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Iraq seals Al-Jazeera offices

By Luke Harding

BAGHDAD, SEPT. 6. Iraqi security officers stormed Al-Jazeera's Baghdad offices and sealed the newsroom with red wax at the weekend after the U.S.-backed interim Government banned the Arabic television station from broadcasting in the country.

The raid followed a decision by the Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, to close the station temporarily in August because of its apparent failure to support the U.S. occupation.

Officials said Al-Jazeera had now been shut indefinitely because it had ignored the original ban. Armed police officers were posted outside Al-Jazeera's offices, yesterday. —

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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