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further annals of nationbuilding
No peeps here from conservatives when the Iraqi government shut down Al Jazeera for saying unhappy things. (Envy, maybe?):
- Hoshyar Zibari accused Aljazeera, along with other Arabic language satellite channels, of “incitement” and hiding behind media freedoms.
Zibari said the channel’s coverage of Iraq was “one-sided” and “distorted”.
He made the comments in an interview with an Aljazeera correspondent during an offcial visit to Moscow on Sunday.
“They [Aljazeera and other Arabic channels] have all become incitement channels which are against the interests of security, the Iraqi government and the Iraqi people,” Zibari said.
He added “the new Iraqi government will not tolerate these kinds of intentional breaches and violations”.
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One small step back for Al Jazeera, one giant leap backward for democracy in Iraq.
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“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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