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Subject:	Re: PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:18:41 GMT
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Is this "censoring" really any worse than this: US urges curb on Arab TV channel http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1578000/1578619.stm ==+== Washington has asked Qatar to reign in the influential and editorially independent Arabic al-Jazeera television station, which gives airtime to anti-American opinions. ==+== Scott A In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > From > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011008/wl/attacks_palestinians_israel_1.html > > - start - > > The Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) also tried to quell expressions > of support for the Saudi exile accused of leading the Sept. 11 terrorist > attacks in the United States. In Gaza City, police fired tear gas, wielded > clubs and shot several live rounds in the air to keep back 150 Islamic > University students chanting: ``Long live Palestine, long live Afghanistan > (news - web sites), long live Islam.'' > > Several demonstrators shouted ``Bin Laden, bin Laden.'' Police forced > journalists to leave the area. > > - end - > > But much of the rest of the article discusses how the PA is repudiating bin > Laden support: > > ``It's true that there is an unfair situation and continuous crimes and > killings exerted against the Palestinians,'' he said. ``This does not > justify or give cover for anyone to kill or terrorize innocent civilians.'' > - PA info minister Rabbo > > Bravo for those words, I say.

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		Re: PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GKzrn5.JME@lugnet.com... (...) There was an interview with the al-Jazeera interviewer who interviewed Tony Blair on BBC this morning. He was himself ex-BBC and said that most of his colleagues (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GKzrn5.JME@lugnet.com... (...) And so does the BBC. (give airtime to anti-American opinions) lawrence (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
(...) Despicable. But not quite the same as broadly hinting that journalists would be murdered if they tried to report on something factual. (not opinion, mind you, but fact) So ya, it's way worse what the PA is doing. Doesn't mean the US shouldn't (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
(...) Here's a bit more. (URL) draw the conclusion that Powell may be overreacting a bit, and I tend to agree. (23 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		censoring
It looks like we may be censoring again: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
From (URL) start - The Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) also tried to quell expressions of support for the Saudi exile accused of leading the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. In Gaza City, police fired tear gas, wielded clubs (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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