Al-Jazeera's Baghdad office closed. So much democracy, so little time

[lottie244]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9C888134-9481-485A-A675-DD3C50DA224D.htm

I am sure the Bush regime would love to close a few media offices here but there aren't that many who aren't spinning for him.

[Cocoa]

1. what a travesty

if this doesn't expose the farce that Iraq is, nothing will.

[gpandas]

2. thanks for the ammo. n/t

[Soloflecks]

3. I liked this part.

"The development followed reports that US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had accused Aljazeera and the other main Arab news channel, Al-Arabiya, of harming the image of the US in the Arab world."


:evilfrown:

[jpgray]

4. Yes, this is the sign of a healthy democracy

Doubtless our brave press corps will be all over this. :eyes:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. They shut it down because it doesn't have "happy news" like we do.

Unlike our media, they had the nerve to show Iraqis who actually don't appreciate having their country occupied by gun-toting thugs.