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03-02-2007, 04:26 AM
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masaredera
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The Iraqi government ordered the station shut down. The thing is, the station is a satellite channel and its offices and broadcasting center are in Dubai, not in Iraq. It is owned by an Iraqi who lives in London and used to be a media kingpin in the Batthist party under Saddam.
It is true that the Iraqi government ordered this station shut down. The order exists but the ability of the Iraqi government to shut down this broadcast is virtually non-existent. The Iraqi government cant even, well, be a government, let alone carry out an order like this. I doubt they will be able to block a sattelite signal from reaching the homes of Iraqis with satellite dishes.
I suppose America could launch air strikes against their offices in Dubai, or at least plant a bomb and turn the other way.
Back to the original point. If all they did was wear black to mourn Saddam i don't see how that can be considered inciting hatred, but in Venezuela if there is a TV station actively promoting a coup of a democratically elected government, i don't doubt that any western developed nation would do the same, seek to close it down. Hell, in america you cant even show a nipple..... i wonder what would happen if a media outlet started promoting a violent takeover of the government.... (not that i would be terribly opposed to the idea in the case of the Bush governmnent, since he is not really democratically elected in the first place).
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