Gradually, journalists’ protests against American pressure and censorship in Iraq are growing louder, but the United States pays no attention to them and has even officially notified its unhappy and dissatisfied soldiers in Iraq, / Bani-Sadr has also distanced himself from the remarks of Hossein Khomeini and has said
[John Abizaid], the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, following yesterday's explosion in front of the Jordanian Embassy and several bloody attacks against Americans in Samarra, Baghdad, Baqubah, [in Diyala Province] and Qaim [in Anbar Province] and on the roads, has admitted that operations against the United States have quadrupled and said that the iron fist has the opposite effect, and has promised that from now on they will deal more leniently with the Iraqi people and will entrust the protection of facilities to the people.
Colin Powell, [the U.S. Secretary of State], has also said that the strategy of pressure has not worked and must be changed, and has once again called Israel's security wall an obstacle to advancing the road map [for peace].
Even more interestingly, Al Gore — George Bush's former rival — after a year of waiting and silence, gave his first political speech yesterday at a university and severely criticized the Bush administration's policies, saying that Bush's actions have diverted the fight against terrorism, made America hated, deceived the American people, and are pushing the country's economic problems toward a crisis. In Tikrit, the Americans killed five Iraqi citizens, and several successful operations against U.S. forces took place in various cities, with casualties.
The interviews with the released students, expressing remorse, were broadcast by IRIB, and the several-hour strike by journalists in protest against the pressures, along with their strongly worded statement, are also among today's noteworthy issues; although IRIB has focused most of its coverage today on the fate of two documentary journalists who have been captured by the Americans in Iraq: Mr. Saeed Aboutaleb and Soheil Karimi, who were arrested several weeks ago in Baghdad without any explanation.
Gradually, journalists' protests against U.S. pressure and censorship in Iraq are growing louder, but the United States pays no attention to them and has even officially notified its upset and dissatisfied soldiers in Iraq that they are not allowed to complain about their situation or their commanders.
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