Iraq’s Foreign Minister hinted over the weekend that the unelected US-backed Iraqi government may ban Al Jazeera and other Arabic satellite tv stations from broadcasting in Iraq. The foreign minister said stations like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya are “channels of incitement and opposed to the interests, security and stability of the Iraqi people,” In response Al Jazeera issued a statement saying “Aljazeera would have hoped that the Iraqi government would embark on its new term with initiatives to lift media restrictions, not add new ones that would certainly not be conducive to freedom of the press and expression.”