My solution to the problem:
iconv -f 'UTF-8' -t 'ASCII//IGNORE' -o output-file-name --verbose 
input-file-name

The -t 'ASCII//IGNORE' option insures that the offensive characters will
be discarded from the output, and the --verbose option tells you where
they were in the file.

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refuses to open files with incorrect encoding
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575500
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