IRAQ SUSPENDS BROADCAST OPERATIONS OF AL JAZEERA.

Iraq has reportedly suspended the licences of 10 satellite television channels including Al Jazera, for promoting violence and sectarianism,

“We took a decision to suspend the licence of some satellite channels that adopted language encouraging violence and sectarianism,” said Mujahid Abu al-Hail of the Communications and Media Commission (CMC) on Sunday.
“It means stopping their work in Iraq and their activities, so they cannot cover events in Iraq or move around,” Hail said.

The CMC said it believes that “the rhetoric and substance coverage” by Baghdad, Al Sharqiyah, Al Sharqiyah News, Babylonian, Salah al-Din, Anwar 2, al Tagheer, Fallujah, Al Jazeera and Al Gharbiyah, all TV channels that operate in the region, were “provocative, misleading and exaggerated with the objective of disturbing the civil and democratic process”.