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• 11/24/2003 Archived Entry: "Al-Arabiya ordered to shut down in Baghdad" .
• AL-ARABIYA SHUT DOWN BY IRAQIS: I'm not sure if I completely like this -- given my preference for more freedom and not less -- but the Iraqi Governing Council ordered the Arabic-language television network Al-Arabiya to shut down its operation in Baghdad today. ... Pretty stupid move on Al-Arabiya's part.

• Graphics version | Change to UK Edition | BBC Sport Home News Front Page | Africa | Americas | Asia-Pacific | Europe | Middle East | South Asia | UK | Business | Health | Science/Nature | Technology | Entertainment | Have Your Say | In Pictures | Week at a Glance Tuesday, 25 November, 2003, 14:34 GMT Profile: Al-Arabiya TV.
• Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based satellite TV channel banned from reporting from Iraq by the country's interim government, is consistently rated among the top pan-Arab stations by Middle East audiences, although it was only launched in February this year. ...
• Al-Arabiya rejected the allegation that its broadcast incited murder, and insisted its news coverage was "objective and precise". ...
• Al-Arabiya was launched nine months ago with an investment of $300m by the Saudi-controlled pan-Arab satellite TV pioneer MBC, Lebanon's Hariri Group, and other investors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Gulf states. ...
• We'll stick with the truth, but there's no sensationalism " Al-Arabiya bosses .
• When al-Arabiya went on the air, it promised its audience objectivity and accuracy. ...
• But under pressure to deliver scoops of its own, it was not long before al-Arabiya angered the US with the focus and tone of its coverage of the escalating violence in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. ...
• In August, US officials strongly criticised al-Arabiya for broadcasting pictures of masked men who threatened to kill members of the US-appointed governing council. ...
• US State Department spokesman Philip Reeker judged al-Arabiya's decision "to air the remarks of these masked terrorists to be irresponsible in the extreme". ...
• In September, the Governing Council restricted the operations of al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera in Iraq for two weeks, after the channels showed more footage of masked men calling for attacks against US-led forces in the country. ...
• The Governing Council's latest ban, announced on 24 November, came three days after US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld criticised al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera, saying they were openly hostile to American interests. ...
• But despite the misgivings of US officials, al-Arabiya has proved popular among Iraqis with access to satellite TV, now estimated at one-third of the population. ...
• A poll by the US State Department in seven Iraqi cities in October found that among Iraqis with satellite dishes, 37% named al-Arabiya as their preferred news source, followed by al-Jazeera (26%), with the US-run Iraqi Media Network (now renamed al-Iraqiyah TV) well behind with only 12%. ...

• Re: Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld.
• __Subject__: Re: Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld .
• Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld, Abu-Alwafa .
• Re: Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld, 7h3_n3ck_r0m4nc3r .
• Re: Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld, Eugene Kent .
• Re: Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld, Steve Walker .
• Re: Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld, TonyaK911 .
• Re: Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera 'Support' Attacks In Iraq: Rumsfeld, Eugene Kent .

• Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya suspended from reporting for two weeks.
• BAGHDAD, Sept 23 (AFP) - Iraq's US-installed Governing Council on Tuesday banned the Arab satellite TV stations Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya from covering official activities here for two weeks, a statement said.

• Iraq's interim authority closes Al-Arabiya Baghdad office.
• The US-backed Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) announced on Monday that it had banned Dubai-based al-Arabiya television from reporting in Iraq due to its broadcast of Saddam Hussein's message. ...
• The US-backed Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) announced on Monday that it had banned Dubai-based al-Arabiya television from reporting in Iraq due to its broadcast of Saddam Hussein's message. ...
• Under the issued order, Iraqi police raided the pan-Arab channel's office in Baghdad and froze everything, saying that they will close it until al-Arabiya presents a written pledge that it no longer incites violence. ...
• Al-Arabiya said around 20 policemen raided the offices in the Iraqi capital and confiscated all the transmission equipments. ...
• 16, al-Arabiya broadcast an audio tape purportedly from the ousted strongman, in the name of whom the speaker called for more attacks on US-led coalition forces. ...
• Al-Arabiya TV Airs "Saddam Tape" Mourning Sons .
• Saddam Hussein Seen in Mosul: al-Arabiya .

