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I have no way of knowing what propaganda machine we've had going over there, but it seemed woefully inadequate from here. I can't remember hearing much of anything about a radio free Iraq or some equivelant. Seems to me this would have been such a great thing to have going on. Perhaps it was and I didn't hear about it. I fear Al Jazeera has had a monopoly over there.

No, they don't actually. Most of the Iraqi people resent Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya. There is currently a local Iraqi TV channel (but they are fighting for their lives against being taken over by hard liners) and there is Al Harrua (sp) which is run out of DC. The Iraqi people like Al Harrua a lot but they don't have enough "local" news fast enough. We have fallen down on the job information wise. It needs to be glossed up and have some more local news reporting. They really do need a powerful station located right in Iraq. One of the best things they could do is to have talk shows with call ins. The Iraqi people are STARVING for something like that.