Al_Hawza Al_Hawza

Al Hawza - Definition and Overview

Al Hawza or al Hauza is a newspaper in Iraq, started after the removal of Saddam Hussein and is considered the mouthpiece for Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr. It was shut down by the United States–led administration of Paul Bremer on March 28, 2004, after being accused of encouraging violence against Coalition troops.

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External links

  • Newsday article about shutdown (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-newspaper-closed,0,94751.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
  • Reuters article (http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp;:406742c0:6ac24aebffc89759?type=worldNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4679434)

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