Baghdad Studio of Feisty TV Station Shut Down in Dispute With Iraqi Government.

BAGHDAD -- Baghdadiya, a satellite channel that broadcasts out of Cairo, is best known outside Iraq for its reporter Muntader al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference in 2008. Here, the channel has earned a reputation for its feisty news programming, including a morning program that provides an open forum for citizens to criticize the government, including Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]