'Iraqi Sniper': Egyptian filmmaker plans answer to American Sniper

[Saif al-Arab]

'Iraqi Sniper': Egyptian filmmaker plans answer to American Sniper
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Amr Salama says 'hate' of Clint Eastwood's film moved him to tell the 'other side' - the Iraqi marksman said to have killed dozens of Americans

Bradley Cooper plays Chris Kyle in the 2014 film American Sniper (screengrab)

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Tuesday 5 September 2017 11:03 UTC
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An Egyptian filmmaker is planning a rejoinder to the Hollywood blockbuster American Sniper, with a film focusing on the "other side of the story" - the Iraqi fighter said to have killed dozens of American soldiers during the occupation.

Amr Salama told the Hollywood Reporter that his film, tentatively titled Iraqi Sniper, would carry an "anti-war" message to counter the 2014 US film based on the true story of US marksman Chris Kyle and his hunt for an elusive foe, known as Juba, during the Iraq war.

I hated it. That was my inspiration

- Amr Salama on American Sniper

Salama said he was inspired by his hatred for American Sniper, which earned $300m at the box office, and its "pro-war" message.

"I hated it. That was my inspiration - I hated it so much that I wanted to work on a different version of that story."

"But I'm trying to make an anti-war film," he said last week. "American Sniper was pro-war."

He added that the Egyptian actor who played Juba in Clint Eastwood's film, Sammy Sheik, was attached to his project.

American Sniper was nominated for six Oscars and sparked fierce debate over historical revisionism, factual inaccuracies and the glorification of violence.

In one scene Kyle, played by Bradley Cooper, shoots dead a woman and child apparently preparing a grenade attack.

But the majority of the story is devoted to Kyle's hunt for Juba, whose actions were played out in a series of online videos from the "Islamic Army of Iraq" during the American occupation.

The Iraqi marksman's identity was never revealed and there is speculation the videos charted the actions of several fighters, rather than just one man.

The Hollywood Reporter said Salama was working on his film's script with two of the Middle East's biggest filmmaking names - Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy, and the Oscar-nominated Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad. Abu-Assad's wife, Amira Diab, was also involved in the project.

Sammy Sheik, who played Juba in the 2014 film American Sniper (screengrab)


"This story merits to be told even if American Sniper hadn't come out," Hefzy told the Hollywood Reporter.

"He's a very interesting character, a complex character. Amr did a lot of research and we're trying to get his evolution right."

Hefzy added that he thought the film would have "international appeal".

Juba's fate remains unknown. Kyle was shot six times and killed in 2013 by a former US soldier while running a camp in Texas for veterans suffering post-traumatic stress disorder.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/i...or-plans-anti-american-sniper-film-1321173726

BTW "Juba" was either a member of جيش رجال الطريقة النقشبندية or الجيش الإسلامي في العراق






His sniper compilation (that I cannot post here) is the best that I have seen to date.

 

[The SC]

There was live footage on the real Iraqi sniper or Baghdad sniper on youtube..seeing is believing..

Since i am not sure if the video is appropriate or not, I'll give the name of the video only..

Juba Baghdad sniper

it is easy to find..

 

[SorryNotSorry]

There was live footage on the real Iraqi sniper or Baghdad sniper on youtube..seeing is believing..

Since i am not sure if the video is appropriate or not, I'll give the name of the video only..

Juba Baghdad sniper

it is easy to find..

I hope this Juba Sniper suffered a slow painful death.

 

[Ceylal]

An SVD can't compete with a Barret 50 Cal...Silly..to think that a guy with a rifle effective distance of 800 m in a perfect weather conditions,tops a rifle that can kill at 2500 m, with special ammo made for snipping and gear to go with it...just the scope ( the one sold for civilian) on the Barrett costs more than 20 times the one of the SVD ,scope included..

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

Can't wait to see this movie.
Watching Americans get popped is going to be great fun.

 

[Bahram Esfandiari]

I hope this Juba Sniper suffered a slow painful death.

I hope every American Bastard he shot suffered an even more excruciating death!

 

[SorryNotSorry]

I hope every American Bastard he shot suffered an even more excruciating death!

Probably not, medical evacs and great medical teams must have saved many of of them.
However I don't think anybody survives being shredded into a million pieces by 30mm rounds from the apache gun ships (I assume you've seen the videos). That's probably what sent this cont Juba straight to hell.

Also, I assume you are in Canada- looking at your flags- be grateful you little twut you didn't get shredded and ended up in the first world. Canadian troops were down in that hell hole too.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Probably not, medical evacs and great medical teams must have saved many of of them.
However I don't think anybody survives being shredded into a million pieces by 30mm rounds from the apache gun ships (I assume you've seen the videos). That's probably what sent this cont Juba straight to hell.

