Al-Arabiya banned in Iraq by council

[Bonobo]

Here's the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3233876.stm

Hurray for the free(per) press!

[Walt Starr]

1. They hate us for our freedoms

oops, I gues we didn't liberate the Iraqis any more than they were liberated under Hussein.

In fact, it looks like things are now worse than they were under Hussein.

[wtmusic]

2. Rummy counters

'And last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld called the two stations "violently anti-coalition" as he announced the planned launch of a U.S.-run satellite channel to compete with the wildly popular news stations.'

If they don't exist, where's the competition?

[soothsayer]

3. i thought the Iraqis were already complaining about the US propaganda

broadcasts over there, saying "jeez, it's the same as when Hussein was here" or something to that effect.

[wtmusic]

5. Yeah I heard that too

Same heavy-handed response which only guarantees ultimate failure.

What's mighty frightening is the dearth of hard coverage coming out of Iraq from anyone. That says to me things are worse than we know.

[bvar22]

4. bush*/ republicans....bringing freedom to Iraq....

and if they don't want it, we'll kill all of 'em....lousy ingrates....just because we had to kill and maim 100,000 Iraqis they try to cop an attitude.
Those ignorant ragheads should be throwing flowers!!!!!

/free republic impersonation