About Al-Baghdadia TV
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About Al-Baghdadia TV
Management
Abdel-Hameed al-Sayeh is the station's manager,and Muzhir al-Khafaji is its programming director,both based out of Cairo. They receive some of their programming from Australia-based UBI World TV.
Journalists murdered
On January 16, 2006, cameraman Luaay Salam Radeef was murdered.In April 2006, So'oud Muzahim al-Shoumari, an Al-Baghdadia correspondent, was found dead in Baghdad's southern district of Doura, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).On May 5, 2006, human rights correspondent So’oud Mukahim Al-Shoumari, who was also known by the last name Al-Hadithi, was abducted, tortured and shot dead in Baghdad.
A line producer for the channel, Jawad Al-Daami, was murdered in Baghdad on September 24, 2007.Al-Daami, a very well-known poet,worked on cultural and social programs for Al-Baghdadia until he was found shot in the head in Al-Qadissiya, a neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad.
Muthathar al Zaidi
In September 2005 Muthathar al Zaidi joined the station. On November 16, 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped in Baghdad working on assignment for Al-Baghdadia, but released on November 19th, without harm or ransom payments.This television channel gained exposure when al Zaidi hurled two of his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on December 14, 2008.After he was jailed, the station issued a statement demanding al-Zaidi's release.
Dhirgham al-Zaidi, who sometimes worked as his brother's camerama, said Muthathar's reporting for the station was "against the occupation," and that at times he signed off "from occupied Baghdad."Dihirgham said the reporter's stories focused on Iraqi widows, orphans, and children.