• Rumsfeld’s Charges Baseless: Al-Arabiya .
• DUBAI, 1 December 2003 — Arab satellite television channel Al-Arabiya slammed yesterday as “baseless” recent suggestions by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that it might be cooperating with Iraqi insurgents in attacks against US troops.
• “Al-Arabiya suggests that a proper examination of the evidence should have been conducted before floating such serious charges against a media organization,” added the statement.
• Rumsfeld suggested Tuesday that both Al-Arabiya and its Doha-based rival Al-Jazeera were cooperating with Iraqi insurgents attacking US troops, saying both have been in “close proximity” to attacks against coalition forces, sometimes during or even before assaults had occurred.
• Al-Arabiya denied the allegations, saying it has “never aired any footage of an attack against coalition forces,” and that its reporters have “never been in close proximity to such attacks,” nor “cooperated with any persons with a view to filming such an attack. ...
• Al-Arabiya was also indignant at being lumped with its rival Al-Jazeera by Rumsfeld, saying that such “generalizations tend unfairly to stereotype the Arab media. ...

• Al-Arabiya, un concurrent d'Al-Jazeera qui se veut "équilibré".
• Al-Arabiya, une nouvelle chaîne de télévision satellitaire arabe d'informations en continu, commencera à émettre ce jeudi 20 février 2003 de Dubaï pour "offrir une alternative équilibrée" aux téléspectateurs arabes pris sous la coupe de la chaîne Al-Jazeera. ...
• "Nous allons offrir aux téléspectateurs arabes une alternative sage et équilibrée", a déclaré à l'AFP (Agence France-Presse) Ali Al-Hedeithy, chef de la Middle East News (MEN), propriétaire d'Al-Arabiya. ...
• Al-Arabiya actionnera 12 heures par jour avant d'aller de 24/24 heures le 3 mars 2003 avec un mélange des bulletins d'informations et des discussions. Al-Arabiya est notamment financé par des investisseurs saoudiens, koweitiens et libanais, MEN est dotée d'un capital de 300 millions de dollars sur cinq ans. ...
• Avec une diffusion de bulletins d'informations toutes les heures, dont trois journaux principaux de 60 minutes chacun, ainsi que des débats quotidiens pour commenter l'actualité, Al-Arabiya "offrira aux téléspectateurs arabes une autre alternative, assurant une couverture de l'actualité à l'abri de toute provocation délibérée". ...
• Il affirme aussi qu'Al-Arabiya sera guidée par "la liberté d'informer", et a assuré qu'il n'y a pas de restrictions à cette liberté pourvu qu'elle soit une liberté responsable et que les débats soient rationnels", dans une allusion à Al-Jazeera. ...
• Ali, interrogé sur le lancement d'Al-Arabiya, affirme "ne pas craindre la concurrence". ...
• "Nous comptons doter Al-Arabiya d'un Conseil de sages qui sera responsable de la politique de la chaîne et de sa ligne éditoriale pour qu'elle soit à l'abri de l'influence de ses actionnaires", a affirmé M. ... Il assure aussi qu'Al-Arabiya sera en mesure de "résister" aux autres médias étrangers qui s'adressent aux pays arabes.

• Sahaf Sought by Al-Arabiya.
• Wordsmith Sahaf Sought by Al-Arabiya.
• DAMMAM, 30 April 2003 — The Al-Arabiya satellite channel has confirmed that it has offered employment to the former Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf. Ali Al-Hudaithi, director general of Al-Arabiya, told Arab news that Al-Sahaf would be free to work for the channel whenever he wanted and that the channel would facilitate whatever he needed, including a residence permit. ...
• â€� Al-Arabiya is currently featuring Mohammed Al-Douri, the former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, on six live programs about Iraq, and the channel has plans to hire him as a commentator.

• Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya (Amman, Jordan).
• Year Winners 1 1983 Salah-Al-Deen (Tikrit) 2 1984 Al-Tayaran (Baghdad) 3 1985 Iraq U-19 4 1987 Al-Wahdat (Amman) 5 1990 Baghdad Youth XI 6 2001 Al-Wahdat (Amman) 7 2003 Al-Wahdat (Amman) 1st Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya 1983.
• Al-Wahdat 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2 Topscorers: Anad Abid (Salah-Al-Deen), Nader Zatar (Al-Wahdat) 2 goals Player of the Tournament: Khalid Salim (Al-Wahdat) Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Abdel-Wahed Ben Abdallah (CS Sfaxien) 2nd Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya 1984.
• CS Sfaxien 4 1 0 3 4- 8 2 Topscorer: Ghassan Jumaa (Al-Wahdat) 3 goals Player of the Tournament: Sulimane Abdelaziz (MAS Fès) Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Basim Taim (Al-Wahdat) 3rd Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya 1985.
• Al-Wahdat 3 0 1 2 3- 5 1 Topscorer: Kamiran Mohammed (Iraq U19) 3 goals Player of the Tournament: Salam Hashim (Iraq U19) Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Ismail Yassin (Kuwait SC) 4th Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya 1987.
• Jordan U19 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0 NB: Al-Wahdat (Amman) won the tournament so they presumably beat Jordan U19 while Ittihad failed to beat Gaza 5th Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya 1990.
• Riyadha 4 0 1 3 2-13 1 Play-off Al-Wahdat 0-1 Baghdad XI Topscorer: Jihad Abdul-Munaim (Al-Wahdat) 2 goals ?? 6th Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya 2001.
• Al-Hilal 4 1 0 3 7-18 3 Topscorer: Firas Al-Khatib (Karama) 5 goals Player of the Tournament: Bashar Souror (Hottin) Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Mohammed Abdul-Zahra (Talaba) Talaba Select squad: GK: Wisam Kasid (Nafat) Jamil Mahmoud (Talaba), Mohammed Abdul-Zahra (Al-Najaf) DF: Basim Abbas (Talaba), Husham Ali (Talaba), Qais Issa (Al-Shurta), Odai Mohammed (Al-Shurta), Haider Hamed (Al-Karkh), Muayad Khalid (Talaba), Yasser Raad (Al-Khadimiya), Odai Jassim (Talaba) MF: Baha Khadim (Talaba), Ahmed Salah (Talaba), Amin Abbas (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Omar Bahjit (Al-Khadimiya), Taiser Abdul-Hussein (Al-Karkh), Ammar Abdul-Hussein (Al-Karkh), Mohammed Hadi (Al-Shurta), Abbas Wahoudi (Al-Najaf), Abbas Jafar (Al-Defa Al-Jawiya), Salih Sadir (Al-Najaf) FW: Odai Abdul-Khaliq (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Walid Ahmed (Talaba), Sahib Abbas (Talaba), Hashim Ridha (Al-Shurta), Ahmed Khudhair (Al-Shurta), Ghanim Khudhair (Al-Defa Al-Jawiya) Manager: Anwar Jassam 7th Dawr Al-Wahdat Al-Arabiya 2003.

•    Wordsmith Sahaf Sought by Al-Arabiya.
• DAMMAM, 30 April 2003 — The Al-Arabiya satellite channel has confirmed that it has offered employment to the former Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf. Ali Al-Hudaithi, director general of Al-Arabiya, told Arab news that Al-Sahaf would be free to work for the channel whenever he wanted and that the channel would facilitate whatever he needed, including a residence permit. ...
• ” Al-Arabiya is currently featuring Mohammed Al-Douri, the former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, on six live programs about Iraq, and the channel has plans to hire him as a commentator.

• IRAQ: Al-Arabiya resumes coverage from Iraq.
• BAGHDAD : Arab satellite television Al-Arabiya has resumed its coverage from Iraq after the interim governing council lifted a two-month ban imposed for "inciting to murder. ...
• "Al-Arabiya can resume work immediately in Iraq ," the head of the Governing Counil's media committee, Samir al-Sumaydai, said. ...
• Al-Arabiya will operate in full freedom while abiding by the laws in force in Iraq , he said. ...
• Al-Arabiya denied the charge, much as it had rejected US accusations of inciting violence against US-led occupation forces and Iraqis who cooperate with them. ...

