Al Jazeera jammed in Mideast; Libya suspect

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Source: Al Jazeera

DOHA: Al Jazeera’s signal across the Middle East and North Africa was plagued by jamming on Sunday, the Arab satellite broadcaster said, and Lebanon said the electronic interference was coming from Libya.

Al Jazeera, whose coverage of the regional political unrest has been widely watched in the Arab world, first reported jamming on Friday and said its website had been blocked in Libya.

“We believe that whoever is doing this is operating with sophisticated and large equipment,” an Al Jazeera spokesman said in a statement.

In Beirut, Lebanese Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas said the jamming “originated from Libyan territory” and it was also affecting Lebanese channels.

Read more: http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article275671.ece

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I may be wrong about this because I don't know about the international laws governing Telecommunications and the jamming thereof, but this rings illegal to me.