03-04-2003 03:20									#1
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Well for all those who thought Al Jazeera was a virtual mouthpiece of the Iraqi regime, the news is just in that the network has been expelled from Iraq by the Iraqi government.

If this is true then kudos to AJ since the fact they are detested by both sides is a good indication that they are telling it like it is. Indeed it is a badge of honour.

So I hope the critics will be a bit more charitable.

	03-04-2003 03:22									#2
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Oh, this is must be the final chapter in the book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Saddam Hussein (with Tariq Aziz as a ghostwriter).

	03-04-2003 03:22									#3
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No. They paraded our dead soldiers on TV for all the Arab world to rejoice at.

	03-04-2003 03:26									#4
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Western newspapers "parade" the dead across their pages every day. What makes Americans so special?

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quote: Originally posted by Frogger Western newspapers "parade" the dead across the pages of their newspapers every day. What makes Americans so special?

My newspaper refrains from showing corpses in images.

Is it really different in Quebec?

	03-04-2003 03:29									#6
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I don't think that SH would expel Al Jazeera if they were the great public relations team that some in the west think they are. And to suggest that he's doing it to curry favour with the West is simply absurd, DanS.

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All that time Al Jazeera spent sucking Saddam off and he still booted them out!

	03-04-2003 03:30									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi No. They paraded our dead soldiers on TV for all the Arab world to rejoice at.

They paraded dead soldiers on TV for all the world to see what really happens in war.

	03-04-2003 03:31									#9
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And to suggest that he's doing it to curry favour with the West is simply absurd, DanS.

Of course that would be absurd. But that's not what I suggested. Oerdin's clued in.

	03-04-2003 03:32									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Asher My newspaper refrains from showing corpses in images. Is it really different in Quebec?

You don't remember Rwanda or GW1?

Last year they had a picture of a white farmer that had been killed by a mob in Zimbabwe...

	03-04-2003 03:33									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon If this is true then kudos to AJ since the fact they are detested by both sides is a good indication that they are telling it like it is. Indeed it is a badge of honour.

They were lackeys of the Iraqis. Just not big enough lackeys to hide the obvious.

	03-04-2003 03:36									#12
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Oh come on - if Al Jazeera was a lackey of Saddam then all the US networks are merely mouthpieces of the Pentagon.

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Yes, they are...

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Link??

	03-04-2003 03:38									#15
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The terms "GULLIBLE" and "EASILY SWAYED BY THE OBTUSE ACTIONS OF DESPERATE DESPOTS" don't come up often in your philosophy readings, do they???

"TELLING IT LIKE IT IS" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

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quote: Originally posted by Frogger You don't remember Rwanda or GW1? Last year they had a picture of a white farmer that had been killed by a mob in Zimbabwe...

Don't recall seeing any pictures of that in the paper...

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There are also television images from GW1 showing hundreds of blackened Iraqi corpses lying next to their burning vehicles...

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quote: Originally posted by Frogger Yes, they are...

That's going a bit too far. Fox News definitely is and CNN has been a disagrace in the last week. I can't get Al Jazeera but I here they have 4 million new subscribers outside the Arab world since the war started.

Anyway, I haven't seen any of the appalling sentimentalism that seems to characterise much of the western reporting on their website. You know what I mean: "Little Johnny Yankee just got riddled with machine gun bullets but survived, how do you feel about this Johnny's Mom?"

Uggh!

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They let you in the computer cafe's AND you have access to a television??? Pretty good life for washing car windows on a corner of Yonge, if you ask me!

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No link?

This wasn't on cbc, and I Google-newsed for it and I couldn't find a decent article. Anyone?

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I was just kidding (mainly)

But there's been altogether too much cheerleading, and not enough real discussion. I've only watched a small portion of the war coverage, and none at all from the US in the last week.

	03-04-2003 03:55									#22
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Frogger, I think Iraq is still hiring for their military.


Here's the story, as I read it.

Iraq Acts Against Al-Jazeera Network
6 minutes ago


DOHA, Qatar - The Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera announced Thursday that Iraqi officials are expelling one of its reporters from Baghdad and barring another from reporting.



The station interrupted a regular newscast to announce that Iraq (news - web sites)'s Information Ministry had informed it that correspondent Diar al-Omari, an Iraqi, could no longer report for the network and that visiting correspondent Tayseer Allouni must leave the country.


"Regretting this decision, Al-Jazeera has decided to suspend its live broadcast from Iraq and will only broadcast recorded items received from Iraq," the station announced.


There was no immediate announcement of the move from Iraqi officials, who have taken similar actions against several Western networks, including CNN.


Western critics have often accused Al-Jazeera of a pro-Iraqi bias in its coverage of the U.S.-led attack on Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s government.


The station is partially financed by the government of Qatar, which also hosts the U.S. military's Central Command for the region.

	03-04-2003 03:56									#23
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Frogger, I think Iraq is still hiring for their military.

And I think Bush's blackshirts are still looking for a few good thugs. Snooze...

	03-04-2003 03:57									#24
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quote: Originally posted by cinch No link? This wasn't on cbc, and I Google-newsed for it and I couldn't find a decent article. Anyone?

It was on CNN about half an hour ago.

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quote: Originally posted by Zylka They let you in the computer cafe's AND you have access to a television??? Pretty good life for washing car windows on a corner of Yonge, if you ask me!

They undid your strait jacket long enough for you to post, eh?

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Owner of Al Jazeera is Jewish. And tons of News presented was "directed" to give meanings not intended.

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You are a DL, right?

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quote: Originally posted by Agathon They undid your strait jacket long enough for you to post, eh?

UH OH!

Spelling usually helps when dealing with THE CRAZY GUY HAR HAR!!!

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quote: Originally posted by RAW_OmarBKhatab Owner of Al Jazeera is Jewish. And tons of News presented was "directed" to give meanings not intended.

Eh? [slaps self to make sure not dreaming]

	03-04-2003 04:08									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Zylka UH OH! Spelling usually helps when dealing with THE CRAZY GUY HAR HAR!!!

Quick, hide! The nurses are coming.