, with a depiction of a July 4, 2003, incident in which around 100 soldiers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade stormed the barracks of a Turkish special forces office in Iraq, arresting 11 Turks who allegedly were planning to assassinate the Kurdish governor of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. The Americans not only handcuffed the Turks but also forced hoods over their heads and held them in custody for more than two days. The U.S. government later apologized, explaining that its soldiers couldn't tell the difference between Turks and Iraqi insurgents because the Turks were not in uniform. Turkey didn't buy it, and this blockbuster is the payback.As the flick takes a sharp turn toward fiction, one of the 11 Turks in the 2003 debacle commits suicide to regain his warrior honor. His suicide note is sent to Polat Alemdar, the Turkish intelligence officer who stars in the Valley of the Wolves television show.
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- Times Uk - Turkish Prime Minister Warns Us: We Will Attack Kurdish Rebels In Iraq
Turkey will launch military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq despite frantic appeals for restraint from America and Nato, its Prime Minister has told The Times. Speaking hours before the PKK, the Kurdish Workers’ Party,...
- When Others Tell Usa To Be 'multilateral', Remember This
Turkey preparing for November invasion of Kurdistan, northern Iraq, longterm stay World Tribune: ANKARA — Turkey has placed its military on the highest state of alert in preparation for a major invasion of neighboring Iraq that could take place by...
- Just Like Arabs, The Turks Choose Suicide
Turkey once had prospects of entering the world of modern civilisation. It appears the majority of Turks have instead "gone Arab", and regressed to a stone-age Islam that worships the primitive past of bloody violence. * Exploiting the population's...
- Btw, After 2003 Is There A Reason For Turkey In Nato Or The Eu?
In 2003 a vote by the freely elected Turkish assembly denied the 4th Infantry Division the right to land and transfer itself to the IRaqi border for the invasion of Iraq. Fine. That's what the people's elected representatives, wanted, and therefore...
- Storm Track Intimidation: What Part Of ‘freedom Of Speech’ Don’t They Understand?
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