Sebastian Usher (BBC): Iraq violence shifting Arab media

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From the BBC Online
Dated Friday June 24

Iraq violence shifting Arab media
By Sebastian Usher
BBC world media correspondent

The latest bombings and bloodshed in Baghdad have meant that violence in Iraq has once again been dominating the bulletins on Arab satellite television stations.

The fact that Iraqi civilians are the main victims of the attacks is increasingly being stressed in reports, interviews and comments.

This has raised questions in some parts of the Arab media about the legitimacy of the groups carrying out the attacks, although the blame for the upsurge in violence is still mainly being placed on the Americans.

The coverage of the violence in Iraq by Arab satellite television stations has undergone a perceptible change in recent months.

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1. They keep saying "civilians killed in attack"...

...I'd like to know in how many instances civilian contractors of non-Iraqis are the epicenter/target. After watching that PBS doc on the contractors over there...you have to wonder.

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2. Last paragraph:

But the most widely expressed view is still that American policy in Iraq and the Middle East is the root-cause of the violence, with little hope of an end in sight while US troops remain in Iraq.