However, reporters stationed in Basra -- from Abu Dhabi television and Al-Jazeera satellite network -- said they saw no signs of civilian unrest.

CNN: UK: Iraq to feel backlash in Basra

Last week, US intelligence experts said technical analysis of another audio tape aired on the al-Jazeera satellite TV network showed "almost certainly" that it came from Bin Laden.

BBC: 'Bin Laden' tape attacks 'crusaders'

Sunday's order from the Communications and Media Commission includes the Qatar-based satellite network Al Jazeera and eight outlets aimed at the country's Sunni Arab minority.

CNN: Iraq pulls plug on 'misleading' TV networks

Earlier in the day, Marieme had watched news from ABC, CNN, Al Jazeera, the BBC and a Senegalese satellite network.

CNN: When freedom is 4,000 miles away

The Qatari government set up the Doha Centre for Media Freedom in 2008 to promote press freedom and quality journalism, and is home to the pan-Arab satellite TV network al-Jazeera.

BBC: Qatar urged to free poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami

The five POWs -- members of the 507th Maintenance Company, based at Fort Bliss, Texas -- were interviewed in a video from Iraqi state-run television broadcast on Al-Jazeera, the Arabic-language satellite network based in Qatar.

CNN: Families hoping for POWs' safety, speedy return