Reuters
May 13, 2003

New Iraqi TV Complains of U.S. Censorship

by Saul Hudson

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S.-sponsored Iraqi television news station complained of American censorship before its first broadcast Tuesday, including attempts to stop it airing passages from the Koran, the Muslim holy book. . . .

The charges of censorship could reaffirm for many Iraqis the perception that Washington is not allowing them a free hand in building democratic institutions.

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[Paul Bremer has ordered his legal department in Baghdad to draw up rules for press censorship.--Robert Fisk, "Censorship of the press: a familiar story for Iraqis, Independent, June 11, 2003]