Iraqi official says international embargo stops Iraq from conveying its message to the world
Iraq, Politics, 7/21/2001

The embargo enforced against Iraq is an obstacle hampering this country from conveying its message to the world public opinion, said an official at the Iraqi information ministry.

General manager of public relations at the Iraqi information minister, Salam Khattab Naciri, said media enterprises are not allowed to import equipment needed to carry out its information task and respond to the US-engineered western media lies on the situation in Iraq. Naciri said at a press conference in Rabat deplored that before 1990 his country's news agency "INA" which used to have 85 offices abroad, now has only 6 offices. US-British air raids target mainly radio and TV transmission stations in order to maim information in Iraq, he further deplored.

Asked on his country's information and communication strategy, he explained that despite the unfair embargo, his country has succeeded in promoting awareness among the international public opinion on the situation in Iraq, mainly through its satellite TV station, the Internet and press correspondents.

He also lauded Morocco's support to the embargo lifting.

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