Al-Zawraa TV

Al-Zawraa TV was a 24-hour Iraqi satellite television channel that was known for airing graphic videos of insurgent attacks on US-led Coalition forces accompanied by melodramatic Saddam-era martial music, and running commentary by camouflage-clad anchors.

[1] According to Iraqi officials, Al-Zawraa is a mouthpiece for the Islamic Army in Iraq, a Ba'athist-dominated insurgent group.

[3] On 9 January 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Al-Zawraa television station for “broadcasting graphic videos of insurgent attacks against U.S. forces and advocating violence against Shia.”[4] In January 2007, the station was noted broadcasting on the Eutelsat-owned Eurobird satellite and on the Arabsat/Badr satellite, both at the 26 degrees east orbital position.

Typical programming for the channel included footage of insurgent snipers killing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and videos of IED attacks on coalition military vehicles.

Other programmes have included commentaries against the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and, for a short time, news bulletins read by presenters wearing Ba'ath Party army fatigues.