Iraq pulls plug on Al-Jazeera
 

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/...era/index.html

To take effect immediately, citing national security concerns.

Democracy in action:glugglug

make way for the american free press. remember, it is fair and balanced!

they'll get replaced by fox news

cnn taking over.

I don't recall Iraq having any laws about "freedom of the press".

Democracy is an illusion created by the wealthy to appease the masses into believing everyone has a say in things.

:1orglaugh

CNN just ran a correction; the office will be closed, the station will remain on the air. Not sure how that helps national security, it's the TV signal that most people encounter, not the office.

they should have secretly closed it, put in some fake workers that are really agents, and monitor those that drop off those tapes :Graucho

Isn't it broadcast via satellite from another country anyways? Shutting down the office does nothing.

Nothing surprising .... It is not available in the US either... remember the POW episode ... banned in the states...

The airwaves are there to promote the people in power: BUSH and the gang.....

On a bright side, time to start abusing prisonners again :Graucho

What they don't say is that the journalists also probably are also getting shut down....

And from were they are going to braodcast? Tapes will have to be shipped at a far location, so creating a delay to report the news....

Fuck how am I supposed to check out my Iraq lotto numbers now?
Or the results of the camel races.

and this is EXACTLY why people like me support alternate methods of protesting.

the opposing forces already in power against the common man and law, peace has already been broken between all classes and authority.

when i turn on the news all i see is urban war coverage.

raise the fist

It's chaos there, the goverment needs to think about the securitysituation first, then the freedom of press.

Maybe the iraqi government doesn't think their ppl really need to see 1000 kidnapermessages per week? Or every new statement by al-quaida?

Im all for a free press, but it's not the biggest issue in iraq right now. It's still a warzone, they need to get it under controll so ppl can live normal lives.

Who says it's not available in the US? It's carried on a number of cable systems, is available on DishNetwork and streams online.

OMG that's like the worst thing they could do ... shut down the arabic channel ? NOW everybody will fucking hate the states ... in other countries then irak . fucking dumb fuckers

remember????


Funny how we saw tons of Iraqis with bags on their head, prisonner abuse and the same at Gantanamo Bay....