Al Zawra TV on 26E - Iraqi insurgents propaganda outlet

Zaphod

Mentioned on Dr Dish TV. Apparently beamed to Egypt via uplink van from Iraq. From Egypt then broadcasted to Nilesat and Badr.

One of the stronger TPs on 26E on 11747, V, 27500. Some of the content is pretty graphic.

Ronan|Raven

I used to tune into Al Manar during the Hezbollah vs Israel spat. Ironically enough it didnt seem as bad as sky news.

remlap

Nah mate they are broadcasting from Syria.

Iraqi Interior Ministry in November 2006 closed them down in Iraq for the obvious reasons.

Ronan|Raven

Gone from Nilesat.

Egypt has stopped the transmission of a private Iraqi TV station which glorifies the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.

The United States has privately asked the Egyptian authorities to stop al-Zawraa which is carried on Nilesat - a government-owned TV satellite.

Al-Zawraa broadcasts from a secret location. Its owner is a former Iraqi MP who now lives in Syria.

Nilesat says it was taken off air because it broadcast on frequencies which interfered with other channels.

Not so, says Mishan al-Jaburi, the owner of al-Zawraa. He says political reasons were behind the Egyptian decision.

He accused Egypt of bowing to American pressure to stop carrying al-Zawraa.

The channel shows footage of attacks by Sunni groups against US and Iraqi forces.

It also shows images of bloody and mutilated bodies of women and children which it identifies as Sunnis killed by US soldiers and Shia militiamen.

The Iraqi authorities shut down al-Zawraa's offices in Baghdad last November, accusing it of inciting hatred and instigating violence, but Mr Jaburi said his channel condemned equally all attacks against civilians.

He accused Iraqi government channels of promoting sectarianism.

Al-Zawraa is still being carried by Arab Sat, which is jointly owned by all Arab countries.

Mr Jaburi said he believed his channel was safe there because he said certain Arab countries would resist attempts to silence it.

Ulsterman 1690

I tend to take claims of TV channels being operated by terrorists/insurgents/whatever youre having yourself with a pinch of salt

Remember the Daily Express (aka Pornogrophers for traditional values :rolleyes: ) hysterical demands for Al Jazerra to be "shut down" (how exactly this could be accomplished since Al Jazerra dont broadcast from the UK and the most they could do is remove it from the $ky EPG) ot the Turkish demands for the closure of (Kurdish) Roj TV hell I even know people who reckon RTE is a mouthpiece of the Shinners !

watty

Ironically Al jazzera is about the closest thing to an impartial arab channel. Te Daily Express want to have someone watch some of the other arabic english output. And then for really scary, translate typical Arabic Radio & TV output.

Ulsterman 1690

The Daily Express want to have someone watch some of the other arabic english output. And then for really scary, translate typical Arabic Radio & TV output.

True but in all fairness I could imagine there are Arabs who would say the same about the Daily sExpress (or even worse the Daily Mail) and what more theyd be right.

Richard

watty wrote:

Ironically Al jazzera is about the closest thing to an impartial arab channel. Te Daily Express want to have someone watch some of the other arabic english output. And then for really scary, translate typical Arabic Radio & TV output.

I think because Al Jazeera came to prominence for showing captured westerners it became wrongly accused of being a mouthpiece of Al Qu'ieda. It isn't completely impartial by any means, but from what I've seen of it, it's not bad and it does present various alternative points of view. They've gone out of their way to make it an international channel and regularly present segments from London and the U.S. That can't be cheap for a start-up channel, albeit one which has a more established Arabic sister channel.

watty

There are no "completely impartial" channels and there never have been. But some forms of partiality are worse than others. Of course this, like beauty, may be in the eye of the beholder!

remlap

Richard wrote:

I think because Al Jazeera came to prominence for showing captured westerners it became wrongly accused of being a mouthpiece of Al Qu'ieda. It isn't completely impartial by any means, but from what I've seen of it, it's not bad and it does present various alternative points of view. They've gone out of their way to make it an international channel and regularly present segments from London and the U.S. That can't be cheap for a start-up channel, albeit one which has a more established Arabic sister channel.

Well when you got the Emir of Qatar bank rolling it, they probably set for money.

Ulsterman 1690

Someone like the Emir of Qatar is hardly going to back a channel that is too radical lest it incites people who subsequently turn on him.

There are no "completely impartial" channels

Very true niether are there "completely impartial" newspapers, websites or radio stations. Anyone needing a good understanding of the world (i.e. everyone) should get their news from several sources and learn to read between the lines.

Which is why we have broadband, and multisat systems

Dankoozy

Richard wrote:

I think because Al Jazeera came to prominence for showing captured westerners it became wrongly accused of being a mouthpiece of Al Qu'ieda. It isn't completely impartial by any means, but from what I've seen of it, it's not bad and it does present various alternative points of view. They've gone out of their way to make it an international channel and regularly present segments from London and the U.S. That can't be cheap for a start-up channel, albeit one which has a more established Arabic sister channel.

do they still show the captured westerners? on the english version of the channel? i watch it and seems pretty tame. are there just no westerners being captured or is the english version a 'sanitised' version of the arabic one?

watty

Er.. ALL the news channels showed that. It was just that Al Jazerra tended to scoop getting a tape first.