Wow! We really are starting to impose Bush' brand of Democracy over there.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/breaking_... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister warned television stations Wednesday against broadcasting reports that incite violence, saying he will not hesitate to shut them down.
The statement by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to Iraq's parliament came amid an increase of biased reporting by Shiite and Sunni television stations that focus on the suffering of their communities - often with little mention of the other.
"Television channels, mosques, journalism, and people in the streets are all inciting in a way that this present government cannot control," al-Maliki said.
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"Yesterday, when I was in Kurdistan, the Al-Jazeera correspondent asked me a question. But I told him that I will not reply because we have position against Al-Jazeera," al-Maliki said. "I blame my brothers in Kurdistan to allow Al-Jazeera to work although it is banned from that because it incites sectarianism day and night in Iraqi circles."
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Somebody ought to post this on Freaker Republic or Malkin's site. Looks like there are some newspapers in Iraq that need protesting a hell of a lot more than the NY Time.
It's amazing how the longer this disaster goes on, the more it looks like America is taking on the attributes of the Saddam regime, instead of vice/versa.