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U.S. Taxpayers Should Not Pay to Air Terrorist Tirades
Congressman Rothman ^ | original May 4, 2007 | U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman

Posted on 06/12/2007 5:10:35 PM PDT by YaYa123

U.S. taxpayers should not pay to air terrorist tirades. Yet, that is exactly what happened at Alhurra, an Arabic-language television network for the Middle East that is completely funded by U.S. tax dollars.

Alhurra exists to counter the anti-American biases that pervade the Arab world’s news media. However, the station’s recent broadcasts have instead provided platforms for terrorists to spew hate directed at the United States and Israel. U.S. taxpayers should not pay ...

U.S. taxpayers should not pay to air terrorist tirades. Yet, that is exactly what happened at Alhurra, an Arabic-language television network for the Middle East that is completely funded by U.S. tax dollars.

(Excerpt) Read more at house.gov ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alhurra; larryregister; statedept
Tonight FOXNews covered this story, exposing (former CNN employee), Larry Register. Evidently this New Jersey congressman has been on the Alhurra case for awhile.

From the FOXNews account, Karen Hughes and the State Dept has allowed this disgraceful use of US tax dollars to go on unchecked.

1 posted on 06/12/2007 5:10:38 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: YaYa123

We’re paying for more than that: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849202/posts


2 posted on 06/12/2007 5:13:22 PM PDT by Cornpone (Islam: The world's greatest, preventable and treatable psychosis. ©2006Cornpone)
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To: YaYa123

I thought this was going to be about NPR...


3 posted on 06/12/2007 5:33:15 PM PDT by tje
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