TV stations closed over Saddam trial reports

Iraqi security forces closed two Sunni Muslim television stations today for violating curfew and a law that bans airing material that could undermine the country’s stability after Saddam Hussein was sentenced to hang.

Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Khalaf, the Interior Ministry spokesman, said the Al-Zawraa and Salahuddin stations were closed on the approval of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.