Iraq PM censors TV from showing bloody images from daily attacks

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Thursday August 24, 2006 15:30 - (SA)

Iraq PM bans TV from showing attacks

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has banned television channels from broadcasting gory images of daily bloodshed in the country, the interior ministry said in a statement.


BAGHDAD - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has banned television channels from broadcasting gory images of daily bloodshed in the country, the interior ministry said in a statement.

During a visit to the ministry on Wednesday, Maliki issued an order prohibiting broadcasters from showing "blood and killings that magnify the horror" and warned of legal action against those violating the order.

Major General Rashid Flayah, head of a national police division, urged reporters to tone down stories that could inflame sectarian passions in a country riven by violence between Sunni and Shiite groups.

"We will let you do the job, but we want you to stop publishing pictures that arouse passions and sectarian feelings," he told a news conference. "You should reject it. We are building the country with Kalashnikovs and you should help in building it with the use of your pen."


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[Missy M]

1. Democracy at its finest.

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2. positively

flourishing

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. Meme from b*sh....

"kill the blood and guts Nuri"! In a real democracy you have YOUR media show what you want them to show, not what they need to show. :sarcasm: