Iraqi Newspaper and TV Station al-Jazeera Shut Down
/The Iraqi interim government has ordered the
closure of the Baghdad office of Arabic television station al-Jazeera
for the next four weeks. Prime Minister Iyad Allawi accused the
satellite station of inciting hatred and racial tension. The station's
editor-in-chief told the BBC the government had been trying to coerce
al-Jazeera into positions contradictory to its editorial policy. On
Saturday evening, Iraqi police entered the station's Baghdad offices.
They were seen arguing with al-Jazeera employees inside the building
before ordering them all to leave. [more]
- In April Donald Rumsfeld said al-Jazeera is "consistently lying and telling things that are not true about coalition forces" [more] He also stated al-Jazeera was "working in concert with terrorists" [more]
- Bush admin to fund Al-Jazeera rival [more]
- Al-Jazeera sign is removed during Democratic Convention [more]
- Is Al-Jazeera Being Targeted by the U.S. Government? [more]
- Al-Jazeera Tells the Truth About War [more]
- Blame Al Jazeera [more]
