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| Iraq |
| Iraqi Council Rips Into Arab Media |
| 2003-07-14 |
| Iraqi council blasts Arab media From correspondents in Baghdad THE new 25-member Iraqi Governing Council savaged the Arab media today for romanticising deposed dictator Saddam Hussein and turning a blind eye to the atrocities he committed against his own people. "I say this to the Arab media: stop advising the Iraqis to fight the Americans," Nasseer al-Shadershi, the Sunni Muslim head of the Iraqi Democratic Current, told reporters to a roar of applause. He was joined by Mohammed Barhul Ulom, a Shi’ite cleric who fled Iraq in 1991 for London. "These media are threatening us from the first day of the war until now," he said, lambasting some Arab media circles for glorifying Saddam in the build-up to the US-led war which triggered revulsion and mass protests across the Arab world. "Saddam is gone, he’s history, he’s never coming back." He scolded the media for ignoring the crimes of Saddam, invoking the 1988 gassing of the Kurds and the brutal supression of the Shi’ite and Kurdish uprising at the conclusion of the 1991 Gulf War. "Come see the mass graves," he said, to a furious round of applause. |
| Posted by:ColoradoConservative |
| #5 This Al Jeezera (all Al-Queda, all the time) will report this? In Arabic? You'll notice I'm not holding my breath. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-7-14 5:45:17 PM |
| #4 I agree with Lucky. I like what they are saying but it's so far out of 'mainstream' arab media, they are in grave danger now. For those that don't know, Arab media is controlled by Arab leaders. God speed gentleman! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC California Chapter) 2003-7-14 2:29:47 PM |
| #3 Excellent--this is just the thing I need to read on a Monday! Once basic services are in place and are more reliable (and less frequently sabotaged), the most important next-step in my opinion is to get the Iraqis online and blogging away. Get the word out about what life was really like under Saddam and put an end to all the lies in the Arab press blaming the West for all their problems, instead of looking at their own backward, repressive regimes. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-7-14 1:07:17 PM |
| #2 Can he get an AMEN? AMEN! |
| Posted by: Hodadenon 2003-7-14 1:04:25 PM |
| #1 Get these guys armed guards cause they're toast. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-7-14 1:03:12 PM |