Bloomberg | Iraq Revokes Licenses of Al Jazeera and 9 Other TV Channels New York Times BAGHDAD — Iraq's government on Sunday revoked the operating licenses of Al Jazeera and nine other television channels, saying that they were inciting sectarian conflict. All but one of the channels are aligned with Sunni financial backers, and the ... Iraq pulls plug on 'misleading' TV networks Iraq Reported to Halt Al Jazeera's License, Close Jordan Border Iraq Pulls 10 Broadcasters' Licenses Over Sectarian Violence |
Yahoo! News | Iraq revokes licenses of Al-Jazeera and other TV channels, alleges sectarian ... Fox News The other nine channels whose licenses were suspended by Iraq's Communications and Media Commission are al-Sharqiya and al-Sharqiya News, which frequently criticize the government, and seven smaller local channels — Salahuddin, Fallujah, ... Iraq pulls licenses of Al-Jazeera, other channels Iraq PM: Regional strife stoking sectarianism Iraq pulls Al-Jazeera, other TV licenses amid unrest |
Iraq Issues New Bans of Broadcast Media - Voice of America Voice of America A statement from Qatar-based al-Jazeera said it was "astonished" by the suspension, saying it covers all sides of news stories in Iraq. The suspension decree stops short of blocking the networks' satellite signals. But it warns of legal action from ... |
RT | Iraq suspends Al Jazeera, other networks for 'promoting violence' RT Iraq has suspended Qatar-based Al Jazeera and nine other satellite TV channels from broadcast, citing "unprofessional reporting” that generated inter-ethnic strife in the war-torn country. The Iraqi Communication and Media Commission said in a ... |
Business Insider | Iraqi Prime Minister Is Looking More And More Like A Dictator Business Insider Such consolidations allowed him to take an unprecedented move: what Maliki claims was an arrest, but what many call an assassination attempt on Iraq's former finance minister. Luckily, and predictably, Rafi Issawi was under the protection of the ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Obama's 'red line' on Syria: An Iraq-like 'slam dunk' moment? (+video) Christian Science Monitor President Obama said a 'red line' would be crossed if the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against rebels. Might that propel the US into war, as those elusive 'weapons of mass destruction' did in Iraq? By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer / April 27 ... US tries Iraq scenario in Syria Syria and the Ghosts of Iraq Syria: US manipulating chemical weapons evidence, like it did with Iraq |
Iraq suspends 10 satellite TV channels for promoting 'sectarianism' Al-Arabiya Ten satellite television channels in Iraq have been suspended by the government for promoting sectarianism and violence, the country's media watchdog said Sunday. Among the channels, Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera has been blocked along with ... |
Deadly anti-government violence grips Iraq Aljazeera.com Sectarian tensions have escalated in Iraq, where the death toll from a wave of violence has passed 200, officials and reports have said. On Saturday, the fifth consecutive day of protests, gunmen killed four army intelligence soldiers and wounded a ... |
Iraq suspends 10 TV channels including Al-Jazeera for 'sectarianism' Times of India "We're astonished by this development. We cover all sides of the stories in Iraq, and have done (so) for many years. The fact that so many channels have been hit all at once, though, suggests this is an indiscriminate decision," an Al-Jazeera spokesman ... |
The Guardian | Syrians Report Broad Fighting and Suspicious Airstrike New York Times Some accused Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq, whose Shiite-dominated government is engrossed in a worsening conflict with Sunni militants, of ordering the strike. Others said the plane was a Syrian Air Force MiG that had crossed into Iraqi ... Syria Rebels Blame Iraq for Eastern Air Strike |