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Turkey’s Rambo draws first blood

roland lloyd parry sees a gung-ho film about the Iraq war that casts the Americans as bad guys

A remarkable film about the current Iraq war has arrived in Europe, though you'd be forgiven for missing it. In London, Kurtlar Vadisi Irak - or Valley of the Wolves Iraq - is showing only at two out-of-the-way cinemas. In Paris, it's much easier to find. Last week it opened at 15 Parisian screens with the uncertified special release status usually reserved for film festivals.

Le Monde reported Turks chartering coaches from Germany to come and see it after it was withdrawn from cinemas there when it was denounced as anti-Semitic and anti-Western.

For those not easily offended, Kurtlar Vadisi Irak is hilarious: it's

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