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Doha, Qatar: Al-Jazirah Satellite Channel Television in Arabic -- Independent Television station financed by the Qatari Government, at 1115 GMT on 27 March carries a live telephone interview with correspondent Muhammad al-Abdallah in Basra. Asked about the current situation in the city, Al-Abdallah says: "The situation can be described as quiet now after the early hours of the morning, when positions in northern Basra came under missile and air bombardment. Basra City was the target of air raids last night. Government buildings were hit, including the governor's offices and the South Oil Company. The bombardment destroyed most of the governor's...

Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqi Satellite Channel Television in Arabic 2105 GMT 21 Mar 03 [Corrected version, adding source time; announcer-read report over video] Dear viewers, we present to you now a picture that closely shows the US Administration's hatred of every civilian landmark. The Iraq Satellite Channel accompanied Information Minister Muhammad Sa'id al-Sahhaf on his tour following the criminal missile strike, which the criminal Rumsfeld claimed to have targeted military targets. This report shows what kind of criminals are those who are leading the United States to inescapable death. [Begin Al-Sahhaf recording] Al-Jazirah [words indistinct] those are criminals. The world can...

Cairo, Egypt :Al-Jumhuriyah in Arabic 19 Mar 03 p 4 [Article by Dr. Abd-Al-Azim Ramadan : "Al-Jazirah's Self-Flagellation"] Those who watch Al-Jazirah Channel, and the particular guests it hosts, must conclude that this channel is planning for Arabs to lose their identity, their history, civilization and homelands for the sole pretext that the Arab nation is unable today to help Iraq ! If Al-Jazirah channel were fair, it would have held seminars to probe the reasons for the Arab nation's inability today to help Iraq ! It would have realized that the Iraqi regime was the reason. This same Iraqi...