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To: Rollcast... who wrote (193413)	10/18/2001 11:06:01 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 769667

CNN has a history of airing enemy propaganda. Recall Peter Arnett's false report during the Gulf war about America's bombing of a "baby milk factory."

To: Rollcast... who wrote (193413)	10/18/2001 11:26:04 AM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 769667

CNN Wants to Interview bin Laden By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - After being approached by someone claiming to represent Osama bin Laden about an interview with the terrorist leader, CNN said Tuesday it had submitted questions but is not promising to air any response. A person claiming to represent the al-Qaida terror network approached Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based independent television network, late last week with the offer, CNN said. Bin Laden would respond to questions submitted by Al Jazeera and CNN and give his answers on a videotape delivered to the Arab network, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said. The terrorist leader has used Al Jazeera as a medium to deliver messages in the past few weeks. Access to American media by bin Laden and his representatives is a touchy subject for CNN. The network, along with ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and Fox News Channel, last week agreed not to air transmissions from the al-Qaida group without first screening and possibly editing them. The Bush administration called the transmissions propaganda and said there was a possibility that bin Laden was using the tapes to deliver coded messages. ``By submitting our questions, we are making no commitment to air bin Laden's response,'' Blitzer said. ``We will look at the tape, if there is a tape, and decide how much or how little to run.'' CNN will freely allow other news organizations to use any tape that is received, however they want, the network said. CNN does not know how al-Qaida communicates with Al Jazeera or how the network will get its questions to bin Laden, Blitzer said. CNN doesn't even know whether bin Laden is alive or dead, he said. CNN aired, in its entirety, a tape delivered by bin Laden through Al Jazeera last week. It also aired a second tape through his spokesman, sparking the Bush administration's concern, but only ran brief excerpts of a third tape. Blitzer said CNN wants to ask bin Laden to outline his role in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent anthrax cases in the United States. The network also will ask what weapons bin Laden and his followers have, and how they plan to use them. CNN also wants to ask: ``How can you and your followers advocate the killing of innocent people?'' dailynews.yahoo.com * * *