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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (6851)	4/27/2006 12:07:20 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9838

Egypt's al-Jazeera chief arrested (more lies from Al Jazeera) BBC News ^ \| 2006 Apr 27 news.bbc.co.uk The Cairo bureau chief of TV channel al-Jazeera has been arrested by Egyptian police for allegedly spreading false information on the Sinai bombs. The interior ministry said Hussein Abdel Ghani had falsely reported a blast in eastern Sharkia province. Mr Abdel Ghani said in a phone call broadcast on the Qatar-based channel he was the victim of "a complete police kidnapping operation - beyond the law". A triple bombing of the Sinai resort of Dahab on Monday killed 18 people. On Wednesday, two suicide bombers attacked security personnel and foreign peacekeepers at el-Gorah in the Sinai Peninsula, but did not cause any injuries. 'Inhumane' The interior ministry said the arrest concerned the false reporting of an explosion in Sharkia on Wednesday. A spokesman said: "[Hussein Abdel Ghani] said there were incidents in Sharkia and nothing happened. He's spreading confusion. "When he said there was an explosion in Sharkia, leading everyone to ask about it, about something that didn't happen, where did he get that from?" (Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...