AIM Accuracy In Media / Report / December 6, 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------- Pro-Terrorist Media The Al-Arabiya channel is not as well known as Al-Jazeera but it also has a notorious reputation. It was ordered out of Baghdad in 2003 by the post-Saddam government. The new authorities accused it of inciting violence against innocent citizens and American military personnel. At the time, Jalal Talabani, then Council President in Baghdad, said, "Al-Arabiya incites murder because it's calling for killings through [what was purported to be] the voice of Saddam Hussein." State Department spokesman Richard Boucher defended ousting Al-Arabiya, saying the aim was "to avoid a situation where these media are used as a channel for incitement, for inflammatory statements, and for statements and actions that harm the security of the people who live and work in Baghdad, including Iraqi citizens themselves." On July 2, 2005, Al-Arabiya TV aired a sympathetic report about the movement of "martyrdom seekers" in Iran preparing to attack the U.S. because of the war in Iraq. The Al-Arabiya reporter said, "40,000 time bombs in Iran—this is the number of volunteers so far, and the registration is still open. There is no distinction between men and women, Sunnis or Shiites. 'We all sacrifice for the sake of Islam,' they chant. This is the movement of martyrdom seekers, whose goals and organizational structure are still unclear. They refused to give further details, but did not conceal their determination to sacrifice their lives. The reason—what America has done in the holy places of Najaf and Karbala." Another Al-Arabiya report on "martyrdom" aired on July 22, 2005, and showed the son of a suicide bomber who watched film of his father blowing himself up in a car loaded with explosives. "Of course, I miss him and remember his words," the son said. "Sometimes it saddens me, but I love to watch him."
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