Al Hawza
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Al Hawza or al Hauza was a newspaper in Iraq, started after the removal of Saddam Hussein and considered to be the mouthpiece for Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr. It was shut down by the, 759th Military Police Battalion, under orders of the United States– led administration of Paul Bremer on March 28, 2004, after being accused of encouraging violence against Coalition troops.
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- Newsday article about shutdown
- Reuters article
- http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20040401_iraq4.shtml
- New York Times article
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