Sun Jun 24, 2012, 03:45 PM

alp227 (20,981 posts)

Iraqi authorities order closure of 44 news organisations

Source: AP

An Iraqi press freedom group has condemned authorities for ordering the closure of 44 news organisations, including a US-funded radio station.

No media outlet is reported to have been forced to close so far but critics say the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is sending a warning to the media.

The dispute calls into question the future of Iraq's fledgling democracy, nine years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and six months after the last of the US troops who overthrew him withdrew.

Ziyad al-Aajely, the head of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, called the move to shut down media offices "a setback to the freedom of journalism in Iraq."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/24/iraq-closure-news-organisations

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Iraqi authorities order closure of 44 news organisations (Original post)	alp227	Jun 2012	OP
Going the way of Iran. Well done Bush.	tabatha	Jun 2012	#1
Iraq has got to learn the proper way to do this	thelordofhell	Jun 2012	#2
Where's Rumsfeld when you need him?	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#3
We should first bring democracy to the U.S. before trying to export it. nt	AdHocSolver	Jun 2012	#4
The total cost....................	Red Crow	Jun 2012	#6
So glad we brought them democracy.	iandhr	Jun 2012	#5
That didn't take long for Maliki to put on the iron gloves after we decalred victory and beat feet	may3rd	Jun 2012	#7

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 04:14 PM

tabatha (18,795 posts)

1. Going the way of Iran. Well done Bush.

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 04:18 PM

thelordofhell (3,849 posts)

2. Iraq has got to learn the proper way to do this

Have the outlets bought up by rich elites and make them irrelevant.

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 04:22 PM

sabrina 1 (34,948 posts)

3. Where's Rumsfeld when you need him?

Democracy is messy

I wonder what the total cost of 'bringing Democracy' to Iraq will be, in lives and money, by the time it's all over?

They are worse off now regarding freedom than they were before we brought them 'democracy'. Women especially have lost so much due to our bringing them democracy.

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 05:03 PM

AdHocSolver (2,312 posts)

4. We should first bring democracy to the U.S. before trying to export it. nt

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 11:54 PM

Red Crow (8 posts)

6. The total cost....................

cannot be calculated when you factor in the loss of innocent human life.The unbelievable human suffering it has caused both to Americans and Iraqis.Shame! Shame!

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 07:48 PM

iandhr (2,296 posts)

5. So glad we brought them democracy.

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Mon Jun 25, 2012, 07:54 PM

may3rd (593 posts)

7. That didn't take long for Maliki to put on the iron gloves after we decalred victory and beat feet

outta there;

Iraqi PM ‘cracks down’ on media

...Iraqi regulatory body has ordered the closure of 44 media outlets in the country including the BBC and Voice of America...
....
Other organizations targeted for shutdown include privately-owned local TV channels Sharqiya and Baghdadia, as well as U.S.-financed Radio Sawa

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraqi-pm-cracks-down-on-media.aspx?pageID=238&nID=23992&NewsCatID=352

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