Iraq Suspends al-Jazeera

(Baghdad, Iraq) Yesterday, Iraqi police entered al-Jazeera's offices in Baghdad and ordered all employees to leave. As a result of an order from the Iraqi interim government, for the next four weeks al-Jazeera will not be broadcasting from Iraq because the station encourages criminal acts, incites hatred, and fosters racial tension. Interior Minister Falah Hassan al-Naqib stated that the 30-day blackout would allow al-Jazeera to establish a more acceptable programming policy.

I can't see anything to disagree with in the Iraqi decision. Conditions in Iraq need to be stabilized and al-Jazeera programming has been facilitating continued disturbances throughout the country.