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WikiLeaks: al-Jazeera 'used as bargaining tool by Qatar'
The Doha-based broadcasters coverage is crafted to exert or relieve pressure on other countries in order to suit Qatars diplomatic agenda, the dispatches suggest.Joseph LeBaron. the US ambassador to Qatar, reported to Washington in November last year that the channel could be used as a bargaining tool to repair relationships with other countries, particularly those soured by al-Jazeera's broadcasts, including the United States". In another cable that July, he claimed that the channel "has proved itself a useful tool for the station's political masters. Posted by: tipper 2010-12-06 |
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