Embedded in Gitmo (from UK Guardian blogs)

[TheBaldyMan]

Clive Stafford Smith, a human-rights lawyer comments about Al-Jazeera journalist Sami Al Hajj and his continuing incarceration in Guantanamo Bay. read his blog entry here

Being a journalist with the station is a dangerous business. (...) According to supporters of the station, since September 11, 2001, there have been at least 8 arrests of al-Jazeera journalists or cameramen, and two incidents where premises or personnel have actually come under fire from the US military.

Then we all learned about Bush's alleged plan for bombing the stations headquarters in Doha. Bush's defence - that it was all said in jest - fell a little flat

remind you of Ann Coulter at all ? The blog is worth reading, it details his unfortunate appearance on Fox News and the human cost of the detentions.

[Briar]

1. "the birth of al-Jazeera was a breath of free speech"

"All this makes me so sad. In 1996, the birth of al-Jazeera was a breath of free speech in a region of censorious governments, and Bush should back them rather than bomb them."

So should the BBC. It is disgraceful that the BBC is shutting down other services, postponing projects and making staff redundant just to provide Bush and Blair with "Al-Blairzeera" to promote their propaganda in the region.


(Edit for punctuation clarification.)