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| Iraq Acts Against Al-Jazeera Network |
| 2003-04-02 |
| Edited for length The Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera announced Thursday that Iraqi officials are expelling one of its reporters from Baghdad and barring another from reporting. The station interrupted a regular newscast to announce that Iraq's Information Ministry had informed it that correspondent Diar al-Omari, an Iraqi, could no longer report for the network and that visiting correspondent Tayseer Allouni must leave the country. "Regretting this decision, Al-Jazeera has decided to suspend its live broadcast from Iraq and will only broadcast recorded items received from Iraq," the station announced. There was no immediate announcement of the move from Iraqi officials, who have taken similar actions against several Western networks, including CNN. |
| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #7 al Jazeera would never report Sammy whacking his own people, they only want to report the infidel Kaffir invaders "war crimes". I am a little worried this is what anonymouse said: getting them out ahead of the gas.... it's gotta be coming soon and this weekend is forecast to be 46 degrees celcius in Baghdad - too hot for chem suits... |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-04-02 23:07:19 |
| #6 My first thought is that Saddam (or whoever) doesn't want the outside world to see the Iraqis use gas. But another possibility is that things are getting shaky for the regime, and those in charge don't want the outside world seeing Baathist thugs murdering the citizens of Baghdad in order to keep them in line. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-04-02 20:13:11 |
| #5 I think you're right. Even al-Jazeera's closer to freedom of the press than Sammy wants to go. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-04-02 19:30:00 |
| #4 This is priceless. I dunno.....maybe they think it's part of the Zionist controlled media? |
| Posted by: Former Russian Major 2003-04-02 19:14:59 |
| #3 Maybe he doesn't want them around when the gas starts? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-02 17:46:26 |
| #2 Guess they didn't want Al-Jazeera filming while the Republican Guard slipped into slacks and sport shirts. |
| Posted by: Nero 2003-04-02 17:26:04 |
| #1 Awww, it was fun while it lasted but the show is almost over. It really looked like they could have had something special going in Iraq but those damn coalition bombs and soldiers had to and ruin the whole thing. |
| Posted by: g wiz 2003-04-02 17:23:18 |