Is Alhurra immune from writs against foreign media in Iraq?

"The prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, and several of his ministers have launched at least four legal actions against foreign press outlets over the past year. The Guardian, the New York Times and the wire service AP have all been served with writs, while Al-Jazeera has been forced out of Iraq, allegedly because of an anti-government bias. Local outlets are also being targeted, with representatives from the staunchly anti-government Al-Sharqiya channel now banned from all government events and buildings and the Al-Baghdadia channel, made famous by the shoe-throwing antics of its former reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, also under threat of a boycott." Martin Chulov, The Guardian, 10 November 2009. US-government-funded Alhurra presumably remains on the air in Iraq, where (unlike its other Arab target countries) it has a network of terrestrial television transmitters. This could put Alhurra in a unique position to provide uncensored news to Iraq. Posted: 11 Nov 2009 Permalink Print