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IF I WAS TO EVER COME FACE TO FACE WITH THAT CREATURE...! Rick Rozoff wrote: > http://www.jordantimes.com/Mon/news/news6.htm > > > "Twelve days of surgical bombing was never going to > turn Serbia around. Let's see what 12 weeks of less > than surgical bombing does. Give war a chance." > "Every week you ravage Kosovo is another decade we > will set your country back by pulverizing you. You > want 1950? We can do 1950. You want 1389? We can do > 1389 too." [Thomas Friedman, 1999] > > > > NYT's Tom Friedman steals show at Arab media forum > By Lydia Georgi > Agence France-Presse > > > DUBAI — Prominent New York Times columnist Thomas > Friedman stole the show at an Arab media forum here > Sunday when he walked out after allegations he had > been offered perks by the Saudi government yet > continued to criticise Riyadh. > “I will not sit here and listen to that garbage. I > came here at my expense and that's exactly how I went > to Saudi Arabia,” he said after a member of the > audience suggested a plane had been put at his > disposal during a recent visit to the kingdom. > > Friedman, who in February revealed Saudi Crown Prince > Abdullah Ben Abdul Aziz's peace proposal, had already > come under criticism at the forum for his perceived > pro-Israel bias, with some picking up an admission in > his address that as a columnist, he is “paid to have > an opinion,” that is “to be biased.” > > The US journalist was later persuaded to return to the > forum, organised by the Dubai Press Club under the > patronage of Dubai Crown Prince and United Arab > Emirates Defence Minister Sheikh Mohammad Ben Rashed > Al Maktoum, who on Sunday opened the two-day gathering > attended by a host of Arab and Western journalists. > > Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa gave a keynote > speech followed by a debate on “How Western media > views the Arab world and how it has changed since > Sept. 11.” > > French journalist-cum-diplomat Eric Rouleau, a > household name in the Arab world, won the warmest > applause for his “European” perspective of the bloody > conflict in Palestine and the French media's handling > of Sept. 11, not least when he spoke of the > Palestinians' right to resist the Israeli occupation, > including through armed struggle. > > Pulitzer-winning Friedman, whose appearance was > unscheduled, later told the audience that to suggest > that he was “paid or bought” was to “cross a line,” > adding that he would not have gone to Saudi Arabia > after criticising it in the wake of the Sept. 11 > attacks or come to the UAE “if I didn't want to > learn.” > > He stressed that he was in favour of a two-state > solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but > insisted it was wrong to imply that Israeli Prime > Minister Ariel Sharon responded to the Arab peace plan > by launching its large-scale West Bank offensive on > March 29 while overlooking the Palestinian suicide > bombing coinciding with the Jewish Passover on the eve > of the offensive. > > Friedman rejected a suggestion that he had > misunderstood the “plane” reference, which may have > been meant to say that the Saudis had been > “hospitable” to him, not that he had been “paid or > bought.” > > He also said during a chat with reporters it was not > true that he had nudged the crown prince to come up > with his peace proposal or that he had “put the words > in his mouth,” saying Prince Abdullah had the > blueprint and asked to be given 24 hours to think over > his offer to put it on record. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com > > > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
