David Frost joins Al-Jazeera

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Originally Posted by Goofball

Does Al-Jazeera currently broadcast anywhere in North America?

The imp of the perverse just struck me and now I have a craving to have Fox News and Al-Jazeera on at the same time, picture-in-picture.

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Now that is a perversion that would actually be funny - especially if you got O'Reilly to have an arguement with a Journalist from Al-Jazeera over the role of the United States in the Middle-East.

I wonder which one would come out looking like a rabid dog on that one.~:eek:

Does Al-Jazeera currently broadcast anywhere in North America?

It does . Get the details here Goof


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...800EA56421.htm

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

Does Al-Jazeera currently broadcast anywhere in North America?

It does . Get the details here Goof


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...800EA56421.htm

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Cool.

Thanks T.

It's broadcast in Arabic at least once it's in English we can understand somethng and judge for ourselves.

Al Jazeera being broadcast in english is definitly a step in improving its image.

Freedom of speech can really be a bitch sometimes... ~D

Lol!

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Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

On one theme you suggest/imply, however, I fear you are correct. You imply, of course, that any actions by the US and the coalition of the willing are doomed to failure unless Islam itself moves to reject wahabism and AQ rather than appeasing it or trying to coexist with it, or trying to play off both ends against the middle as some of the sheiks do. That is the purpose behind our efforts in Iraq. To show a model of the future that betokens prosperity for Islam along with greater personal freedom. The hope is that such an example will create the "buy-in" among Islamic populations that undercuts the fevered Islam of AQ.

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If that is indeed the goal, then the current efforts are a horrendous failure. Post-Saddam Iraq is hardly a model of the future that would appeal to, well, anyone. And it doesn't seem like we can hope it to become such for a long time to come.

Regarding the attacks on Al Jazeera, I think it's very short sighted. It would be better to support them, even if you don't like everything that they broadcast. They could become a catalyst for shaping public opinions to be less accepting of extreme views and actions such as those of AQ, which could be vital in the long term. Bombing their offices might just steer them to the opposite direction.

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Originally Posted by Conqueror

They could become a catalyst for shaping public opinions to be less accepting of extreme views and actions such as those of AQ, which could be vital in the long term. Bombing their offices might just steer them to the opposite direction.

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In fact al-Jazeera did the U.S. a great favour during the Iraq invasion by taking their favourite religious oracle sheikh Youssef al-Qardhawi, who was vehemently opposed to the action, off the the air, officially on the grounds that he had to undergo meniscus surgery. The Qatar authorities prevailed on them, it seems, because that country was the theater headquarters of the U.S. Army during the invasion.
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