Iraq Media
Baghdad, Iraq-AP -- Iraq's U-S-appointed government has raided the Baghdad office of an Arabic T-V news channel for broadcasting an audiotape purported to carry the voice of Saddam Hussein. The president of the Iraqi Governing Council says it plans to sue the Al-Arabiya (ahl-ah-rih-BEE'-yah) T-V network. Jalal Talabani says "in our view Saddam is a criminal, a war criminal and an executioner."
Talabani adds Al-Arabiya is inciting murder because it's calling for killings through the voice of Saddam Hussein. He says Al-Arabiya will be banned from working in Iraq for "a certain time," which he didn't specify.
About 20 Iraqi police raided the office of the Dubai-based, Saudi-owned company today, listing equipment to be seized if the network doesn't comply with the orders of Iraqi authorities.
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