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	HU OSA 378
Fonds 378:	Monitoring of the Iraqi and Kurdish Television

Date(s) 2003 (March 17 - April 7, 2003)

Extent and medium 61 VHS, 2 linear meters

Name of creator(s) Iraqi State Television; Kurdish Television

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Monitored and recorded by OSA staff

Scope and content

Consists of monitoring of the satellite broadcasts of the Iraqi State Television (IST) and the Kurdish Television. Programs on the IST ran 24 hours/day, but since the war on Iraq started, several intermissions have occurred due to attacks. Broadcasting broke down on early April 7, 2003.

The recorded IST programs show a great variety: from hourly news blocs through political commentaries and roundtable discussions on the ongoing war to musical-patriotic propaganda clips. On Fridays lengthy religious programs were broadcast. The leader of the country, Saddam Hussein was also shown on various occasions. Of special interest are the English language press conferences held by the Iraqi Information Minister.

Many of the programs were repeated throughout the day.

The monitoring of the Kurdish Television is under processing.

Accruals Expected

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 378-0-1 Monitoring of the Iraqi Television, 2003
• HU OSA 378-0-2 Monitoring of the Kurdish Television

Language/scripts of material

Arabic, English, Kurdish (Principally Arabic and Kurdish)

Note

Reference copies are not available yet. The tapes are time-coded according to Central European Time (CET).

Date(s) of descriptions

Recorded by Miklós Tamási and Zoltán Krizbai in March - April 2003; processed by Samer Al-Ogaidi and Frigyes Barabas May-July 2003; described by Csaba Szilágyi in April 2003
Online version updated 8 June 2010