• Profile: Al-Arabiya TV.
• Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based satellite TV channel banned from reporting from Iraq by the country's interim government, is consistently rated among the top pan-Arab stations by Middle East audiences, although it was only launched in February this year. ...
• Al-Arabiya satellite TV was set up as a rival to Al-Jazeera .
• Al-Arabiya rejected the allegation that its broadcast incited murder, and insisted its news coverage was "objective and precise". ...
• Al-Arabiya was launched nine months ago with an investment of $300m by the Saudi-controlled pan-Arab satellite TV pioneer MBC, Lebanon's Hariri Group, and other investors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Gulf states. ...
• We'll stick with the truth, but there's no sensationalism Al-Arabiya bosses .
• When al-Arabiya went on the air, it promised its audience objectivity and accuracy. ...
• But under pressure to deliver scoops of its own, it was not long before al-Arabiya angered the US with the focus and tone of its coverage of the escalating violence in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. ...
• In August, US officials strongly criticised al-Arabiya for broadcasting pictures of masked men who threatened to kill members of the US-appointed governing council. ...
• US State Department spokesman Philip Reeker judged al-Arabiya's decision "to air the remarks of these masked terrorists to be irresponsible in the extreme". ...
• In September, the Governing Council restricted the operations of al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera in Iraq for two weeks, after the channels showed more footage of masked men calling for attacks against US-led forces in the country. ...
• The Governing Council's latest ban, announced on 24 November, came three days after US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld criticised al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera, saying they were openly hostile to American interests. ...
• But despite the misgivings of US officials, al-Arabiya has proved popular among Iraqis with access to satellite TV, now estimated at one-third of the population. ...
• A poll by the US State Department in seven Iraqi cities in October found that among Iraqis with satellite dishes, 37% named al-Arabiya as their preferred news source, followed by al-Jazeera (26%), with the US-run Iraqi Media Network (now renamed al-Iraqiyah TV) well behind with only 12%. ...

• Al-Arabiya, "balanced" rival to Al-Jazeera in Arab TV world.
• DUBAI, Nov 24 (AFP) - Dubai-based satellite TV channel Al-Arabiya, banned from broadcasting from Baghdad by Iraq's interim government, was launched in March with ambitions to overtake rival Al-Jazeera as a more balanced news provider. ...
• But since then, the Al-Arabiya logo has been increasingly associated across the world for purported audiotapes from Saddam, expelled from power by invading US-led troops in April.
• The offending tape, for which Al-Arabiya was banned, was broadcast on November 16.
• In August, the Governing Council said it would not consider banning any Arab satellite television stations after the United States slammed Al-Arabiya for airing footage of masked men threatening to kill council members.
• At the time, the US State Department urged its embassies and consulates in Dubai, and other countries where Al-Arabiya investors and network officials may live to formally protest the broadcast.
• "We find Al-Arabiya's decision to air the remarks of these masked terrorists to be irresponsible in the extreme," deputy department spokesman Philip Reeker said.
• On September 23, the Governing Council slapped a two-week ban on Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya from covering government activities for allegedly inciting violence against the US-led occupation and its supporters.

• Al-Arabiya to resume coverage from Iraq after two-month ban.
• Arab satellite television Al-Arabiya resumed its coverage from Iraq Wednesday after the interim Governing Council lifted a two-month ban imposed for "inciting to murder. ...
• "Al-Arabiya can resume work immediately in Iraq," the head of the Governing Council's media committee, Samir al-Sumaydai, told.
• Al-Arabiya will operate in full freedom while abiding by the laws in force in Iraq, he said.
• Al-Arabiya denied the charge, much as it had rejected US accusations of inciting violence against US-led occupation forces and Iraqis who cooperate with them.
• Al-Arabiya decided not to report on the letter because it was "not newsworthy. ...
• In a January 20 letter to the Governing Council, Ali al-Hedeithy, general supervisor of Al-Arabiya and its sister MBC television, said the channel was "fully committed to its customary impartiality, objectivity and respect for Iraqi laws and conventions, including the media code of honor on the basis of which all media operating in Iraq function. ...

