Media rhetoric differs from one Iraqi satellite station to the other and even sometimes within the same channel, making it difficult for the Iraqi audience to comprehend the channels’ logic.

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Next week, we will mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Amazingly, at this late date, we still have 150,000 troops there, and nine U.S. troops were killed just yesterday. So it is vital to refresh our memories on how the American media helped grease the path to war.

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See what really goes on in Iraq’s premiere hospital when “Baghdad Hospital: Inside the Red Zone” premieres Tuesday, January 29th at 8:30p.m. on HBO.

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The Iraqi government has rejected a request by the so-called ‘Awakening Councils’ to have offices across the country. The Councils are backed and paid for by the US. Comprised of former local insurgents who have turned their guns on al-Qaeda, the US sees the councils as a valuable tool for combating violence.

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By Niqash This collection of articles and interviews has come about as part of an effort to support the process of enacting media-relevant legislation in Iraq. Our aim is to provide Iraqi and international expert-commentary on current draft laws and legislative issues in this area, as well as on various aspects of media development in Iraq which are relevant to the formation of a legislative basis.

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By Editors, Columbia Journalism Review A roundtable on the journalism of the war, featuring four professionals who covered it.

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Sig Christenson of the San Antonio Express-News ridicules comments by politicians, laments the lack of reporters covering the war, and cites ground rules that are crippling for photojournalists. He says the media aren’t pressing for answers to vital and obvious questions, such as what plans the Pentagon has for an exit strategy.

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IraqSlogger After a week of controversy over his columns in The New Republic, the formerly anonymous “Baghdad Diarist” has revealed his identity and apparent lack of creativity in picking a pseudonym.

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The shocking and severely disturbing finale to Ausama’s videos in Hometown Baghdad.

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By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders voiced deep shock today at the murders of four Iraqi journalists by armed groups in the past five days.

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By Ben Dowell, Guardian Kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston said that his captors have been treating him well in a video released today.

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By Norman Solomon Despite the recent “surge” in the kind of media hype that McCain was trying to boost last weekend in Baghdad, this spring has begun with most news coverage still indicating that the war is going badly for American forces in Iraq.

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By Onion News Network
The nation’s oldest and most respected news analysis program hosted by Clifford Banes, the nation’s oldest and most respected newsman.

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By Free Speech TV Dahr Jamail describes some of the origins of the “sectarianism” that the US corporate media is so apt to point to when discussing the violence in Iraq, and shows how the US has been involved in fueling the sectarian tensions.

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By Noah Shachtman, Wired The Army has set up shop on content-sharing sites like Flickr, del.icio.us, and YouTube. The material is like the stilted, propaganda-like reports, straight from the Armed Forces Network.

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