If you are a journalist in Iraq that means you will face different kinds of dangers, starting with the targeting by armed groups and with suing by the officials.

On last Wednesday, one of the Iraqi TV satellite channels showed a program about the suit that was filed by parliament against an Iraqi newspaper. The suit was filed because of an article that was criticizing parliament for the privileges that they approved for themselves. (My colleague Warren Strobel and I wrote a story about this issue on Friday).

In this show there was an Iraqi journalist and member of culture committee in parliament to discuss this issue. Unfortunately this program turned to be another ring in the chain of the dangers that face journalists in Iraqi.

The journalist in this program gave his opinion about the privileges in which he irritated the deputy of parliament, who accused the journalist of the most dangerous accusation in new Iraq: "belonging to Saddam's regime".

The Society for Defending Press Freedom in Iraq denounced this and said it was a new attempt to frighten journalists and quell them by using prepared accusations that remind of the style and the mentality of Saddam's regime

I think Iraqi officials found the suitable solution to keep silence, and they raised the slogan that say "if you weren’t with us, you against us". They send a message that says if you don’t praise the false achievements of Iraqi leaders then you will be part of former Dark Age. So, please my colleagues "BE CAREFUL" of what you are writing in the future.