News :: Media : Middle East : U.S. Government : War in Iraq
Pentagon Media Contractor Loses Battle for Iraqi Audiences. By Pratap Chatterjee
07 Jan 2004
Submitted by: Chuck D'Adamo Publisher:
CorpWatch (1/6/04)
Iraqi Media Network's Al Iraqiya radio and television station is run by a California-based multinational--Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Yet Iraqi television viewers usually tune to either Al Jazeera or Al Arabiya, the popular Middle Eastern satellite channels. SAIC's biggest source of income is surveillance especially for the US spy agencies: it is reportedly the largest recipient of contracts from the National Security Agency (NSA) and one of the top five contractors to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Pratap Chatterjee reports.
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