Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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goodluck <<<We are alienating the population>>> maybe not -- look at the following -- can you imagine -- a free press in the middle of Arabia
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An Iraqi Media Roundup
By MEMRI
MEMRI.org / August 20, 2003
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=9460
The following report is the fifth release from MEMRI's Baghdad office. It focuses on editorials which appeared in the Iraqi press regarding the Arab reaction to the new Iraq, terrorism in Iraq, the Governing Council, religious pluralism, and other regional issues. There are over 100 dailies and weeklies published in Iraq, many of which characterize themselves as "politically independent," while others are clearly associated with established political parties or groups such as Al-Mu'tamar (Iraqi National Congress headed by Dr. Ahmad Al-Chalabi), Al-Nahdha (Liberal Democratic Group under Dr. Al-Pachachi), Al-'Adala (of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution, headed by Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al-Hakeem), and Al-Aswaq (Iraqi Industrial Federation). To the extent possible, MEMRI will identify the affiliation of the newspapers quoted in this dispatch.

Editorials

I. The Arab Regimes are Shocked by the Prospect of a Successful Democracy in Iraq