RE: Al Jazeera reporter expelled [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]

[davidquarter]

Well, it's great to know that an American style "free press" has reached the shores of the middle east. Now, all they need is "free elections". And I'm sure Bush will do his upmost to teach them all about that!

David O Q




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> Yes, indee the CNN of the middle east, especially true -- read the following story from times of India:
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> Al-Jazeera reporter was not asked to leave: Govt
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> AFP [ MONDAY, JULY 08, 2002 6:14:59 PM ]
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> NEW DELHI: India on Monday denied reports that it had asked a journalist working for the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news channel to leave the country due to his reportage on the recent riots in Gujarat.
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> A foreign ministry official said the channel itself had offered to replace the television journalist, Nasir M Shahdid.
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> "It is a decision taken by the Al-Jazeera management," a foreign ministry official said, declining to comment on whether the Indian government was upset with Shahdid's reporting and had asked for his withdrawal.
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> "His (Shahdid's) visa has not been terminated ... and we have never interfered with his working here," the official said. Shahdid, who is an Egyptian national, has been working for Al-Jazeera in India for the past seven months.
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> The official said the Indian government had very good relations with Al-Jazeera and it was committed to the freedom of the press. When contacted, Ibrahim Hilal, news editor of Al-Jazeera channel, did not contradict the official's comments.
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> "We have not received any communication from the Indian government asking us to remove Shahdid," Hilal said on telephone. "It is our decision to replace him," he added.
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> The Al-Jazeera channel has at least 35 million viewers in the Arab world and elsewhere. It captur ed world attention for its exclusive reports during the US-led strikes on Afghanistan and for showi ng taped statements by al-Qaeda mastermind Osama Bin Laden.
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> > Date:08/07/2002 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2002/07/08/stories/2002070805360102.htm
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> > New Delhi July 7. Apparently unhappy with his reporting on Kashmir and Gujarat, India has order ed the Al Jazeera correspondent, Nasir M. Shadid, to leave the country within a week, sources said today.
> > Al Jazeera, which won international popularity for its exclusives on the world's most wanted ma n, Osama bin Laden, in the wake of the September 11 attacks and during the Afghan war, will, howeve r, continue to air its Indian news as another correspondent, Rifat, will take over. The channel was

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