In a Wednesday letter to the controversial satellite network, Iraq's Communications and Media Commission (CMC) said it was revoking the license that allowed Al Jazeera to operate in Iraq due to "violations of the official codes of conduct and broadcasting rules and regulations."
We noted it in yesterday's snapshot and it's still news. AFP reports, "Ziad Ajili, from the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, condemned the move, saying that the CMC does not have direct authority to close media offices in Iraq."
It's news and it should be.
It's censorship.
Why is US taxpayer money being wasted yet again to support a thugocracy?
Why are US troops being asked to risk their lives for a government that doesn't even respect basic rights?
Now not everyone thinks it's bad news.
Haidar Sumeri See the club sex toy for Shi'ite militias loves it.
He really loves it.
But he's trash.
Like Jane Arraf, cowardly trash -- as Mike notes.
AL JAZEERA correspondent Imran Khan Tweets:
- #Iraq shuts down Al Jazeera offices Baghdad citing code of conduct. Disappointed. In 3 years they never once complained about my reporting.
Imran KhanAnd we'll note these:
Graham Penrose
#Iraq closes #AlJazeera offices over ‘breaches’ of government guidelines http://klou.tt/1dfunkrzqvukd #censorship
- Iraq bans Al Jazeera and shuts its offices in Baghdad, accusing the network of violating "media guidelines."
- Iraq shuts Al-Jazeera bureau for 'instigating violence and sectarianism'; network rejects the allegations http://yhoo.it/1NWl7Ko @AFP
- "Iraq shuts down Al Jazeera network's Baghdad office": http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/4/27/iraq-shuts-down-al-jazeera-networks-baghdad-office …
Gregg Carlstrom 
W.G. Dunlop
Dawn.com 
ARnews 1936 - Al-Jazeera officially kicked out of Iraq. Makes it the 3rd Arab country to shut them down
- Iraq bans Al Jazeera network over coverage http://reut.rs/1riQ5HT
- Iraq shuts down Al Jazeera Baghdad bureau and bans its journalists http://aje.io/lq62
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Erin Cunningham
Aldin Abazović 
Al Jazeera English
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