Thursday, February 23, 2006

German political and Jewish leaders condemn Turkish Iraq movie

"German political and Jewish leaders condemn Turkish Iraq movie

German Jewish community representatives joined the country’s political leaders in demanding the boycott of a hit Turkish action movie that casts US soldiers in Iraq as villains.

Bavarian state premier Edmund Stoiber and the Central Council of Jews 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."

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