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| Al Jazeera says Iraqi police free four employees |
| 2003-07-18 |
| The Arabic television network Al Jazeera said Iraqi police released four of its employees on Friday a day after detaining them and accusing one of inciting violence. Al-J, inciting violence? Say it ain’t so! The prominent network said on Thursday the arrests were sparked by tension with U.S. forces in Iraq over its coverage of attacks by loyalists of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on American soldiers. Then why were you busted by Iraqi police instead of US forces? Correspondent Abdul Azeem Mohammed, who was freed along with three of his colleagues, said he learnt that an Iraqi governor had ordered their detention because of the network’s coverage of a bomb attack on an Iraqi police station this month. Al Jazeera has been widely criticised by U.S. officials for its reporting of the U.S.-led war on Iraq and for broadcasting footage of Iraqi casualties as well as airing video and audio tapes of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network. The Iraqi’s don’t much like them either. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 "Off with his head!" "Ahem. Uh, you're not allowed to do that anymore, sir." "I'm not? Why?" "The Americans don't like it sir. They say it's a Saddamish thing to do." "Damn. So many rules..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-18 10:53:54 AM |