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U.S. Shuts Down Iraqi Newspaper; Editor Arrested

HeadlineJul 23, 2003

U.S. troops and Iraqi police have raided and closed down the offices of a new newspaper in Baghdad. The editor of the paper Al-Mustaqila was also arrested. U.S. forces felt the paper was inciting violence.

The Washington Post reports the U.S. has banned all Iraqi media from publishing or airing material that could be viewed as inciting political, religious or ethnic violence or promoting attacks on U.S. forces here.

Already shut down have been a Baghdad radio station and a Shiite Muslim newspaper in Najaf.

The international press group Reporters Without Borders have criticized the press rules.

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