[PLUG] strange problem in removing 2 files named "." and ".."

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I am unable to delete two files on a hard-drive that originally was in
a ntfs partition.
The files are named "." and ".."

Trying to use the rm -r -f command fails as does the rmdir command.  I
tried renaming them but that fails too.

I really need to remove these two files, how can I tell the linux OS
that they are not being used as a folder relocation command and
actually remove them?

Randall