Spain to Try Al Jazeera Newsman for Aiding Al Qaeda

[LastDemInIdaho]

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish judge Thursday ordered a journalist from Arab television network Al Jazeera to remain in jail without bail and to stand trial on suspicion of links to al Qaeda, court sources said.

Tayseer Alouni, best known for interviewing Osama bin Laden shortly after the September 11 suicide attacks in the United States , is accused of providing money and information to al Qaeda operatives.

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[markus]

1. Saw a commentor on cable last night

bring this up in regards to the OBL tape. Looks like CNN got the memo on officialy discreditign al-Jazeera.

Someone explain to me what exactly makes this *not* a war on Islam?

[xchrom]

2. combine that with our blind support of israel

and that pretty completes the picture.
agreed it is indeed a war on islam -- or at least that part of islam that prevents the corporate facist state from it's taking over it's desired targets.