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I don't suppose you think it would be ok for the US to bomb Al Jazeera in Qatar?
BBC: Al-Jazeera seeks 'US bomb' talks (25 November 2005)
A senior al-Jazeera executive is in the UK to demand publication of a memo in which George Bush allegedly discusses bombing the TV station's HQ. Wadah Khanfar, al-Jazeera's director general, is hoping to meet UK government officials to press its case. A spokesman for al-Jazeera told the BBC News website that the channel only wanted the record set straight.
Wadah Khanfar, al-Jazeera's director general, is hoping to meet UK government officials to press its case.
A spokesman for al-Jazeera told the BBC News website that the channel only wanted the record set straight.
Did the US mean to hit the Kabul offices of Al-Jazeera TV? Some journalists are convinced it was targeted for being on the 'wrong side'. Matt Wells reports When World Service correspondent William Reeve dived under his desk in Kabul to avoid shrapnel from the US missile that had landed next door, some think it marked a turning point in war reporting. The US had scored a direct hit on the offices of the Qatar-based TV station Al-Jazeera, leading to speculation that the channel had been targeted deliberately because of its contacts with the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. If true, it opens up a worrying development for news organisations covering wars and conflicts: now they could be targeted simply for reporting a side of the story that one party wants suppressed.
When World Service correspondent William Reeve dived under his desk in Kabul to avoid shrapnel from the US missile that had landed next door, some think it marked a turning point in war reporting.
The US had scored a direct hit on the offices of the Qatar-based TV station Al-Jazeera, leading to speculation that the channel had been targeted deliberately because of its contacts with the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. If true, it opens up a worrying development for news organisations covering wars and conflicts: now they could be targeted simply for reporting a side of the story that one party wants suppressed.
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