Re: maybe they should call it, 'all about rachel'
Why not? Sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster:
All about Rachel
Director: Tommy Franks
Producer: Omar Beck/Al Jazeera - a CIA front (*)
Starring Saddam Hussein (the arch-villain), Tariq Aziz (the Christian traitor)... guest star: Ariel Sharon (the Zionist marplot)
COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU.
(*) In a switch, U.S. military now woos Arab TV network
Jane Perlez with Jim Rutenberg The New York Times
Friday, March 21, 2003
DOHA, Qatar Bush administration officials once referred to Al Jazeera, the Arab satellite network based here, as "Osama Television" for its regular showings of Qaeda video tapes and frequent appearances by anti-American commentators.
But last week, several U.S. Central Command press officials accepted an invitation to a barbecue in this desert city at the home of Al Jazeera's news director, Omar Beck. The party was one sign of how aggressively the Bush administration has embraced the network as Washington fights the propaganda front of the Iraqi conflict.
With the three major U.S. television networks now out of Baghdad - only CNN remains - Al Jazeera is likely to become a major source for Baghdad coverage. ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN all have video-sharing arrangements with the channel.
Seven correspondents and an Al Jazeera crew of about 30 will stay in Baghdad and broadcast during the first critical days of the U.S. air campaign, the communications director for the network, Jihad Ali Ballout, said Wednesday.
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