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In Egypt, Lawsuit Demands to Revoke License of Al-Manar TV

In the wake of the exposure of the Hizbullah cell in Egypt, a lawsuit has been filed in Egypt demanding to take Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV off the air, and to revoke its license to broadcast on the Egyptian satellite channel Nilesat. The lawsuit stated that "the Shi'ite channel Al-Manar, Hizbullah's mouthpiece, has lately begun to air false reports about Egypt, and to describe it as a U.S. agent and as working to promote Jewish interests and the Zionist agenda…"

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), April 19, 2009

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