ON CNN, they just showed video of it through ABu Dhabi TV. THe Caolition of Alies has bombed the IRaqi Tv station. It is gone, in crumbs. On fire. <IRAQI TV STATION IS NO MORE>
I am looking for links on line, but it has not been posted online yet. Too new. They interupted LArry King live to show footage of it. I say, it's about time that station is gone. I hope the civilian casualties were low, but you never know...it was bombed.
U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV March 25, 2003 (CBS) The U.S. Air Force has hit Iraqi TV with an experimental electronmagetic pulse device called the "E-Bomb" in an attempt to knock it off the air and shut down Saddam Hussein's propaganda machine, CBS News Correspondent David Martin reports. The highly classified bomb creates a brief pulse of microwaves powerful enough to fry computers, blind radar, silence radios, trigger crippling power outages and disable the electronic ignitions in vehicles and aircraft. Iraqi TV did go off the air for several hours. It returned to broadcasting later with a weaker signal. In modern warfare, electronics underpin virtually every weapon more sophisticated than a rifle or hand grenade. For that reason, Air Force scientists have worked for decades on a practical way of producing powerful but brief pulses of microwaves that can incapacitate electronic equipment without damaging buildings or harming people. Officially, the Pentagon does not acknowledge the weapon's existence. Asked about it at a March 5 news conference at the Pentagon, Gen. Tommy Franks said: “I can't talk to you about that because I don't know anything about it.” The use of the secret weapon came on a day that saw intense action on the battlefield. Pentagon officials report 300 to 500 Iraqis have been killed in a major battle near the city of An Najaf in central Iraq. There are no reports yet of any American casualties, but some U.S. fighting vehicles have been damaged. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml
Iraqi tv headquarters was bombed and is on fire. Iraqi TV however is back on the air. They have mobile broadcasting capabilities, and so much like the first Gulf war it will be next to impossible to keep them off the air permenantly.
I don't know if Iraqi TV is back on the air but Nic Robertson reported that while he was at the Information Ministry he saw the Iraqis fascination with mobile antennas and he believes the Iraqis may be able to get back on the air in a limited fashion.
Check out their programming! Iraqi TV rallies war effort As US-led forces march on Baghdad, BBC Monitoring examines the programming transmitted on Iraq's satellite television channel, whose content often mirrors Iraq's main national television channel. The following is a snapshot of what the satellite TV station carried on the morning of Tuesday 25 March. The times are all local Iraqi times (GMT+3). 0305 Iraqis in Baghdad interviewed on Saddam Hussein's speech the previous day, in which he promised victory. They say are ready to defend Saddam Hussein and pray that God will protect Iraq. 0358 Rebroadcast of Saddam Hussein's speech. 0547 Studio interviews with Baghdad professors on Saddam Hussein's speech. They contrast Iraq's treatment of POWs with the "inhumane" United States treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. 0640 Report on a US Apache helicopter said to have been shot down by an Iraqi peasant. Announcer says there are already verses praising the farmer, who "harvests both rice and Apaches". 0655 Phone-in programme. The announcer receives calls said to be live from Arab countries, voicing support for Iraq. He invites further contributions. 0735 Studio interview with a Baghdad professor on "panic" among US-led troops caused by Iraqi resistance. He says nothing in the Geneva Conventions bans broadcasting pictures of prisoners. 0805 Communiqué No. 5 of the Iraqi Armed Forces Command, read by a military spokesman, first broadcast the previous day. It says Iraqi forces inflicted losses on enemy forces in Al-Faw and Al-Najaf. 0844 The TV shows what it calls pieces of US missiles downed by Iraqis. It also features interviews with Iraqi soldiers expressing their readiness to confront "the enemies". 0903 Interviews with wounded Iraqis in Al-Yarmuk Hospital. 0916 Interviews with Iraqis who condemn US "aggression" and express support for President Saddam Hussein. 0942 Iraqi demonstrators shown carrying Saddam Hussein's pictures and Iraqi flags. Many are brandishing weapons. 1028 Poem hailing Baghdad and the Iraqi people. 1100 News featuring anti-war demonstrations abroad, and the Arab League resolution in Cairo condemning the US-led action. Iraq's foreign minister says the resolution reiterated Arab solidarity with Iraq. 1121 Patriotic song with the words: "Where are the millions?... Where is Arab anger?... Where is Arab blood?" 1128 Woman dressed in a military uniform recites poem in praise of Saddam Hussein. 1132 Patriotic song in praise of Saddam Hussein. Accompanying footage shows Iraqis carrying rifles and pictures of the Iraqi president. 1138 Interviews with academics saying all Iraqis are united behind their leadership in the face of this "foreign invasion". 1206 News interrupted by call to prayer. 1325 Press review highlighting Saddam's meetings with officials. 1353 Report on the "crime" of bombing a residential district in Baghdad. Includes footage of victims' funeral. Mourners chant slogans glorifying "martyrs". 1404 News conference by Iraqi Vice-President Ramadan, who says the Arab foreign ministers' statement is "not enough". 1430 Patriotic song urging Arabs to resist "aggression". 1535 Announcer-read statement by Saddam to Iraqi tribes, urging them to step up resistance. 1608 Rebroadcast of Ramadan news conference, during which captions are screened saying ten enemy tanks were destroyed two US soldiers killed. 1706 Station unobserved throughout Europe and the Middle East. Back at 1850.
But I thought they had a way to block signals like that. They're talking like Iraq television is completely off the air and not coming back on.
In the war in Afghanistan, the US "accidentally" bombed Al Jazeera and took them off the air so they couldn't transmit from kabul. Will they be next? Or has their status risen to the point that they will be allowed to continue broadcasting?
