OMG, I am so surprised.… This just ran on the AP wire about an hour ago:
Mid-East Graded Poorly on Press Freedom.
Seems some of the problem is that, in Iraq, Saddam era laws are still in force and in at least a couple of cases may have been enforced. Some 30 reporters were detained last year and two TV stations closed for showing footage of protests of Saddam’s execution.
Since the latest purpose we have for invading this country is to establish democracy I have been wondering if this is a Utopian Dream Democracy of our Exalted Leaders. Everything Bush always wanted in a democracy.
The press must go along or be shut down, the army and the police run things and you shoot the people who don't agree with you.
Oh well, just a thought.