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2004-03-17 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Lux 2004-03-17 12:57:29 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting.... Al-Jez had first footage, frontline stuff... shortly after the blast.

Posted by milford 2004-3-17 1:19:42 PM|| 2004-3-17 1:19:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 isn't difficult. They have their headquarters in the center of Bagdad, right ?

Posted by lyot 2004-3-17 2:02:57 PM|| 2004-3-17 2:02:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I would say, since their offices were adjacent to the back of the hotel, that this time they got there first for the right reason: proximity, not complicity.

I suggest they were not complicit because this time whomever staged the attack didn't give a shit about Al Jizz - indicating (to me) that it was definitely outsiders, jihadis of the AlQ sympathizer variety, running this show. The chummy relationship between Al Jizz and the Ba'athist types has been apparent - this time they seemed to have had no more notice than anyone else.

Hmmm... I wonder how they feel about being lumped in with the targets, for a change... must be a bitch to be demoted to mere cattle like the rest of us by their Izzoid brethren.

Posted by .com 2004-3-17 3:21:24 PM|| 2004-3-17 3:21:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 .com -- I was unaware that Al'Jazeera was not also chummy with the jihadis. In fact, the arrest of an al'Jizz staffer in Spain for his connections to al'Qaeda, and the role of al'Jizz as intermediary between Saddam and Osama hints that perhaps al'Jizz sees its place as, oh, cheer leader for murderers?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-3-17 4:11:06 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-3-17 4:11:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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