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Britain
Al-Jazeera editor leaves for BBC
2004-01-16
The Arabic satellite TV channel al-Jazeera says its editor-in-chief has submitted his resignation. According to an al-Jazeera spokesman, Ibrahim Helal said he had had "a tempting offer" from the BBC. The charity BBC World Service Trust confirmed that Mr Helal was joining to work on a variety of media training projects over the next two years.
Spittle 101 and Advanced Ranting.
Al-Jazeera has been criticised by the US for airing fake recorded messages from Saddam Hussein and the late Osama Bin Laden. He is expected to be replaced by Ghassan Bin-Jiddu, a talk show presenter and the channel’s Tehran bureau chief who is regarded as a moderate in Middle Eastern affairs.
He paints smiley faces on car bombs.
Mr Helal first joined al-Jazeera in 1996, when it was launched following the closure of the BBC World Service’s Arabic-language TV newsroom.
Ah, so al-Jaz was a summer replacement series that got picked up.
He has also worked for the BBC Arabic Online service.
So it’s just a transfer back to the mother ship?
Correspondents say that in the Arabic-speaking world, al-Jazeera has for years had a large and loyal audience and a reputation as innovative and hard-hitting.
Bwahahaha! Oh, it wasn’t a joke?
Posted by:Steve

#6  He paints smiley faces on car bombs.

Like the IDF paints middle fingers on all their missles.
Posted by: Anonymous   2004-1-16 8:23:28 PM  

#5  Yawl had me going on that one!
Posted by: Shipman   2004-1-16 7:34:24 PM  

#4  Sounds like nothing but an inter-departmental transfer.
Posted by: 4thInfVet   2004-1-16 7:22:49 PM  

#3  I think they have master tapes and splice them to make new ones whenever the Jihadis need a morale boost.

IIRC, the BBC has 'male only muslim prayer rooms' funded by the taxpayers...hows that for demolishing their own values?
Not only are they supporting fascism, but misogyny too all paid for by the public... muslims must have felt they scored a homerun on that one.
Posted by: TS   2004-1-16 5:47:16 PM  

#2  What, al-jizzeera wasn't pro-terrorist enough?
Posted by: BH   2004-1-16 5:39:25 PM  

#1  This reminds me. And sorry for asking here. But Al-Jizz broadcast a tape from OBL a couple of weeks ago. Has that been authenticated as being from OBL itself or was it really a fake?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-1-16 5:25:35 PM  

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