A Double Standard on Inciting Murder
One of the biggest TV networks in the Middle East has stopped broadcasting from Iraq after being raided by the U.S. appointed government. Journalists were threatened with imprisonment for broadcasting audio tapes from Saddam Hussein.
One of the Middle East’s biggest television news networks agreed Monday to halt reports from Iraq after the U.S.-appointed government raided its offices, banned its broadcasts and threatened to imprison journalists.
The government accused Al-Arabiya of “inciting murder” for broadcasting an audio tape a week ago of a voice it said belonged to Saddam Hussein.
“We have issued a warning to Al-Arabiya and we will sue,” said Jalal Talabani, the current president of the Iraqi Governing Council. “Al-Arabiya incites murder because it’s calling for killings through the voice of Saddam Hussein. … Inciting murder or violence is illegal under the laws of the entire world.”
Isn’t declaring war the same as “inciting murder?” Why don’t we lock up George Bush, Tony Blair and Saddam Hussein for inciting murder?
Remember the Law of Identity: A=A. Inciting murder is inciting murder no matter who does the inciting.
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