So Much For Democracy In Iraq-Gov Closes Down Al-Arabiya TV In Baghdad

[kpete]

Iraq closes down Al-Arabiya in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government on Thursday ordered Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya to shut down its Baghdad operations for one month, state television reported. Al-Arabiya said Iraqi police later arrived at its offices to enforce the order.

The other pan-Arab satellite network, Al-Jazeera, had its office in the capital closed two years ago.

Al-Arabiya, which is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at first said its headquarters had not yet been informed of a ban, but later said on live television that police had arrived at its Baghdad offices to close its operations down.

The order apparently was issued by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Cabinet.


more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_arabiya

[rodeodance]

1. day by day, it gets muddier

[pinto]

2. Hunh? Isn't al-Arabiya considered a reputable, mainstream

Arabic network? (I could be off here, but that's been my assumption.)

[NewInNewJ.]

3. I'm sure Bush & company had this done.

Remember last week they stated they were spending big bucks for positive news there. Guess there was none and so they shut it down.

[TheFriedPiper]

4. censorship sucks, whether its Iraqi govt, US govt, or even

moving threads that certain overly sensitive people get offended by into obscure forums where few will read them

i can't stand censorship in any form