• Al-Arabiya protiv Al-Jazeere .
•     Al-Arabiya, satelitska televizija sa sredi¹tem u Dubaiju, od 3. ... Al-Arabiya veæ u¾iva veliku gledanost u arapskom svijetu, a nedavno emitiranje snimljenih razgovora s Colinom Powellom i Jackom Strawom, amerièkim i britanskim ¹efom diplomacije, pokazuje i dozu objektivnosti potrebnu za svjetski proboj. ...
• Al-Arabiya protiv Al-Jazeere .

• freedom and technology Iraqi Coucil shuts Al-Arabiya, threatens journalists.
• ``We have issued a warning to Al-Arabiya and we will sue,'' said Jalal Talabani, the current council president. ``Al-Arabiya incites murder because it's calling for killings through the voice of Saddam Hussein. '' Shortly after Talabani finished his news conference, about 20 Iraqi police officers raided Al-Arabiya's offices in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood, making lists of equipment to be seized if it continued to report from Baghdad, said station correspondent Ali al-Khatib, reporting live from the Iraqi capital. ...

• Iraq Council plans crackdown on Al Jazeera, Al-Arabiya.
• BAGHDAD, Sept 23 (AFP) - Iraq's US-installed Governing Council will announce "tough and dissuasive" measures against the Arabic satellite television stations Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, a council member said Tuesday without elaborating.

• Técnico de Al-Jazira matado, camarógrafo de Al-Arabiya detenido y corresponsal español retenido.
• Français: Un technicien d'Al-Jazira tué, un cameraman d'Al-Arabiya arrêté par les troupes américaines, un correspondant espagnol retenu par des miliciens à Najaf .
• English: Al-Jazeera technician killed; al-Arabiya cameraman arrested by US troops; Spanish correspondent held by militia in Najaf País/Tema: Iraq/Estados Unidos.
• Finalmente, las fuerzas estadounidenses detuvieron el 20 de mayo a un camarógrafo del canal Al-Arabiya, Hassam Karim. ... "Le detuvieron el jueves por la mañana en el barrio de Al-Baya'a", según Al-Arabiya. ...
• La organización reclama la rápida liberación del camarógrafo de Al-Arabiya y expresa su enorme preocupación por la suerte del periodista español, retenido en Nayaf. ...

• Saddam Hussein Seen in Mosul: al-Arabiya .
• Dubai-based al-Arabiya satellite TV channel has quoted witnesses as saying that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was seen in Iraq's northern city of Mosul and he "looked not fine. ...
• Dubai-based al-Arabiya satellite TV channel has quoted witnesses as saying that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was seen in Iraq's northern city of Mosul and he "looked not fine. ...

• Irak : la chaîne Al-Arabiya rejette les "allégations" américaines lundi 1er décembre 2003 .
• La chaîne de télévision arabe Al-Arabiya a rejeté "les allégations" du secrétaire américain à la Défense, Donald Rumsfeld, sur une possible collaboration de la chaîne avec la guérilla en Irak contre les forces de la coalition. ...
• "Al-Arabiya estime qu'il fallait s'assurer de la preuve (sur une collaboration avec les insurgés) avant de laisser planer des accusations aussi sérieuses à l'encontre d'un média". ...
•  Rumsfeld avait indiqué qu'Al-Arabiya, ainsi que la télévision qatariote Al-Jazira, auraient travaillé avec la guérilla en Irak. ...
• Al-Arabiya a également affirmé n'avoir "jamais rapporté, en direct, d'attaque contre les forces de la coalition" et que ses reporters n'avaient "jamais été à proximité des lieux de ces attaques" ou "coopéré avec une quelconque personne en vue de filmer de telles attaques". ...
• Al-Arabiya a déploré que M. ...
• Le Conseil de gouvernement transitoire irakien a annoncé la semaine dernière qu'il interdisait à Al-Arabiya d'opérer en Irak, lui reprochant d'inciter au meurtre après la diffusion d'un enregistrement attribué à Saddam Hussein, appelant à attaquer ses membres. ...
• Les Etats-Unis ont par le passé plusieurs fois vivement critiqué l'attitude d'Al-Arabiya, l'accusant d'encourager la violence contre les forces d'occupation et contre les Irakiens qui coopèrent avec la coalition américano-britannique. ...

