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  • Al Jazeera banned from boadcasting in Iraq.

    04/02/2003 2:21:13 PM PST · by Smogger · 162 replies · 252+ views
    CNN News. | 04/01/2003 | Me
    Just reported on CNN Al Jazeera is being asked to leave Iraq by the Iraqi government. Presumably this means only Baghdad as this is the only city under their control. I wonder why? Coverage not slanted enough?
  • Al-Jazeera's Basra hotel bombed

    04/02/2003 6:18:05 AM PST · by veronica · 24 replies · 178+ views
    The UK Guardian ^ | 04-02-03 | Jason Deans
    A hotel in Basra being used as a base by al-Jazeera's team of correspondents in the city was shelled this morning, the Arabic TV news channel has claimed. The Basra Sheraton, whose only guests are al-Jazeera journalists, received four direct hits this morning during a heavy artillery bombardment, according to the Qatar-based broadcaster. No casualties were reported in the incident, but al-Jazeera said it would be writing to the Pentagon again to provide full details of the location of all its journalists and bureaux in Iraq. "The official HQ of al-Jazeera's team covering the war on Iraq in Basra was...