The Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera launched an English-language Web site yesterday, five months after hackers brought down a temporary site at the height of the Iraq war but how long will it stay up for?
The English-language site - 
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage - works closely with the television station and its Arabic Web site, launched in 2001 but also has its own staff of nearly 50 Western and Arab journalists.
A temporary version of English.aljazeera.net went on-line on March 24 to cover the war but was soon brought down by h4X0rz. The Arabic site also was unavailable for long periods during the war.
The California h4X0r, John William Racine II, pleaded guilty in June to felony charges of wire fraud and unlawful interception of an electronic communication. He had intercepted e-mail and content from Al-Jazeera and rerouted users to another site showing the U.S. flag and the phrase "Let Freedom Ring."
If the site gets taken down before you get the chance to see it then the Google cache might have a copy - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:LPJonvx-BE4J:english.aljazeera.net/+al+jazeera&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
The site's main story as at 00:00 UTC+1 20030902 is entitled "Outrage at Israeli mission to Morocco" and the first few paragraphs read thus:
"A Moroccan Palestinian rights group has criticised Rabat's efforts to normalise diplomatic ties with the Jewish State.
Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom left Jerusalem on Monday for Morocco, where he is to discuss a normalisation of relations with the North African country, Aljazeera reported.
During talks with King Muhammad VI and Moroccan Foreign Minister Muhammad Benaissa, Shalom is expected to raise the question of re-opening liaison offices in Tel Aviv and Rabat, closed following the September 2000 outbreak of the Palestinian uprising. "
Let's hope that the site is given a chance to stay up as, these days more than ever, it's invaluable to have an Arab perspective on world events.
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage - works closely with the television station and its Arabic Web site, launched in 2001 but also has its own staff of nearly 50 Western and Arab journalists. A temporary version of English.aljazeera.net went on-line on March 24 to cover the war but was soon brought down by h4X0rz. The Arabic site also was unavailable for long periods during the war.
The California h4X0r, John William Racine II, pleaded guilty in June to felony charges of wire fraud and unlawful interception of an electronic communication. He had intercepted e-mail and content from Al-Jazeera and rerouted users to another site showing the U.S. flag and the phrase "Let Freedom Ring."
If the site gets taken down before you get the chance to see it then the Google cache might have a copy -
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:LPJonvx-BE4J:english.aljazeera.net/+al+jazeera&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 The site's main story as at 00:00 UTC+1 20030902 is entitled "Outrage at Israeli mission to Morocco" and the first few paragraphs read thus:
"A Moroccan Palestinian rights group has criticised Rabat's efforts to normalise diplomatic ties with the Jewish State.
Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom left Jerusalem on Monday for Morocco, where he is to discuss a normalisation of relations with the North African country, Aljazeera reported.
During talks with King Muhammad VI and Moroccan Foreign Minister Muhammad Benaissa, Shalom is expected to raise the question of re-opening liaison offices in Tel Aviv and Rabat, closed following the September 2000 outbreak of the Palestinian uprising. "
Let's hope that the site is given a chance to stay up as, these days more than ever, it's invaluable to have an Arab perspective on world events.
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