Civil rights groups protest sex segregation in (Iraq) schools

Meet the new Taliban, same as the old Taliban.

In a whole new country.

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January 26, 2005
Saudis Funding Iraqi Media For Propaganda?
The Guardian (UK) reports on documents filed as part of a slander case in London which show millions of pounds transferred from the Saudi royal family to the "Rupert Murdoch of Iraq," the first independent Iraqi media mogul. At question is the motives of Saad Al-Bazzaz in publishing untrue stories about the wife of a Qatar emir in 2001:

Iraq's first independent media mogul has been running his empire with millions of pounds secretly provided by the Saudi regime, according to allegations made in the high court in London.
Based on documents lodged with the court, Saad Al-Bazzaz - dubbed the Rupert Murdoch of Iraq - was alleged to have received the money for the launch of his newspaper Azzaman, which is now the most widely read daily in Iraq. Mr Bazzaz also controls Iraq's first private satellite TV channel.

The papers emerged during a libel action in which Mr Bazzaz, a former exile in London, was accused of running a sophisticated covert propaganda operation funded by Saudi Arabian intelligence.

Bazzaz' attorneys don't dispute the payments, but claim that they didn't affect the independence of Bazzaz' reporting. However, the Saudi funding, while not unexpected, raises serious doubts about the motives of the Saudis and the reporting on the ground from his organization during the upcoming elections. The Saudis didn't want Saddam removed at all, at least not by us, and the last thing they want is a functioning representative democracy on their northern border.
(snip/...)http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/003646.php

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