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I believe it is out of Qatar, not Iraq:

"From the ashes of BBC Arabic rose al-Jazeera, a satellite channel funded by the Emir of Qatar and other Arab moderates who had recognized during BBC Arabic’s short life that the long-term interests of Islam would be served best by truth rather than censorship. . . "
http://www.msnbc.com/news/643471.asp

"Taleban Foreign Ministry officials have spoken via satellite link to the al-Jazeera headquarters in the Gulf state of Qatar. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1579929.stm

Qatar is considered an ally—so bombing them would be out of the question.
73 posted on 03/20/2003 3:45:47 AM PST by theophilusscribe
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To: theophilusscribe
Jack Straw is so cool...
81 posted on 03/20/2003 3:49:02 AM PST by The Wizard (Demonrats are enemies of America)
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To: theophilusscribe
Qatar is considered an ally—so bombing them would be out of the question.

Yeah, we might accidently kill General Franks, for example.

82 posted on 03/20/2003 3:50:04 AM PST by maquiladora
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