Iraqi interior ministry orders closure of TV station's Baghdad bureau (Sunni owned)
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Iraqi security forces Monday shut down Al-Sharqiya's Baghdad bureau after the interior minister accused the Iraqi TV station of "spreading lies and fomenting sectarian violence and hate" in its news coverage, including the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, interior ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf told CNN.
Al-Sharqiya -- which is owned by a London-based Iraqi media tycoon, who is a Sunni Arab -- is still on the air despite the interior minister's order to close its Baghdad office. The network has a large broadcast center in Dubai.
Khalaf said the station was warned several times about its coverage, including what he said was a false report that three girls from Baghdad University were kidnapped by militias.
"They made such a big deal out of it and it turned out to be false," he said.
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Al-Sharqiya -- which is owned by a London-based Iraqi media tycoon, who is a Sunni Arab -- is still on the air despite the interior minister's order to close its Baghdad office. The network has a large broadcast center in Dubai.
Khalaf said the station was warned several times about its coverage, including what he said was a false report that three girls from Baghdad University were kidnapped by militias.
"They made such a big deal out of it and it turned out to be false," he said.
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