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Al-Baghdadia TV is an independent Iraqi-owned[1] Arabic-language satellite channel based in Cairo, Egypt. It is considered a Nationalistic channel of unknown funding, possibly Saudi or Egyptian.[2] During the Iraqi insurgency several prominent journalists with the station were murdered.[3] Recently, the station became best known for journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference on December 14, 2008.[4]
[edit] History[edit] Management and programmingAl-Baghdadia is a general entertainment channel that broadcasts in Arabic via a Hot Bird 8 at 13E satellite[5] Abdel-Hameed al-Sayeh is the station's manager,[6] and Muzhir al-Khafaji is its programming director,[7] both based out of Cairo. They receive some of their programming from Australia-based UBI World TV. The Newseum said, "The station is often critical of the new Iraqi government and of the U.S. presence in Iraq."[8] Dr. Hussein Shaaban, the previous director general of Al Baghdadia, has described the U.S. occupation as “humiliating to Iraq”.[9] [edit] Journalists murderedIn a round of killings targeting journalists during the Iraqi insurgency that shocked the country, Al-Baghdadia suffered through several casualties of some of its most well-known contributors.[3] On January 16, 2006, cameraman Luaay Salam Radeef was murdered.[10] In April 2006, So'oud Muzahim al-Shoumari, an Al-Baghdadia correspondent, was found dead in Baghdad's southern district of Doura, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).[11] On May 5, 2006, human rights correspondent So’oud Mukahim Al-Shoumari, who was also known by the last name Al-Hadithi, was abducted, tortured and shot dead in Baghdad.[12] A line producer for the channel, Jawad Al-Daami, was murdered in Baghdad on September 24, 2007.[13] Al-Daami, a very well-known poet,[11] worked on cultural and social programs for Al-Baghdadia until he was found shot in the head in Al-Qadissiya, a neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad.[11] [edit] Muntadhar al ZaidiMain article: Muntadhar al-Zaidi In September 2005 Muntadhar al-Zaidi joined the station.[4] On November 16, 2007, al Zaidi was kidnapped in Baghdad working on assignment for Al-Baghdadia, but released on November 19th, without harm or ransom payments.[14] This television channel gained exposure when al-Zaidi hurled two of his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on December 14, 2008.[15] Dhirgham al-Zaidi, who sometimes worked as his brother's cameraman, said Muntadhar's reporting for the station was "against the occupation," and that at times he signed off "from occupied Baghdad."[16] Dihirgham said the reporter's stories focused on Iraqi widows, orphans, and children.[16] After he was jailed, the station issued a statement demanding al-Zaidi's release. [17] Canada's Globe & Mail chastised the channel in an editorial, stating, "To its shame, Al Baghdadia has not only failed to apologize, or to discipline or fire Mr. Zaidi, who is being held in an Iraqi jail over the attempted assault, but instead posted his photo on its website and attacked the government for holding him."[18] The network appointed Dheyaa al-Saadi, president of the Union of Lawyers in Iraq, to defend Zaidi.[19] [edit] References
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