Also, I assume you are in Canada- looking at your flags- be grateful you little twut you didn't get shredded and ended up in the first world. Canadian troops were down in that hell hole too.

Why are you such an Uncle Tom? Are you not an Indian based in the US? You know the same US that is home to 3.5 million Arabs and which is composed of 99% non-native people?

What don't you get? A degree of locals, especially in an proud Arab country like Iraq, will always take up arms and fight the invader regardless of the invader (US) being the by far strongest military power in the world. Hence why the Iraqi resistance managed to kill more US/coalition soldiers in 8 years time than Afghans have managed to kill in the past 16 years since the US invasion in 2001.

If Iraq, home to one of the oldest civilizations, and a country which despite all the suffering and wars, has a higher GDP per capita than your ancestral land (India) is a hellhole, what will you call India then according to your twisted logic? A cemetery and dustbin located in the deepest depths of hell?

BTW do you know if your ancestors were such big Uncle Tom's as well when the same Western man (British in your case and using 100 times less people) conquered your entity and made you a colony while treating your people as animals and contributing directly to famines which killed millions of your people?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bengal_famine_of_1770

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943

What a joke.

You will never find such a photo of any Arab in history.



I have nothing against India or Indians but I simply could not ignore your disgusting comment and talking down to a nation and people like Iraq and Iraqis. Your degree of hatred for Muslims must be so great that you are embarrassing yourself for all to see. Quite sad!

BTW "Juba" the sniper was solely targeting US soldiers who happened to have invaded his country. There is no footage of him attacking anybody else. If some US sniper (with a known track record of killing innocent civilians) can be glorified why can Juba not then? Objectively speaking he is the hero here if we can even talk about a hero in this context.

Do you know what honor is and having a backbone?

Lastly do you display such an animosity towards Vietcong as well or the average Vietnamese who resisted the US invasion of their country? Somehow I doubt this due to them having a different religion.

 

[Gomig-21]

His sniper compilation (that I cannot post here) is the best that I have seen to date.

Any idea what was his approximate kill count? The numbers vary and I know it's probably impossible to verify 100% since there were probably hits that resulted in only wounds and not necessarily kills. The numbers vary from 145 to over 600. I don't think the US has released any sniper kills, just over 600 KIA and wounded in gunfights altogether and not just sniper kills. I think his number is probably closer to 145.

The Iraqis also claim that he wasn't killed by Kyle, either. Some say he was killed in an air strike and others claim he's still alive.

It should make for a good movie and would probably be more successful world-wide if it's produced in English, and they should title it better than "Iraqi Sniper." Maybe something a bit more original.

 

[The SC]

Probably not, medical evacs and great medical teams must have saved many of of them.
However I don't think anybody survives being shredded into a million pieces by 30mm rounds from the apache gun ships (I assume you've seen the videos). That's probably what sent this cont Juba straight to hell.

Also, I assume you are in Canada- looking at your flags- be grateful you little twut you didn't get shredded and ended up in the first world. Canadian troops were down in that hell hole too.

What you obviously don't know is that there were "Jubas" snipers all over Iraq..their work alone forced the US army to consider leaving Iraq, since it could not sustain that many losses in life and much more in very serious injuries..

 

[cloud4000]

Can't wait to see this movie.
Watching Americans get popped is going to be great fun.

Then it won't be much of a movie, will it? If you want to see goras getting their comeuppance I suggest watching Wolf Warrior 2.

 

[TheCamelGuy]

I wanted to add, JUBA sniper figure was part of the Islamic army in Iraq(nationalistic), not Islamic state Iraq. These 2 fought each other at one point

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Any idea what was his approximate kill count? The numbers vary and I know it's probably impossible to verify 100% since there were probably hits that resulted in only wounds and not necessarily kills. The numbers vary from 145 to over 600. I don't think the US has released any sniper kills, just over 600 KIA and wounded in gunfights altogether and not just sniper kills. I think his number is probably closer to 145.

The Iraqis also claim that he wasn't killed by Kyle, either. Some say he was killed in an air strike and others claim he's still alive.

It should make for a good movie and would probably be more successful world-wide if it's produced in English, and they should title it better than "Iraqi Sniper." Maybe something a bit more original.

Hard to tell as you rightly write, bro. I would not fully trust official US data either knowing what has been leaked since their presence in Iraq. However rest assured that the number is quite high and possibly the biggest in the modern era among non-state actors. I am here talking about snipers who were actually targeting combatants in a war not civilians.

I don't think that this Kyle got him.

