In an interview on Monday, Iraq=92s Minister of Communication, Haider Al-Abadi blasted the act that started the current wave of violence: the closing of al-Sadr=92s newspaper, Al-Hawzah. =93It was completely wrong,=94 he told me. =93Is this how we are going to run the country in the future sending soldiers to shut down newspapers?=94
Al-Ababi, who is supposedly in charge of media in Iraq, says he was not even informed of the plan to close Al-Hawza until the locks were on the door, adding that Sadr=92s newspaper did nothing more than speculate that the U.S. is behind some of the terrorist attacks here. =93But these are rumours in the whole country, I=92m hearing them everywhere.=94 http://www.nologo.org/
