Baghdad, Sept. 5 (NNN): Iraq's interim government has woken up, smelled the coffee and indefinitely extended a month-long ban on Qatar-based Arabic TV lies news channel al-Jazeera, saying there has been no response to fears that broadcasts routinely incite terrorist atrocities, murder, kidnappings, hijackings, homicide bombings, car bombings, truck bombings, wife beating, anti-Semitism, bigotry, religious intolerance and violence. A statement issued by the office of the interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, also accused al-Jazeera of continuing to undermine operate from Iraq despite the ban. The government has complained that Arabic satellite channels encourage kidnappings by showing pictures of hostages being murdered or threatened with execution. Al-Jazeera's reporters in Iraq have said they treat such events only as terrorist propaganda and not news stories, and have suggested the ban is an attempt to suppress terrorist activity and unwelcome lies news. |