------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Nov. 14, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
AL-JAZEERA OFFICE SHUT DOWN IN KUWAIT The Kuwaiti government has shut down the local office of the television channel Al-Jazeera after the Arab news source reported that a quarter of Kuwait's territory in the northwest had been sealed off to allow U.S.-Kuwaiti military maneuvers to take place there on the border with Iraq. The only criticism in the Western media of this attack on the freedom of the press has been directed at Kuwait, not the U.S. This is truly a case of the tail "wagging the dog." It is Washington that is preparing for a brutal and deadly war in the Middle East and has the strongest motive to silence any independent voice in the media. It should also be remembered that on Nov. 12, 2001, during the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan, the Pentagon sent a missile directly into the Kabul office of Al-Jazeera, completely demolishing it. This was just hours after Tasir Alouni, Kabul correspondent of what the Associated Press described as "the Arab world's most respected television channel," was abducted and beaten by unknown assailants. --Deirdre Griswold - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
