al Qaeda claims Al Jazeera tries to 'flatter the Americans'

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Al-Qaida in Iraq criticizes Al-Jazeera for wrongly reporting its statement

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A statement in the name of the al-Qaida in Iraq terror group posted Saturday on the Internet accused Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera of trying to win U.S. favor by reporting false information about an attack the group had claimed responsibility for.

The statement, which could not be immediately verified, related to a Friday bombing outside a Shiite mosque in Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, that killed 12 people as worshippers left prayer services.

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“We didn’t say in our statement that we targeted the mosque, but that we targeted the infidel guards, and we hit them directly.”

It also accused Qatar-based Al-Jazeera of falsifying the report in a bid to “flatter the Americans” and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s government.

[Rican1]

1. Al-Jazeera has managed to upset Americans and Al-Qaida

Must mean they are doing a good job

[jjtss]

2. They are very objective and favor no one.....

They are also threatened with being shut down by the Americans and prohibited from gathering news in Bagdad by Mr. Alawi, who is not long for his power.