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  • Newspaper Shuttered, Editor Held In Baghdad

    07/22/2003 8:29:53 PM PDT · by Pokey78 · 15 replies · 103+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 07/23/03 | Pamela Constable
    'Inciteful' Article Brings Raid on Site BAGHDAD, July 22 -- A local newspaper has been shut down and its manager arrested over an article that U.S. occupation authorities and Iraqi officials considered an incitement to violence and a threat to human rights in Iraq.Iraqi police accompanied by U.S. troops raided the offices of Al-Mustaqila newspaper, which means The Independent in Arabic. Neighbors said troops broke down the front door, ransacked the office and detained the newspaper's manager, Abdul Sattar Shalan.According to U.S. occupation authorities, the paper published an article 10 days ago titled, "Death to all spies and those who...
  • IRAQ INTENDS TO ARREST AHMAD CHALABI AFTER EID

    01/21/2005 12:45:47 PM PST · by areafiftyone · 17 replies · 1,080+ views
    Reuters ^ | 1/21/05
    DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's interim defense minister said on Friday the government would arrest Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi after the Eid al-Adha holiday for allegedly maligning the defense ministry. "We will arrest him and hand him over to Interpol. We will arrest him based on facts that he wanted to malign the reputation of the defense ministry and defense minister," Hazim al-Shaalan told Al Jazeera television, adding the measures would start after the Muslim holiday which began on Jan. 20.