The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) wages a campaign to remove terrorist outlets from the airwaves. It states that it brings together a diverse group of organizations and individuals to oppose Hezbollah’s al-Manar

Al-Manar

Al-Manar is a Lebanese satellite television station affiliated with Hezbollah, registered as Lebanese Media Group Company, broadcasting from Beirut, Lebanon. It has an offering a "rich menu" of high production news, commentary, and entertainment. The self-proclaimed "Station of the Resistance" ,...

 television and other terrorist media outlets. It includes Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and secular organizations CATM has initially targeted what they claim to be terrorist controlled-and funded media—such as Hezbollah’s al-Manar Television and al-Nour Radio, and Hamas

Hamas

Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...

’ al-Aqsa TV—which are believed to promote hate, incite violence, recruit suicide bombers and other terrorists, and conduct operational surveillance. CATM states that it is confronting the communications tool between terrorist leaders and their followers.

Actions

Before CATM launched its education campaign against Al-Manar Television, the station reached a daily worldwide audience of 10 to 15 million viewers with its 24/7 broadcasts. Al-Manar is controlled and financed by Hezbollah, the terrorist organization responsible for more American deaths, pre-9/11, than any other group, including al-Qaeda. CATM reminds its web site visitors that "It was Hezbollah that claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut in 1983".

CATM claims that its ongoing campaign against Al-Manar includes briefings conducted for more than 800 lawmakers, national security officials, diplomats, and private-sector executives in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. CATM officials have appeared dozens of times in the media in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.

Successes

As a direct result of CATM’s educational campaign, it states that the following goals were achieved:

• The U.S. State Department in 2004 added Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV and al-Nour
  Al-Nour
  Al-Nour is a pro-Hezbollah radio station based in Beirut, Lebanon. The station was established on 9 May 1988.In July 2006 during the Israel-Lebanon crisis, Israel attacked Hezbollah's TV station Al-Manar and radio station Al-Nour in Haret Hreyk .-Objectives:Al Nour has stated its objectives...
  
   Radio as well as their parent company, the Lebanese Media Group
  Lebanese Media Group
  The Lebanese Communication Group is the parent company of both Al-Manar and Al-Nour. The Lebanese Communication Group is sometimes called the Lebanese Media Group....
  
  , to its Terrorism Exclusion List. This important first step allowed the U.S. government to deport or deny entry to any alien contributing to the ventures.
• In 2005, the European Commission and the authorities responsible for regulating the communications industry of individual European countries agreed that al-Manar violated the governing European Union directive opposing hate broadcasting.
• Eight of the original 10 commercial and government-owned satellite companies (two French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Australian, Barbadian, and Brazilian) stopped their worldwide broadcasting of al-Manar.
• Al-Manar was taken off the air in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Asia, Australia, and parts of Africa.
• Multinational corporations withdrew more than $2 million in annual ad revenue for al-Manar.
• In 2006, the U.S. Treasury Department designated al-Manar, al-Nour, and the Lebanese Media Group as Specially Designated Global Terrorist
  Specially Designated Global Terrorist
  Specially Designated Global Terrorist is a designation authorized under U.S. Executive Order 13224 , among other executive orders, and Title 31, Parts 595, 596, and 597 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, among other U.S. laws and regulations. SDGT designations are administered and enforced...
  
   entities.

Members

The Coalition Against Terrorist Media is a project initiated by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan policy institute "working to defend free nations against their enemies". It was founded shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks to address what it regards as the "threat facing America, Israel and the...

. It states on its website that its members include:

• American Islamic Forum for Democracy
  American Islamic Forum for Democracy
  American Islamic Forum for Democracy is a Muslim American think tank formed in March 2003 by a small group of Muslim professionals in the Phoenix Valley of Arizona. The group's founder is M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D...
  
  
• American Jewish Committee
  American Jewish Committee
  The American Jewish Committee was "founded in 1906 with the aim of rallying all sections of American Jewry to defend the rights of Jews all over the world...
  
  
• American Jewish Congress
  American Jewish Congress
  The American Jewish Congress describes itself as an association of Jewish Americans organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts....
  
  
• European Foundation for Democracy – Joint developer of CATM project together with FDD
• Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
• Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism
  Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism
  Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism is an Islamic organization, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., made up of American Muslims and Arabs dedicated to taking a stand against terrorism. FMCAT is also known by the shorthand name of the "Free Muslims Coalition" or an even shorter name of...
  
  
• Good Harbor Consulting
  Good Harbor Consulting
  Good Harbor Consulting LLC is a corporate security consultancy based outside Washington D.C., with offices in Boston, Albuquerque, and Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.-History:...
  
  
• International Lebanese Committee for UNSCR 1559
• Reform Party of Syria
  Reform Party of Syria
  The Reform Party of Syria , or RPS is a political party committed to democracy and reform in Syria. It is based in the United States because the present Syrian government does not allow opposition political parties to form without permission. The party is made up of Syrians living in America,...
  
  
• World Council for the Cedars Revolution

Official Sites

• The Coalition Against Terrorist Media Web Site