Most likely (IMO) we are talking about either 1 individual or a few working together. Either as part of the now defunct Islamic Army of Iraq (as another user wrote, this group had nothing to do with the Islamic State or its beliefs) or the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order. Officially he was a part of the first group but there are rumors that he worked for both groups or that "Juba" was, as written before, more than 1 person.

There are a lot of rumors but one of them is that he was killed by ISIS a few years back. I mean it's hard to tell what is the reality but the footage is there and it is genuine.

However for obvious reasons he cannot reveal himself (if he is alive or they are alive) due to continued US presence in Iraq or fear of being killed. Don't blame him/them.

Anyway overall it would be a good thing if such a movie was made and it became a success as the "American Sniper" movie was/is nonsense and propaganda IMO.

BTW I can post his interviews and documentaries made by the Islamic Army of Iraq (now defunct) but not sure if the moderators will approve or certain other people if you know what I mean here. Arabs should be careful of late.

 

[bsruzm]

Even though US reached it's goal to turn everybody against each other, I (personally) feel so happy watching his (Juba's) uploads hunting down those, who murdered innocents at their home, wedding, sleeping.

 

[SorryNotSorry]

Why are you such an Uncle Tom? Are you not an Indian based in the US? You know the same US that is home to 3.5 million Arabs and which is composed of 99% non-native people?

What don't you get? A degree of locals, especially in an proud Arab country like Iraq, will always take up arms and fight the invader regardless of the invader (US) being the by far strongest military power in the world. Hence why the Iraqi resistance managed to kill more US/coalition soldiers in 8 years time than Afghans have managed to kill in the past 16 years since the US invasion in 2001.

If Iraq, home to one of the oldest civilizations, and a country which despite all the suffering and wars, has a higher GDP per capita than your ancestral land (India) is a hellhole, what will you call India then according to your twisted logic? A cemetery and dustbin located in the deepest depths of hell?

BTW do you know if your ancestors were such big Uncle Tom's as well when the same Western man (British in your case and using 100 times less people) conquered your entity and made you a colony while treating your people as animals and contributing directly to famines which killed millions of your people?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bengal_famine_of_1770

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943

What a joke.

You will never find such a photo of any Arab in history.



I have nothing against India or Indians but I simply could not ignore your disgusting comment and talking down to a nation and people like Iraq and Iraqis. Your degree of hatred for Muslims must be so great that you are embarrassing yourself for all to see. Quite sad!

BTW "Juba" the sniper was solely targeting US soldiers who happened to have invaded his country. There is no footage of him attacking anybody else. If some US sniper (with a known track record of killing innocent civilians) can be glorified why can Juba not then? Objectively speaking he is the hero here if we can even talk about a hero in this context.

Do you know what honor is and having a backbone?

Lastly do you display such an animosity towards Vietcong as well or the average Vietnamese who resisted the US invasion of their country? Somehow I doubt this due to them having a different religion.

Not an Uncle Tom bud. I'm just not the termite that hollows up it's own home. Also I am very much aligned to American/ Indian views unlike your extremist ideology.

The Americans don't take on someone their own size. That aside it was Saddam who stupidly boasted of his army, and how he could take on the US. The US walked all over Iraq- which had a real standing army unlike the mujahideen. What you stupidly boast of -is just clear shameful and painful defeat for a nation that challenged the US time and time again.

I don't dwell in the past, unlike you. But I am happy for you to recognize and be proud of your 'pagan' , idol worshipping past. Good for you. Discussing India's past- and since we are not binding our debate by any dates (as you must be referring to Mesopotamia, else you have nothing else to bring to the table) maybe be a little more well read to know how rich The Indian subcontinent was in the past.
Constant looting left us poor, but India is rising and will continue to rise no matter how much you or your fellows loathe it. It is no longer the dustbin you believe it to be. Deal with it.
Either way the past means nothing in this debate.
Great adhominem btw.

I will shrug off you calling me an Islamophobe.
No, I just hate your strain of thought. You are the virus that people in the west fear might flow through when they let in the hoard of innocent refugees waiting to escape that hellhole.

I have nothing against muslims. Stop labeling me as such to prove your silly point.
And yes, if a Vietcong on this forum, or even in real life talked of American soldiers being killed joyously as you do- I would hate him too. Thankfully not too many adhering to that ideology remain in this world- and I surely hope your ideology is eradicated too bud : ).
And if you have the very backbone and honor you speak off- then leave Canada -the destroyer of your native land you leech. And go join the many Militias in Iraq.
Here something easier-If you have the backbone and honor you mention- voice your opinion in an public domain with your face taking ownership to this bs you're spewing and watch your teeth kicked in. Would love to do it myself.
Do it you coward.
I hope you are on a watchlist of some kind- so they can throw you in a nameless prison somewhere and water board you for the rest of your life.
Cheers!