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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Television|Television]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Television|Television | |||
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'''Artist:''' Al Arabiya | '''Artist:''' Al Arabiya | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Iraqi governing council and United States government officials | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Iraqi governing council and United States government officials | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' November, 2003 | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' November 2003 | |||
'''Location:''' Iraq | '''Location:''' Iraq | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Al Arabiya is a top-rated television stations in the Middle East. It is known for its concise coverage of pan-Arab issues. <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' Al Arabiya, along with another Iraqi tv station, [[Al Jazeera|al Jazeera]], aired footage of hooded men threatening to kill members of the U.S. appointed Iraqi governing council. The U.S. State Department called this, "irresponsible in the extreme." On 24 November, 2003, al Arabiya aired an audio tape reportedly made by Saddam Hussein, which Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called, "openly hostile to America." It must be noted that in a poll taken in the Middle East, 63% of the population prefer either [[al Jazeera]] or al Arabiya to other news stations. <P> | |||
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'''Results of Incident:''' The governing council banned the two stations from reporting in Iraq for several weeks. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The governing council banned the two stations from reporting in Iraq for several weeks. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' news.bbc.co.uk | '''Source:''' news.bbc.co.uk | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:48, 10 February 2012
Date: 2003
Region: Middle East
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Television
Artist: Al Arabiya
Confronting Bodies: Iraqi governing council and United States government officials
Dates of Action: November, 2003
Location: Iraq
Description of Artwork: Al Arabiya is a top-rated television stations in the Middle East. It is known for its concise coverage of pan-Arab issues.
The Incident: Al Arabiya, along with another Iraqi tv station, al Jazeera, aired footage of hooded men threatening to kill members of the U.S. appointed Iraqi governing council. The U.S. State Department called this, "irresponsible in the extreme." On 24 November, 2003, al Arabiya aired an audio tape reportedly made by Saddam Hussein, which Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called, "openly hostile to America." It must be noted that in a poll taken in the Middle East, 63% of the population prefer either al Jazeera or al Arabiya to other news stations.
Results of Incident: The governing council banned the two stations from reporting in Iraq for several weeks.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
