Iraqi Parliament Wants to Sue al-Jazeera TV

Iraqi Parliament Wants to Sue al-Jazeera TV

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The Arabic al-Jazeera news channel is once again stirring controversy -- the Iraqis want to sue the network for allegedly "insulting" their clerics.

The Iraqi Parliament Wednesday voted unanimously to take legal action against the Qatar-based television channel for alleged "violations and insults of Iraq's religious symbols." The 275-member National Assembly read out a statement condemning al-Jazeera's "attacks" against Iraq's Shiite supreme leader, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, during a

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[edit on 5/10/2007 by shots]

Looks like the media in the middle east has a drouble set of standards had this been A western TV station they would all be calling for heads and or start riots. As it stands now only one is carrying it and that is an Iraqi outlet. :shk:

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[edit on 5/10/2007 by shots]