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Jerusalem News-776
Jerusalem News-776
7 Sivan 5768, 10 June 2008
Contents:
1. Britons want looser ties with
EU,
Most Irish Against full Union with
EU
2. Al-Qaida
attacks Danish Embasssy,
threatens Norway
3. British Presence in Afghanistan Considered Positive
4. Major New Turkish Movie Demonizes Americans and Jews
5. Iran Complains to UN Security Council about Israel's Threat
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1. Britons want looser ties with
EU,
Most Irish Against full Union with
EU
By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/09/noindex/eu.xml&CMP=EMC-expat2008
Extracts:
The Global Vision/ICM survey found that when British voters were asked about
their ideal relationship with Europe, 41 per cent chose one based simply on
trade and co-operation. Some 27 per cent wanted Britain to stay a full EU member
while 26 per cent wanted to withdraw altogether.
Asked what should happen if Britain sought to negotiate a looser relationship
but other nations blocked the move, 57 per cent said the UK should leave the EU,
while 33 per cent said it should stay in. Ruth Lea, director of Global Vision,
said: "A looser relationship, based on trade and co-operation, rather than full
political and economic integration, is consistently the option of the British
people."
The survey findings come days before Ireland holds a referendum on the EU's
Lisbon Treaty, the only member country to vote on the issue.
Latest opinion polls yesterday showed a dramatic surge in the No vote. Those
saying they oppose the treaty have doubled in three weeks to 35 per cent, with
just 30 per cent in favour ? a result that has shocked the government and the
country's major political parties, all of which want a Yes result.
2. Al-Qaida
attacks Danish Embasssy,
threatens Norway
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2465706.ece
Extracts:
Terrorist organization al-Qaida, which has claimed responsibility for Monday's
bombing of the Danish Embassy in Pakistan, now is making threats against Norway
as well.
Al-Qaida has claimed it's behind Monday's bombing of the Danish Embassy in
Pakistan.
Al-Qaida's leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, reported in a written
bulletin Thursday that it carried out the terrorist attack on the Danish Embassy
in Islamabad. The bombing killed eight persons, injured 35 and also caused
extensive damage in the area.
3. British Presence in Afghanistan
Considered Positive
Price is high, but we should stay in Afghanistan
By Michael Williams
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Price-is-high-but-we.4167294.jp
4. Major New Turkish Movie Demonizes
Americans and Jews
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made,
American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead
in front of his mother. They kill dozens of innocent people with random
machine-gun fire, shoot the groom in the head, and drag those left alive to
Abu Ghraib prison -- where a Jewish doctor cuts out their organs, which he
sells to rich people in New York, London and Tel Aviv.
"Valley of the Wolves Iraq" -- set to open in Turkey on Friday -- feeds off
the increasingly negative feelings many Turks harbor toward their longtime
NATO allies: Americans.
The movie, which reportedly cost about $10 million (euro 8.3 million), is a
work of fiction and does not purport to level allegations against American
troops. It is part of a genre of popular culture in Turkey that demonizes
the United States.
The film comes on the heels of a novel, "Metal Storm," about a war between
Turkey and the U.S., which has been a best-seller for months.
Movie opens with a supposed true incident
One recent opinion poll revealed the depth of the hostility in Turkey toward
Americans: 53 percent of Turks who responded to the 2005 Pew Global
Attitudes survey associated Americans with the word "rude"; 70 percent with
"violent"; 68 percent with "greedy"; and 57 percent with "immoral."
Advance tickets already are selling out across Turkey for the film, which
has dialogue in Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish and English. In addition to Turkey,
the film is set to be shown in more than a dozen other countries --
including the United States, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain,
Denmark, Russia, Egypt, Syria and Australia.
The movie's American stars are Billy Zane, who plays a self-professed
"peacekeeper sent by God," and Gary Busey as the Jewish-American doctor.
U.S. soldiers have become hate figures in Muslim countries around the world
after the unpopular war in Iraq. But here in Turkey, a personal grudge fuels
the resentment.
"Valley of the Wolves Iraq" opens with a true story: On July 4, 2003, in
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, troops from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade
raided and ransacked a Turkish special forces office, threw hoods over the
heads of 11 Turkish special forces officers and held them in custody for
more than two days.
'Soldier's honor must never be damaged'
The Americans said they had been looking for Iraqi insurgents and
unwittingly rounded up the Turks because they were not in uniform. Still,
the incident damaged Turkish-U.S.. relations and hurt Turkish national
pride. Turks traditionally idolize their soldiers; many enthusiastically
send their sons off for mandatory military service.
In the movie, one of the Turkish special forces officers commits suicide to
save his honor. His farewell letter reaches Polat Alemdar, an elite Turkish
intelligence officer who travels to northern Iraq with a small group of men
to avenge the humiliation.
There they find a rogue group of U.S. soldiers led by officer Sam William
Marshall -- played by Zane. In the bloodfest that ensues, the small band of
Turks bonds with the people of Iraq and eventually ends American atrocities
there, killing Zane and his men in the final scene.
"The scenario is great," Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas told The Associated
Press after the film was shown at a posh opening gala Tuesday night. "It was
"A soldier's honor must never be damaged."
But Topbas and other Turks at the premiere weren't too concerned about how
the movie would be perceived in the United States.
"There isn't going to be a war over this," said Nefise Karatay, a Turkish
model lounging on a sofa after the premiere. "Everyone knows that Americans
have a good side. That's not what this is about."
5. Iran Complains to UN Security Council
about Israel's Threat
by Hana Levi Julian and Hillel Fendel
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126434
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