Keyword: alzawraa

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  • US Army 'jammed' satellite (Hot Bird 8 satellite zapped?)

    03/28/2007 4:40:37 AM PDT · by Int · 15 replies · 1,338+ views
    AP ^ | 25/03/2007 12:00 AM (UAE) | AP scribe
    US Army 'jammed' Swiss and French satellitesBern: The US Army mistakenly jammed the satellite signal of a number of news organisations earlier this year - including the French and Swiss national news agencies - in an attempt to shut down an Iraqi TV station, according to a Swiss newspaper. Daily Tages-Anzeiger reported in yesterday's edition that the incident occurred on January 23 and lasted about 24 hours, affecting a large number of radio, television and internet services, including those of Agence France Presse (AFP) and its Swiss counterpart Schweizerische Depeschagentur (SDA). An internal SDA memo states that "the loss of...
  • IRAQ: al-Zawraa vs al-Qaeda ~ Mishan al-Jabouri goes on al-Zawraa and attacks al-Qaeda....

    02/20/2007 10:16:38 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 36 replies · 1,272+ views
    The Fourth Rail and Talismangate ^ | February 20, 2007 5:09 PM | Bill Roggio
    While the Sunni insurgency is often seen as a united block, the reality is that under the surface, there are great tensions and disagreements between the 'domestic' insurgents and the 'foreigners.' Nibras Kazimi has reported that Mishan al-Jabouri, the owner of al-Zawraa, or Muj TV, has issued a scathing statement against al-Qaeda in Iraq, and its political front, the Islamic State in Iraq, which is run by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. The attack on al-Qaeda in Iraq was given by al-Jabouri himself and broadcast on al-Zawraa after several days of publishing items critical of al-Qaeda in its scroll. Al-Jabouri is aligned...
  • Why is Egypt airing insurgent TV from Iraq? (Terror TV & our money to Egypt)

    01/24/2007 2:33:58 PM PST · by PRePublic · 2 replies · 298+ views
    csmonitor ^ | Januray, 18, 2007
    Why is Egypt airing insurgent TV from Iraq? csmonitor.com http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0117/p01s03-wome.htmlWhy is Egypt airing insurgent TV from Iraq? Al Zawraa's broadcasting of Sunni attacks on American soldiers highlights sectarian politics. By Sarah Gauch Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor CAIRO - Al Zawraa television station, the face of Iraq's Sunni insurgency, shows roadside bombs blowing up American tanks, dead and bloody Iraqi children, and insurgent snipers taking aim and firing. And all this blatant anti-Americanism is broadcasting 24/7 on an Egyptian government-controlled satellite provider from one of Washington's closest allies. Even though Iraq and the US have asked Egypt to pull...