From, you guessed it, the AP:

Press watchdog criticizes Mideast states

CAIRO, Egypt - Across the Middle East, journalists who challenge the government are threatened by the state, prosecuted and imprisoned, an international press watchdog said Monday.

In a survey, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists reported that the failure of President Bush to push through democratic reform in the Arab world had had a negative impact on press freedom in the Arab world.

I guess we can add this to the list of things President Bush is responsible for. Amazing they give him so much credit while continually calling him an idiot.

The article goes on to show how all the crackdowns on journalists across the Middle East are caused by George W. Bush, by highlighting the story of one Bilal Hussein.

The report noted that U.S. troops had detained and harassed Iraqi journalists. It specifically mentioned the case of the AP photographer Bilal Hussein, who was detained by U.S. forces on April 12 in Ramadi and has been held without charge ever since “for imperative reasons of security.”

It just so happens this “journalist who challenges the government” has often been seen in the company of terrorists, always conveniently “johnny mohammed on the spot” when terrorists are killing civilians on public roads, launching rockets in neighborhood streets or shooting RPGs at U.S. troops.

But to the AP, this is just another day in the life of challenging one’s government.