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jmborr · 03-25-2003, 09:26 AM

aljazeera in english

I can only read the headlines, but there are many news not reported by the U.S media. U.S reporters are so "embedded" with the troops that they do not know what's going on anywhere else.

I tried also with aljazeera. The site is in arabic, but you can find pictures that speak by themselves.

Krieger · 03-25-2003, 10:06 AM

Speaking of Al-Jazeera...

Sauron · 03-25-2003, 10:32 PM

I just read the thread about how the US is giving Canada a bad time because.....they are exercising free speech and political opinion. Gee.

Now I read that foreign journalists are being evicted, because we don't agree with how their home news network is covering the war.

So the lesson here is...the next time that you think about how bad the USSR was for controlling what its citizens were allowed to see, just remember that all it took was one accidental president and we're now in the same boat.

Americans like to point to our country and history as some kind of example for others to follow. Yet in the short span of 18 months, America has demonstrated that it does not, in fact, have any special claim to being a freedom-loving country. That, at the first sign of trouble, our govt reaction was to suspend parts of the Constitution and move towards a police state. From which we may never be able to turn back, even if we win the war and eradicate the terrorists.

Yes, it can happen here. And under surprisingly flimsy circumstances.

Never · 03-25-2003, 10:58 PM

Interesting....I can't get the links in the OP to work.

ybnormal · 03-25-2003, 11:33 PM

I lost all respect for Colin Powel during an official visit to Qatar just as the Afghanistan bombing campaign was getting started and he told them that they should shut Al Jazeera down.

That, at the first sign of trouble, our govt reaction was to suspend parts of the Constitution and move towards a police state. From which we may never be able to turn back, even if we win the war and eradicate the terrorists.

U.S. forces ready to impose martial law but hope Iraqi legal system doesn't fall apart

Quote:

Offenders, Wherry said, could then be tried under the U.S. Code of Military Justice, detained for post-war trials by civil authorities or face punishment meted out by the Americans under Iraqi laws. The entire Iraqi judicial code has been translated into English and made available to the U.S. military.

''If we catch any terrorists we're going to whisk them off to Guantanamo,''

Interesting....I can't get the links in the OP to work.

It's too busy most of the time and totally down the rest of the time... just keep trying.

03-25-2003, 09:26 AM	#1
jmborr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: everett MA USA Posts: 46	http://english.aljazeera.net/ aljazeera in english I can only read the headlines, but there are many news not reported by the U.S media. U.S reporters are so "embedded" with the troops that they do not know what's going on anywhere else. I tried also with aljazeera. The site is in arabic, but you can find pictures that speak by themselves.

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03-25-2003, 10:06 AM	#2
Krieger Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: ... Posts: 2,191	Speaking of Al-Jazeera...

03-25-2003, 10:32 PM	#3
Sauron Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: In the dark places of the world Posts: 8,093	I just read the thread about how the US is giving Canada a bad time because.....they are exercising free speech and political opinion. Gee. Now I read that foreign journalists are being evicted, because we don't agree with how their home news network is covering the war. So the lesson here is...the next time that you think about how bad the USSR was for controlling what its citizens were allowed to see, just remember that all it took was one accidental president and we're now in the same boat. Americans like to point to our country and history as some kind of example for others to follow. Yet in the short span of 18 months, America has demonstrated that it does not, in fact, have any special claim to being a freedom-loving country. That, at the first sign of trouble, our govt reaction was to suspend parts of the Constitution and move towards a police state. From which we may never be able to turn back, even if we win the war and eradicate the terrorists. Yes, it can happen here. And under surprisingly flimsy circumstances.

03-25-2003, 10:58 PM	#4
Never Talk Freethought Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: OH Posts: 5,266	Interesting....I can't get the links in the OP to work.

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