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Arabic TV Networks Co-operating with Insurgents in Iraq?

BBC:
United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he has seen evidence that two Arabic TV networks have been co-operating with insurgents in Iraq.
He said both al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera had been in "close proximity" to attacks against coalition forces, sometimes even before they occurred.

Mr Rumsfeld added that he could not make a final judgement on the issue.

On Monday the US-backed Iraqi authorities banned al-Arabiya - a Dubai-based channel - from Iraq.

The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) accused the station of inciting murder "through the voice of Saddam Hussein".

On 16 November the channel broadcast a recorded message said to be from the former Iraqi leader calling for new "resistance".