SENIOR EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEF

tv-) Approved for Release: 2017/11/28 C06629246 Doti NEAR EAST Iraq: Reining In Foreign Media 7 Baghdad's expulsion of foreign journalists yesterday shows Saddam's extreme sensitivity to exposing domestic weakness that foreign or domestic opponents could exploit. Baghdad ordered a number of foreign journalists, particularly US journalists, to leave Iraq next week and plans to impose strict new regulations that limit visiting journalists to 10-day stays, � Journalists in Baghdad say Iraqi officia...