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Tuesday, 23 January 2007

Part 43 of a series. Continued from this post.

CRACKDOWN: Iraqi PM Locks Down Official
Media Access to Key Government Ministries
Confederate Yankee. Hat tip: Bryan Preston

An anonymous source from within Baghdad's Green Zone has provided me with a copy of a document issued from the office of Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri Al-Malki, ordering the shutdown of contacts with the world press on "any topics that relate to security issues."

The document was directed to "the official speakers or the media advisors" within the Iraqi Interior and Defense Ministries.

No context was provided.

This will likely mean an increased reliance upon anonymous sources in regards to security-related news coming out of Iraq.

This is not a good development for transparent government nor for Iraqi democracy. ...

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Meanwhile, E&P's all over the story.

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Yep, jumpin' right on it. (H/T: Michelle)

Posted by Bill Faith on January 23, 2007 at 02:56 PM in Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Jamilgate, Media Malpractice | Permalink

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