Iraq TV station taken off air after deadly church raid

dipsydoodle

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Mon Nov-01-10 05:13 PM
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Iraq TV station taken off air after deadly church raid

Edited on Mon Nov-01-10 05:15 PM by dipsydoodle

Source: BBC News

Al-Baghdadia, the TV station in Baghdad that said it was contacted by gunmen during Sunday's church hostage drama, has been taken off air.

It stopped transmitting shortly after its building was taken over, reportedly by a large number of government troops.

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The Iraqi government says it had no choice but to storm the Catholic church on Sunday night: Defence Minister Abdul-Qadr al-Obeidi said the gunmen had threatened to kill all their captives.

Al-Baghdadia - an independent station based in Egypt - says its public hotline number was phoned by the gunmen who requested it broadcast the news that they wanted to negotiate.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11668634

Sometimes its dificualt to decide which four paras to use. Its odd they were prevented from filming the rescue "attempt" ?

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awoke_in_2003

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Mon Nov-01-10 05:54 PM
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1. Not really...

not good to let the guys on the inside know what those outside are doing.

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