"Don't bomb us" say Al Jazeera staff
.. | 24.11.2005 21:42 | Anti-militarism | Indymedia | World
Al Jazeera media staff have begun a campaign blog denouncing reports that the US government considered bombing their offices.
"We are not afraid of your threats - we are journalists. And there thousands like us around the world. You may be able to kill some of us - but you will never kill us all."
This is the statement on the new website set up by Al Jazeera journalists protesting against US attacks on their staff, including the killing of reporter Tariq Ayoub in April 2003, and ongoing threats that have been made against them.
The site is an effort to show the human face of the people who President Bush reportedly wanted to attack, simply because he did not like their coverage of the war in Iraq.
The Al Jazeera journalists say that they are not intimidated by the reports and are demanding to be told the truth about them.
The website features pictures of the Al Jazeera staff, along with the caption: "These are the men and women who bring you the news at Al Jazeera. We have a diverse staff complement. Our people are made up of dozens of nationalities"
http://dontbomb.blogspot.com/
This is the statement on the new website set up by Al Jazeera journalists protesting against US attacks on their staff, including the killing of reporter Tariq Ayoub in April 2003, and ongoing threats that have been made against them.
The site is an effort to show the human face of the people who President Bush reportedly wanted to attack, simply because he did not like their coverage of the war in Iraq.
The Al Jazeera journalists say that they are not intimidated by the reports and are demanding to be told the truth about them.
The website features pictures of the Al Jazeera staff, along with the caption: "These are the men and women who bring you the news at Al Jazeera. We have a diverse staff complement. Our people are made up of dozens of nationalities"
http://dontbomb.blogspot.com/
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Fascists Target Civilians
24.11.2005 23:18
Sad
Al Jazeera should change its ways then.
25.11.2005 10:29
Realist
Realist
25.11.2005 12:40
Sim1
Realist, you're not much of a...er....realist are you!
25.11.2005 12:43
Don't get me wrong, I agree that Al jazeira is a propoganda machine but where under international law does it say only members of the G8 are permitted to use propoganda?
Sparjy The Clown
It's the way Realist tells 'em
25.11.2005 12:50
Doubled over with mirth
Tosser
25.11.2005 13:17
Keep eating the aspartame,fool.
Silicone Synapse
The Fascists Are The Bad Guys
25.11.2005 22:56
"If Al Jazeera wants to avoid getting bombed, then it should change its ways then."
You mean, start working for the Fascists in DC, like the tightly-controlled Western press? And let's not forget that this is how the US treats all journalists, from Sgrena to those staying in the Palestine Hotel, who do not self-censor and LIE to the public about the reality of Bush/PNAC's failed, illegal War of Aggression.
"That is not journalism it is propaganda."
So ... you would rather they act more like the sources which uncritically repeated the LIES coming out of DC about Iraq before the war, the ones which cheerleaded the Fascist Madmen at the helm?
As a journalist myself, I have to point out that Useful Idiots like yourself never seem able to actually give examples of anything they've done incorrectly, you simply rely on Islamophobia and innuendo. That's Slander/Libel.
Watching the documentary "Control Room", I was struck by something. AJ was called "biased" because they reacted emotionally to the unprovoked bombing of Iraq, and the killing of countless thousands of civilians, men, women, and children. It reminded me of the coverage of 911 here in the West. It's not biased. It's human.
And it's interesting to see that when proof is given that the Fascists at the helm consciously targeted civilians, in an attempt to keep the reality of the war from the same people they LIED to about why they wanted it in the first place, the Trolls try to shift the focus.
Goebbels would be proud ...
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