AP: Egypt Closes Satellite TV Feed From Iraq

[Eugene]

Associated Press
Egypt Closes Satellite TV Feed From Iraq
By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD 02.26.07, 11:30 AM ET

Egypt has stopped transmission by its TV satellite of Al-Zawraa, a private Iraqi
channel whose propaganda on behalf of the Sunni insurgency had drawn fire from
the U.S. and Iraqi governments, an Information Ministry official said Monday.

The chairman of the board of NileSat, Amin Basyouni, said the Al-Zawraa feed
had been cut for technical reasons and not as an act of censorship.

"The transmission frequency of the channel interferes with the other channels
broadcast by NileSat," Basyouni told The Associated Press. "We have no authority
over what these channels show. We believe in freedom of expression."

But the owner of Al-Zawraa, Mishan al-Jabouri, saw the move as politically
motivated and said he would sue Egypt.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/26/ap3462614.html