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Aljazeera Sacks Yvonne Ridley
Dissent being crushed! I blame John Ashcroft. Not EFL, this was too tasty.Yvonne Ridley, a senior editor with Al-jazeeraâs newly launched English website in Doha, Qatar, has been sacked by her Gulf bosses. Oh, dear! Not Yvonne! The journalist, who rose to international fame in September 2001 when she was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan, joined the website in July. Last night Sister Yvonne said she was bewildered and hurt but until she had written confirmation of being fired and the reasons why, she was unable to comment further. "I can say no more." In the last two years Yvonne has become an international peace campaigner and Um, no, not exactly. Keep reading. Exclusive stories and pictures revealing US soldiers searching and tying up Iraqi and Afghani children have been condemned by the US Central Command. âIt is not beyond the bounds of possibility that Ridleyâs revealing stories have led to her downfall. The site has already pulled two anti-American caricatures after managers received pressure from the Americans,â said one source close to Aljazeera. Nope, thatâs not it either. Read on... The man responsible for sacking Sister Yvonne is Abdulaziz Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud who issued the order but did not have the guts to confront her with it, instead he sent his secretary to deliver the news to Sister Yvonneâs home in Doha. Wuss. Couldnât stand up to a girl. But weâre getting closer to the real reason we wonât have her breathless prose to kick around anymore... Al-Mahmoud is not a big fan of hers after she derided him for shopping in Marks and Spencer during a recent trip to London with his eager-to-please sidekick Ahmed Sheikh. Marks and Spencer is the famous Israel-supporting shop which is boycotted by many Muslims in the UK! BINGO! Itâs the Jooos fault by proxy as usual. Canât have an Al-Jazeera big caught shopping at a Zionist occupied department store. In recent weeks Al Mahmoud has escorted two parties from the US embassy around the offices of Aljazeera, giving Sister Yvonneâs work station a wide berth because of its anti-war and anti Bush messages as well as a Palestinian flag situated there prominently! Unfortunately, Marks and Spencer were all out of surprise meters. Though I doubt they work all that well anyway. The regime in Saudi Arabia has also not escaped Sister Yvonneâs attention â something not lost on Al-Mahmoud who was refused entry to the Kingdom recently. Hmmm...catching your boss in an act of hypocrisy and then ratting out your bossâ boss...yep that sounds like grounds for termination to me. Sheâs probably lucky to not get stoned. But who is Yvonne Ridley?! Yvonne Ridley was a journalist of the famous London Mirror newspaper. She was captured by the Taliban when she went undercover into the country wearing the all-enveloping burqa dress of an Afghan woman. She was detected and was held for 10 days before being released on humanitarian grounds on the orders of Gee, Marks and Spencer seem to be out of sympathy meters too. Now it is OUR turn to stand staunchly by her side. At least we should demand answers from Aljazeera as to why she was sacked. Rantburgers? Hereâs YOUR chance to make a difference! What you can do... Posted by: Seafarious 2003-11-19 |
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