I actually think it was a brilliant propaganda move on his part. :-)
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AIM Accuracy In Media / Report / December 6, 2005
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Pro-Terrorist Media
The Al-Arabiya channel is not as well known as Al-Jazeera but it
also has a notorious reputation. It was ordered out of Baghdad in
2003 by the post-Saddam government. The new authorities accused it
of inciting violence against innocent citizens and American military
personnel. At the time, Jalal Talabani, then Council President in
Baghdad, said, "Al-Arabiya incites murder because it's calling for
killings through [what was purported to be] the voice of Saddam
Hussein."
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher defended ousting Al-
Arabiya, saying the aim was "to avoid a situation where these media
are used as a channel for incitement, for inflammatory statements,
and for statements and actions that harm the security of the people
who live and work in Baghdad, including Iraqi citizens themselves."
On July 2, 2005, Al-Arabiya TV aired a sympathetic report about the
movement of "martyrdom seekers" in Iran preparing to attack the U.S.
because of the war in Iraq. The Al-Arabiya reporter said, "40,000
time bombs in Iran—this is the number of volunteers so far, and the
registration is still open. There is no distinction between men and
women, Sunnis or Shiites. 'We all sacrifice for the sake of Islam,'
they chant. This is the movement of martyrdom seekers, whose goals a
nd organizational structure are still unclear. They refused to give
further details, but did not conceal their determination to sacrific
e their lives. The reason—what America has done in the holy places o
f Najaf and Karbala."
Another Al-Arabiya report on "martyrdom" aired on July 22, 2005, and
showed the son of a suicide bomber who watched film of his father
blowing himself up in a car loaded with explosives. "Of course, I
miss him and remember his words," the son said. "Sometimes it
saddens me, but I love to watch him."
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