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| Iraq |
| US troops raid Shi'ite TV station in Baghdad |
| 2006-10-24 |
| US troops late Monday raided the offices of a television station affiliated with a major Shi'ite party represented in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, the station's deputy editor said. Haidar Kadhim said the troops arrived at al-Furat television complex in the central Baghdad's Karadah neighborhood at about 9:30 p.m. (18:30 GMT), disarming the station's 40 armed guards but allowing the management and editorial teams to continue to work undisturbed. They did not search the offices. Nearly two hours later, the troops handed back the guards' weapons and left, according to Kadhim and the station's public relations manager, Mohsin al-Hakim. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Dammit, the J Post, which really oughta be better than this, doesnt name the party. Is it a Sadrist party? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-10-24 16:12 |
| #4 we can always hope that the big boys finally decided they need to address the fact that they have lost the PR war. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-24 10:18 |
| #3 disarming the station's 40 armed guards Almost enough to be considered a private army... plus the arms and explosives cache discovered there yesterday. It definitely feels like a sign the Shiites aren't protected any more. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-24 07:02 |
| #2 Shi'ite |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-24 00:51 |
| #1 ??? |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-10-24 00:33 |