Iraq orders Voice of America, 43 other media outlets to close

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi regulatory body has ordered the closure of 44 media outlets in the country including the BBC and Voice of America in a dispute over broadcast licenses, sources with knowledge of the order said on Sunday. However, no action was immediately taken.

Other organizations targeted for shutdown include privately-owned local TV channels Sharqiya and Baghdadia as well as U.S.-financed Radio Sawa.


A senior source at the Communications and Media Commission (CMC), the body responsible for the order, said the move had nothing to do with the way the outlets had reported on sectarian conflict in the country, as some reports have suggested.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_new...-america-43-other-media-outlets-to-close&lite

So now they are starting to shut off the news from reporting what is going on over there. Next America won't hear anything that is happening and there are daily bombings killing hundreds of people in Iraq since the troops left. I just don't see why America has anyone still remaining over there when a civil war is eminent and it can't stop it.

 

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Buddha12, et al,

Yea, democracy is a lovely thing.

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I'm not sure exactly how much the US spent on Iraq, but it was in the hundreds of billions. I don't think that the US is going to get a return on its investment.

A draft military report on a "Decade of War" reveals U.S. armed forces haphazardly entered misunderstood conflict zones and mismanaged manpower.
Ref: http://www.theatlantic.com/internat...ajor-mistakes-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/258339/​

Iraq have been pretty active lately. Terrorist bombings, a VP on the lamb, allowing Iran to ship weapons through, and now a move to remove the Prime Minister.

To Quote Donald Rumsfeld: Democracy is Messy.​

Most Respectfully,
R

 

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We already got the return. Saddam is dead.

 

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to yetmany iraqis once opposed to him are know remebering his days of power as better. Iraqi woman are for one are far worse of now than before. thanks to our liberation of iraq woman now have the right to not go to school and not drive and not wear a burkha. and it is being made sure as many as possible excercise those rights.

 

Their problem.

 

If Saddam was our problem, then the mess over there now is also our problem.

 

We can't hold their hand indefinitely. There are limits to power.

 

spidergoat, et al,

Yes. Besides, the US is a terrible caretaker. We lost our strong, benevolent, and wise leadership.

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While the US did waste an enormous amount of blood, treasure, and resources, in the liberation effort and the establishment of democracy, it is not about the projection of power.

The Iraqi's insisted on the US departure; both Sunni and Shi'ite. They have chosen there own destiny. Let's let them have the dream they have crafted and keep our hands off. We've already made too many mistakes.

Let the US sit back and watch the growth of what we planted.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

I feel like you're under the impression that we entered Iraq as liberators. I assure you, we did not. Saddam was a threat to our interests, and the moment demanded that he be removed. It is likewise in our best interest for the new democratic Iraq to be stable and friendly the US.

In other words, it isn't a matter of holding their hands, it's a matter of getting their shiz together for them if need be.

 

None of that is incompatible with being "liberators." The liberation of France was likewise done for entirely selfish reasons, but was still a liberation. You get rid of the dictator and foster a democracy, that's liberation. The fact that we're selfish pricks who make a lot of messes doesn't negate that.

 

Have you not been paying attention to what is going on in Syria? Just b/c MSM news sources will be blacked out to the masses doesn't mean events will stop unfolding. TPTB have several paradigms and contingencies planned. It doesn't mean we have to be fooled into them like puppets or serfs.

This article is war propaganda by shills from the CFR.

It's obvious what they mean to happen.

 

I agree.

 

I'm not saying we didn't liberate the people, I'm saying that wasn't the purpose of the invasion. Hence, "We didn't enter as liberators." A doctor can kill a patient in surgery, but he didn't enter the surgery as a killer.

 

...so then you're retracting what you said earlier?

 

That's one hell of a pupet govt. I can't believe that even though the u.s regime rigged the election, they still couldn't get the ideal pupet. I am impressed with Iraq.

 

No, I didn't say anything incompatible.

 

So its their problem the consequences of our actions? spider that is childish, immature, foolish, and so far beneath someone of your intelligence. we are responsible for the results of our actions the results we wanted and intended as well as the unwanted and unintended. the fact we do not like what are actions have wrought makes us no less guilty of results.

 

So we should instead dominate our power over them and subvert their nascent Democracy? Pick a side.

 

no. just because we can't fix it doesn't negate our culpibility.

 

We are culpable because we invaded, but if we can't fix it, it's still their problem.