Remember back in November 2001 when the U.S. blew up the Kabul bureau of al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based TV network? London's Guardian noted at the time that Nik Gowing, a BBC man, was outraged by the bombing. "Al-Jazeera has been providing some material that has been very uncomfortable," Gowing noted, adding that in the allies' view, "journalists are legitimate targets where they are inconvenient."
But maybe al-Jazeera was a legitimate target. "Police have arrested a correspondent for Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV at his home in southern Spain accusing him of having links to the al Qaeda terrorist group," CNN reports from Madrid:
Authorities believe that Tayseer Allouni--who interviewed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden nearly two years ago--provided support for two suspected members of the group, a Spanish court official told CNN. . . .
Authorities believe Allouni provided support for Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah, who was arrested on November 13, 2001, and is thought to have been an al Qaeda ringleader in Spain, the court official said.
Allouni was a correspondent in the Kabul bureau at the time.
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Okay so maybe "known fact" has yet to be proven but there's a taint on Al Jazeera for sure.
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Originally posted by Moogs
I think he's in France and they're afraid to admit it to us.
OMFG ! I saw him the other day, but at the time i thought it was le guy from ZZTop !
Slightly rusty & off its hinges, but a steel trap nevertheless...
Originally posted by Aquafire
Thanx for the link Scott..It does look funny...
Hasn't been picked by any stations here..but there is always hope...
Lo & Behold..I came home tonight & the first thing I saw on TV was an advert for Queer Eye...
Starts Next week..on Ten
Scott all I can say is you must have pulled some strings..awesome...8)
Originally posted by Scott
It's a known fact Al Jazeera had (has?) Al Queda working for them.
News to me.
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Remember back in November 2001 when the U.S. blew up the Kabul bureau of al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based TV network? London's Guardian noted at the time that Nik Gowing, a BBC man, was outraged by the bombing. "Al-Jazeera has been providing some material that has been very uncomfortable," Gowing noted, adding that in the allies' view, "journalists are legitimate targets where they are inconvenient."
But maybe al-Jazeera was a legitimate target. "Police have arrested a correspondent for Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV at his home in southern Spain accusing him of having links to the al Qaeda terrorist group," CNN reports from Madrid:
Authorities believe that Tayseer Allouni--who interviewed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden nearly two years ago--provided support for two suspected members of the group, a Spanish court official told CNN. . . .
Authorities believe Allouni provided support for Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah, who was arrested on November 13, 2001, and is thought to have been an al Qaeda ringleader in Spain, the court official said.
Allouni was a correspondent in the Kabul bureau at the time.
back to Scott
Okay so maybe "known fact" has yet to be proven but there's a taint on Al Jazeera for sure.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/st...040347,00.html
As far as I can tell Osama is more dead than living...
something akin to Schrodinger's Cat..
Originally posted by Scott
Okay so maybe "known fact" has yet to be proven but there's a taint on Al Jazeera for sure.
All I know is that Middle Eastern governments hate AJ as much as you do, and for the same reasons: it delivers messages that some find uncomfortable.
It's also well known that AJ in an independently minded outfit run by professional journalists with no shortage of integrity.
Your 'taint' does nothing and doesn't mean the organisation is rotten.