WAR: Ismail Zyer to Americans: 'We Want Independence!'

BAGHDAD, Iraq: The editor-in-chief and most of the staff of the US-funded Iraqi newspaper, Al-Sabah, quit after citing American interference in the publication. Boston.com Zayer said almost the entire staff left the paper along with him and that they were launching a new paper called Al-Sabah Al-Jedid (''The New Morning''), which would begin publishing Tuesday. Other News Stories Editor of US-funded Iraqi newspaper quits Al-Sabaah English Site [Edited on 3-5-2004 by SkepticOverlord]

Two very interesting and interrelated things will be seen about this shortly.

1) Who will fund this new endeavor since they have broken away from being US funded?

2) If their funding comes from fundamentalists/insurgents will they be taken out? Remember that when attacking, the United States has in the past taken out media outlets for example Radio and Television stations that were spreading the message of the enemy. If this newspaper becomes associated with the insurgents in Fallujah could they wind up in the crosshairs?

[Edited on 5-3-2004 by Djarums]

I don't know if the insurgents would take them out but I can be sure that the level of control the US exerted will be nothing next to Islamic fundamentalist control. It's becoming more and more obvious that this is a place we need to leave as quickly as we can without leaving a total vacumn.