News, May 2003, Al-Jazeerah.info
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Al-Jazeera TV Chief Sacked JEDDAH, 28 May 2003 — In a devastating blow to its reputation,
Al-Jazeera said yesterday that its general director has been sacked after
allegations were made that he worked with Saddam Hussein’s intelligence
services. Mohammed Jassem Al-Ali visited Iraq before the US-led war,
meeting Saddam during an hour-long interview. Both Al-Jazeera and Ali were afterward accused by the Western media of
collaborating with the former regime in Baghdad. Ali had held the top job at the Doha-based station since it launched
the Arabic-language channel in 1996. Ahmed Chalabi, leader of the American-backed Iraqi National Congress,
has accused several Al-Jazeera journalists of working for Iraqi agencies
based on documents found in state archives in Baghdad. An Al-Jazeera spokesman refused to comment on the dismissal when
contacted by Arab News last night. Washington and London blasted Al-Jazeera after the network carried
footage from Iraqi television of dead coalition soldiers and prisoners of
war, as well as repeated images of Iraqi civilians badly wounded in
airstrikes.
Mohammed Alkhereiji, Arab News Staff
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| Earth, a planet hungry for peace |
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| The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03). |
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| The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03). |