http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=worldnews&StoryID=368820 Jazeera TV Says U.S. Bombed Its Kabul Office November 13, 2001 10:40 AM ET Email this article Printer friendly version DOHA, Qatar (Reuters) - Qatar's al-Jazeera television said Tuesday U.S. warplanes bombed its offices in Kabul hours before Northern Alliance forces entered the Afghan capital. The satellite station, which has angered some in Washington by broadcasting taped speeches by Osama bin Laden denouncing the United States, said no one was hurt in the bombing. It said it had lost contact with its Kabul correspondent, Tayseer Allouni, and other staff in the city after the attack. An official at the station told Reuters Jazeera had previously asked Allouni to leave Kabul for safety reasons if Afghan opposition forces entered the city. He said their correspondent in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, Youssef al-Shouli, has also been asked to leave. Jazeera has said there was concern about Northern Alliance reprisals against Arabs. Opposition leader Ahmad Shah Massoud was reportedly killed by assassins posing as Arab journalists. "U.S. planes attacked the al-Jazeera office in the Afghan capital Kabul at night," Jazeera said in a broadcast. It said the extent of the damage was not yet known. The official said the circumstances of the attack were not clear. U.S. warplanes have hit a number of civilian targets, including International Committee of the Red Cross warehouses, since it began bombing Afghanistan early in October to flush out bin Laden and his followers. Jazeera shot to fame after it broadcast pre-taped statements by bin Laden, Washington's prime suspect in the September attacks on U.S. cities, after the U.S.-raids began. The United States has complained to the Qatari government about the channel, hoping it would soften its coverage. Qatar's outspoken Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani said such a demand would be rejected. Serbian News Network - SNN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antic.org/
