Tape shows Al-Jazeera, Saddam link

jpost ^ | Jan. 2, 2005 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Critical Bill]

A videotape found in a pile of documents in Baghdad following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime shows a former manager of the Al-Jazeera satellite channel thanking one of Saddam's sons for his support and telling him that "Al-Jazeera is your channel," the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Sunday.

According to Asharq al-Awsat's report, the tape of the March 13, 2000, meeting shows former Al-Jazeera manager Mohammed Jassem al-Ali telling Odai Saddam Hussein, "Al-Jazeera is your channel," and Odai recalls that he proposed "some ideas" in previous meetings that led to "some changes" in political coverage, including the introduction of new hosts on Al-Jazeera programs.

Al-Jazeera dismissed al-Ali from his post shortly after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. No reason was given for the dismissal, but many in the Arab press speculated that al-Ali was receiving support from Saddam's government.

The London-based daily said its front page report was based on a tape it saw from an unaired Al-Hurra television station documentary. Mouwafak Harb, Al-Hurra's news director in Washington, said the channel will air the tape on Thursday.

[lancer]

Bomb it and shut it down (in that order!)

[peyton randolph]

So were CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN. All anti-American.

[Sertorius]

"The bombing starts in 5 minutes."

[anniegetyourgun]

I wonder why the AP bothered to report this.....

[Casaubon]

/sarcasm on
lies i tell you all lies!!

saddam never had anything to do with terrorist...it was the evil haliburtons and bushes evil corporate crusade for oil.
*covers ears and yells "LALALALALALALA i CANT HEAR YOUUUUU!!..LALALALALA"

That should about sum up the NYT and lib presses view on the subject.
/sarcasm off

[Radix]

I have never seen much of Al Jazeera other than what the networks or the Internet has provided for reference.

As far as I am concerned, Al Jazeera has more integrity and honor in their presentation of the news than any of the big time mainstream media in this country.

Al Jazeera does not pretend to be objective.

[UCANSEE2]

And where is the tape of CBS telling BC the same thing?

[Uncle Miltie]

"So were CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN. All anti-American."

If recollection serves, that is a documented admission by journalists, that each had to toe the Saddam line while in-country. Al Jazeera was literally no different in parroting Saddam's propaganda that were CBS, ABC, NBC, etc.