2 Jun 2009 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Al-Baghdadia correspondent, Alaa Abdel Wahab was killed outside Mosul, Iraq after a bomb placed underneath his car detenated also injuring a professor who works for a rival TV channel. Later the same evening a similar attack against an Al-Iraqiya crew took place west of Baghdad, injuring two. Read more here
27 May 2009 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Iraq’s national intelligence service has launched a court action to sue the Guardian, claiming to have been defamed by a story that characterised the regime of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as autocratic. Read more here
14 May 2009 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
The release of more photos of prisoner abuse by US soldiers is “of no benefit” and may inflame opinion against the US, President Barack Obama has said, retreating on his previous position. Read more here
13 May 2009 | Digital Freedom, Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
The Ministry of Defence has banned UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from looking at The Sun’s page3.com website deeming it inappropriate for soldiers. Read more here