I skimmed the article and re-read it now. I note that it was written
in 2005, and seems primarily anecdotal. It still seems like a perfect
place to go if one wants to be heard by those sympathetic to
terrorists - which is whom I think we need to defuse.
I realize you think nothing short of de-converting the Middle East
will end Islamic terrorism, but I am not so pessimistic.
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On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:31 PM, [email protected] wrote:
It would have been if he had chosen Al Jazeera, but Al Arabiya ? ? ?
As the AIM article makes clear, Al Arbaiya is bad news in too many
ways
and Americans are none the wiser even if Arabs know what is going on.
Al Arabiya is NOT some sort of Al Jazeera # 2, it is a subsidiary of
the Saudi government and is Wahabbi controlled.
Did you read the AIM article or only a couple of sentences ?
Hmmmmm.
Billy
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In a message dated 3/14/2009 10:53:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected]
writes:
I actually think it was a brilliant propaganda move on his part. :-)
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On Mar 14, 2009, at 7:25 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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 betw
een men and women, Sunnis or Shiites. 'We all sacrifice for the sa
ke of Islam,' they chant. This is the movement of martyrdom seeker
s, whose goals and organizational structure are still unclear. The
y refused to give further details, but did not conceal their deter
mination to sacrifice their lives. The reason—what America has don
e in the holy places of 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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