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- Title: Us-Media (LEBANON-REPORT)
- Author : The Weekly Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Release Date : January 23, 2010
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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Us Security, Media Measures Trigger Diplomatic Row Two decisions taken by the US in January targeting the so-called "hostile foreign media" and increasing security restrictions on travellers from certain Arab and Muslim countries, including Lebanon, have triggered malaise and unease in US-Lebanese diplomatic relations. One decision passed by the US Congress imposed sanctions on satellite TV channels considered to be inciting enmity against Americans, including Hizbullah-affiliated Al-Manar TV. The other tightened security measures on travellers from Lebanon and 13 other "blacklisted countries" at all US airports. The bill, adopted in a decisive 395-3 vote, asks President Barack Obama to report, six months after the text has passed, "on anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle East, and for other purposes." "For years, media outlets in the Middle East have repeatedly published or broadcast incitements to violence against the United States and Americans," the bill read