He controlled a network of media organizations, including Babil, the most influential newspaper in the country.

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Working with local government and military officials, they have demonstrated their readiness to assume responsibility for the provincial security of Babil.

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Authorities in the province of Babil, south of Baghdad, enforced a curfew.

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In another sign of change, Babil, the Iraqi newspaper published by Saddam Hussein's son Uday, has now resumed publication following a month-long ban in mid-November.

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U.S. forces nicknamed northern Babil and surrounding areas the 'Triangle of Death' due to the amount of combat the area experienced earlier in the Iraq war.

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In a long article commenting on its suspension, Babil criticised the "stereotyped" Iraqi press which it accused of imposing a "total blackout on news, information and analysis".

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Figures for Irbil, Basra and Babil also were not issued.

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