• Al-Jazira et Al-Arabiya accusés de. ...
• Les officiels américains, l'armée américaine et l'autorité-marionnette iraquienne accusent directement les chaînes de nouvelles Al-Jazira et Al-Arabiya "d'inciter à la violence en Iraq", car elles montrent des images d'enfants iraquiens tués par la coalition et de soldats américains morts, et car elles ont aussi (oh quel drame) donné la parole à un combattant rebelle iraquien pour environ 10 secondes. ...
• Comme dit le général américain John Abizaid, "La presse arabe, Al-Jazira et Al-Arabiya en particulier, présente (les soldats américains) comme visant délibérément des civils" car elle montre des images d'enfants et de civils iraquiens tués par les forces américaines. ...
• Pour ajouter à notre grand respect de la liberté d'expression il est à noter qu'un journaliste et un caméraman de Al-Arabiya ont été tués à la mi-mars par des tirs de l'armée américaine. ... (mais évidemment si Al-Arabiya en parlait il ne serait pas "honnête dans sa couverture, inexacte" car il présenterait l'armée américaine comme tuant des journalistes de la chaîne Al-Arabiya. ...
• Voir article de cyberpresse, Al-Jazira et Al-Arabiya accusées d'inciter à la violence en Irak .

• Al-Arabiya.
• Al-Arabiya is an Arab language news television station based in Dubai, launched in February 2003, that wants to be a more balanced alternative to Al Jazeera. ... On September 23, 2003, Iraq suspends Al-Arabiya from reporting on official government activities for two weeks for what the Council states as supporting recent attacks on council members and Coalition occupational forces. ...

• Al-Arabiya rejects murder incitement charge by Iraqi Council.
• DUBAI, Nov 24 (AFP) - Dubai-based television Al-Arabiya rejected Monday charges by Iraq's Governing Council that its broadcast of a Saddam Hussein tape has incited murder, after earlier agreeing to heed a ban on its reporting from the restive country. ...
• "Al-Arabiya regrets this surprising measure and rejects the violence incitement charge by the interim Governing Council and confirms that its policy adhered and still adheres to covering the news in an objective and precise manner," said the Saudi-owned satellite news channel in a statement sent to AFP.
• Al-Arabiya's bureau chief in Baghdad said earlier that the channel will stop filing material from the country until the affair is settled legally.

• Al-Jazeera technician killed; al-Arabiya cameraman arrested by US troops; Spanish correspondent held by militia in Najaf.
• Français: Un technicien d'Al-Jazira tué, un cameraman d'Al-Arabiya arrêté par les troupes américaines, un correspondant espagnol retenu par des miliciens à Najaf .
• Español: Técnico de Al-Jazira matado, camarógrafo de Al-Arabiya detenido y corresponsal español retenido Country/Topic: Iraq/United States.
• Finally, US forces arrested al-Arabiya cameraman Hassan Karim on 20 May. ...
• The organisation called for the early release of the al-Arabiya cameraman and expressed its concern about the fate of the Spanish journalist being held in Najaf. ...

• Saddam Hussein seen in Mosul: al-Arabiya .
• Dubai-based al-Arabiya satellite television Thursday quoted witnesses as saying that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was seen in Iraq's northern city of Mosul and he "looked not fine. ...
• Some witnesses said they saw the former Iraqi leader several days ago in Mosul, 450 km north of Baghdad, and he "looked in psychological and physical trouble," an al-Arabiya announcer reported in Arabic.

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