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before the conflict , freedom of speech

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was brutally suppressed by the regime

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of Saddam Hussein an Iraqi reporters

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words could get him maimed if not

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killed before . No , was they have

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limitation talking otherwise their

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tongue will go on will be cut

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today . The Iraqi media is

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flourishing and covering major events .

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If a picture is worth 1000 words , then

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this photo of microphones on a podium

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at a recent border conference in the

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once violent Al Anbar province speaks

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volumes about the freedom of the press

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in Iraq . Another example is this

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recent rule of law conference in Ramadi ,

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the capital of Al Anbar . This type of

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open news coverage was unheard of just

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two or three years ago . Okay ,

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basically what people knew was what

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bad guys were saying on the internet or

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what the Iraqi T . V . Stations

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or Arabic tv stations we're

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saying unfortunately they're those

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Tv stations and those media outlets

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didn't have representatives in Anbar ,

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it was too dangerous for anybody to

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work in this journalism field if there

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is any doubt . However , as to how much

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progress has been made for the Iraqi

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media , all you have to do is turn on

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the television , you feel the

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freedom jurist and uh

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reporters , they talk about any

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issue . They can arab media analyst ,

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hubert shaw points to newspapers as

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another example of widening press

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freedom and I think I think Iraq now

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become the country that has too many

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newspapers too many newspapers . I

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think the country is small , 400

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newspapers to have 100 I think it's not

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more shaw says maybe Iraq's media will

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become an example to the arab world . I

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like the freedom in Iraqi media , I

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like it , I feel it and I'm very proud

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of it because I believe I believe

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most arab media are

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very jealous of what level Iraqi media

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gets

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the free flow of

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information . One more sign of enduring

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Iraqi freedom for MnF West Iraq , I'm

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randi Garcia .