Iraqi journalists complain of censorship

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/716474fd67ff3d3a803a56a8bbd2708d.htm

BAGHDAD, 29 May (IRIN) - Iraqi journalists say they are being censored by the US-led Coalition forces and the Iraqi government because of the topics covered by them in newspapers and on television.

The Iraqi Association of Journalists (IAJ) said they have been accused of collaborating with insurgents after trying to report on both sides of the ongoing conflict. snip

Two of the journalists detained by US forces had written articles on the lives of insurgents, after having spent days shadowing them.

"We were living without press freedom during Saddam Hussein's regime and today there is not much difference. Journalists are being held by US forces for doing their job when they write about opposing views," Kamal Aidan, a senior official from the IAJ, told IRIN in Baghdad.

[HEyHEY]

1. Nice to see the IAJ actually Serves a purpose unlike the CAJ

[SpiralHawk]

2. "All your information are belong to us." - BushCo

Ministry of Truth

War is peace.
Hate is love.
SS changes are fantastic.
Big BushCo loves you.

[sarcasmo]

3. Looks like they are doing the same thing in Iraq as they are here in

the States. All Heil Cuckoo-Bananas.

[magellan]

4. Why do they hate the empire? (nt)

[Julius Civitatus]

5. Freedom is on the march!!!

And the Iraqis are getting the same freedom of the press we get here in the USA!!!

Yipeeeeee!!!

:sarcasm:

[AirAmFan]

6. '8 journalists have been detained since March 2005 by US forces,

accused of being a security risk to the Iraqi people and the military.'

Are they now in Gitmo? Where are they?

Shouldn't THIS be the headline? Why is it buried?

[halobeam]

8. GOOD QUESTIONS....

I don't have a clue here on the answers. Anyone know about this???????????

[Supersedeas]

7. What????? Their citizens don't wanna hear more about Jacko?