Al-Zawraa TV was an Iraqi satellite television channel that was known for airing video footage of insurgent attacks on US-led coalition forces.

Broadcasts

In January 2007, the station was noted broadcasting on the Eutelsat

Eutelsat

Eutelsat S.A. is a French-based satellite provider. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, it is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues.Eutelsat’s satellites...

-owned Eurobird satellite and on the Arabsat/Badr satellite, both at the 26 degrees east orbital position. The Eurobird outlet was closed after only a few days' operation. The station's transmission was closed on the Nilesat 101

Nilesat 101

Nilesat 101 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite.Launched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 28 April 1998 at 22:53:00 UTC by the European Space Agency, it was manufactured by the European company Matra Marconi Space , and started official broadcasting on 31...

 satellite in February 2007 for "interference with other channels". It became available again on the 7W position via Atlantic Bird 4.

Programming

Typical programming for the channel included footage of insurgent snipers killing American soldiers in Iraq, and video of Improvised Explosive Device

Improvised explosive device

An improvised explosive device , also known as a roadside bomb, is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action...

 attacks on coalition military vehicles. In many cases, these videos appear with patriotic or anti-US songs in the background, with the network asking viewers to comment on these videos by E-mail.

Other programmes have included commentaries against the US-led operation in Iraq, and, for a short time, news bulletins read by presenters wearing Baath Party

Baath Party

The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party was a political party mixing Arab nationalist and Arab socialist interests, opposed to Western imperialism, and calling for the renaissance or resurrection and unification of the Arab world into a single state. Ba'ath is also spelled Ba'th or Baath and means...

 army fatigues.

The station was also known to show Hidden Camera Jihad

Hidden Camera Jihad

Hidden Camera Jihad also known as Jihad Hidden Camera is a propaganda film widely available on the internet. The film features clips of American & British soldiers being killed by IEDs and snipers and is overdubbed with slapstick style sound effects and an applause/laugh track.It is often aired on...

, a video compilation of insurgent attacks on US forces with slapstick-style soundtrack and video effects.

The programmes were in Arabic, with occasional English subtitles.

Closure

The station appeared to close down in July 2007 after its transmissions via the Arabsat satellite were jammed.