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Fr Jan 21 -

GOOD MORNING, ORANGE CITY!
~ Radio Diyala is on the Air ~

"That's your opinion."

*...to deliver a message: If Sayed didn't stop talking about the election and criticizing the insurgency, someone would come to the radio show host's house and cut out his tongue, his brother was told... Since the threat, Sayed has been sleeping at the station...

...the U.S. military does not control the station's content, said Sgt. 1st Class Rodd Coker of the 350th Psychological Operations Unit. The station is owned by the Iraqi Media Network, a property of the central government in Baghdad, which in turn was set up by the Americans...

During the special election show, the two
phone lines for listeners rang non-stop...*

From an article by Aamer Madhani
:: ChiTribune via Yahoo ::

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