| DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- The Arab-language
news agency Al-Jazeera reported Wednesday it has suspended the work of
all its correspondents in Iraq, after Iraqi officials banned at least one
of its employees from reporting.
It said it will continue to broadcast video from some areas of the country. A statement read by an Al-Jazeera news anchor said: "The Iraqi Information Ministry told Al-Jazeera office in Baghdad its decision to ban Diar al-Omari, Al-Jazeera's Baghdad correspondent, from practicing his journalistic duties." "The decision also included that Tayseer Allouni should leave Iraq as soon as possible. The ministry did not provide any reasons for that decision. Al-Jazeera network is sorry for this unpredictable and unreasonable decision by the ministry," the statement continued. "Therefore, the network decided to freeze, until further notice, the work of all of its correspondents in Iraq. However, it will continue to air live and recorded images provided by its offices from Baghdad, Basra, and Mosul."  |