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Tu/Wed - Dec 15 -

AL-MANAR:

Pulling the Plug
Is Not So Simple -

*'The CSA does not dispose of an elevator and magic scissors allowing it to rise up to the satellite and sever the feed,' said Baudis in Le Monde.*

Some background information.

:: By Claude Salhani, UPI ::

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France pulls plug...

*The Council of State ordered France-based satellite company Eutelsat to stop transmitting Lebanese station al-Manar within 48 hours...

The station, backed by the Lebanon's Iranian-sponsored Islamist movement Hezbollah, can be beamed to France on at least two non-French satellites, over which the court has no jurisdiction.*

:: BBC ::

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*Eutelsat, which risks a fine of 5,000 euros for every day it goes over the 48-hour deadline, said it could only unplug Al-Manar by taking eight other channels off its service at the same time.*

:: REUTERS/Haaretz ::

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