Now there are only 2 live feeds left to show what is going to happen to Baghdad, and I am trying to feel pity for them...but alas, I have none.

Spin that baby...

HAHAHAHA!

I can spin that in one post....

then by all means...

spin that record down.

Did they draw maps in the sand, too?

You guys are missing the point. If Al Jazeera was just a shill for the other side, it never would have been expelled. This expulsion is good evidence that they are an independent news operation who won't toe the Arabist line. Al Jazeera deserves some respect.

Also, I'll miss the camera footage.

This could presage something very bad... perhaps the regime doesn't want to have witnesses -- Arab or otherwise -- for a very nasty WMD event in and around Baghdad.

...or the Iraqi government has signed an exclusive deal with Peter Arnett.

Naaahh. Geraldo sent 'em a resume. They're making room on the staff.

They are tossing a couple of reporters here, not the whole network, right?

I think this leads to a bad portent as well.

They either want to limit coverage so we can't see how they fortify the city..

or, more likely

They plan to use WMD/and or blast part of the city (mainly civilian) and blame it on us later...

ok, here we go..
"Abdul mul Abderr with Al Jazeera announce today in an effort to spare the lives of it's employees have asked them to leave Iraq for they can no longer gauruntee their safety against the unholy U.S agressors."

Spun baby

This cannot be good news......they have relied heavily on Al-J. Something's up. Something big. WMD? Saddam's dead and they sniffed it out? They gonna blow historical sites and blame it on us? Or, they do not want the world to see their ultimate defeat?

The story reads that they are pulling live feed from iraq, and will only report taped reports.

Seems even a pro iraq outfit can't help but to report that saddam is loosing badly.
or, like the other post said, they don't want witness to some bad things about to happen....

actually once you get past the "point of view" problems and the desire to show grim and tasteless images, the news there isn't to bad. However, the point of view and tasteless images are issues.

I still cannot get onto the Al-J site.....my IP address is blocked by their server. Are they doing that to all American IP addresses?

You know, Al Jazeera would be a perfect cover for a CIA operative....

In one of Clancy's books he wrote about two American operatives covered as Russian newspapermen. According to Clancy, US Code forbids agents of the gov't from posing as American journalists but says nothing about their posing as journos of other nations.

Al-Jazeerah Interviews Dead Martyr

Al-Jazeerah made journalistic history yesterday by landing an interview with Ms. Wafa Idrees, the famous first female suicide bomber, at her new home in the Everafter.

Here are the highlights of the interview: (The transcript of the interview will be available on-line at Little Green Footballs as soon as MEMRI finishes the translation.)

Ms. Idrees expressed her pleasure at living in paradise, though she did admit that some things were not quite as expected. She described how it is a little on the hot side, with an average temperature of 138 F. But she said it wasn’t really that uncomfortable given that she is used to the weather in the Middle East and more important, she noted that it was only a dry heat.

Due to her Islamist modesty, she hesitated before answering questions foremost in everybody’s mind. But when our reporter Robert Fisk persisted, she revealed that the 72 virgins was actually a choice, given upon arrival to the Everafter, between 7 or 2 virgins. Apparently there had been some miscommunication somewhere along the lines of the annals of history. It is well-known, of course, that the Mossad had cleverly interfered with communications between the Everafter guardians and the prophet Mohammed.

She went on to reveal that most of her virgins were other suicide bombers. Some of the virgins were female, but apparently even they had moustaches. The guys were particularly disappointed in this regard as they had been assigned as each other’s virgins. In her only substantial complaint, she lamented the fact that, as a result, she keeps getting raped.

The food was a little disappointing as it was mostly English food, but on the whole it was better than her pre-martyr diet. She blamed the Jews for the under-whelming menu.

She was thrilled to report that she was surrounded by lots of good Wahhabis, who got along very well with each other. She noticed that there seemed to be an abundance of engineers in her new home, though off-camera, she expressed her doubt that all the “engineers” were in fact properly accredited.

She practically beamed as she described how there were very few Christians or Jews there. Most of the infidels were Communists, but some were White supremacists, and some were run-of-the-mill gangsters and murderers. She was surprised how well the Wahhabis got along with some of the infidels, as they shared contempt for the Great Satan. She also described how, after initial friction, once she learned how to properly address Chairman Stalin, Chairman Mao and Pol Pot, they all let their hair down. She found them to be terrific guys who added a lot to the place.

She reported on some tension between her Wahhabi crowd and the large number of Nazis who shared their fate. But for the most part, these tensions have abated as both groups realize that any and all complaints could be blamed on the JEWS.

She was puzzled that Geraldo Rivera was there even though he claimed to still be alive, and hoped that Al-Jazeerah would give him a job soon so that he would leave them all alone.

She expressed great pride in her Iraqi brethren for their glorious victory over the American Satanic forces. She said that the TV coverage in Everafter was extremely fair and balanced, but did wish that they received more than three channels. Other than Al-Jazeerah, her “favorite station by far”, they only got good reception for PBS and the BBC.

On a personal note, she expressed the hope that the BBC would stop referring to her as a suicide bomber. Such a label, she said, denies her the credit she deserves for killing two infidels. She hoped that she would be known as a homicide bomber. When told that Fox News did use that terminology, she wisely noted that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

During his very special visit to the Everafter, Robert Fisk learned that he would be sharing a room with Peter Arnett when their time would come. He also got a chance to interview former NY Times Moscow Correspondent Walter Duranty, and discovered that they had an awful lot in common.

- April 1, 2003

Al-Jazeerah Interviews Dead Martyr

Al-Jazeerah made journalistic history yesterday by landing an interview with Ms. Wafa Idrees, the famous first female suicide bomber, at her new home in the Everafter.

Here are the highlights of the interview: (The transcript of the interview will be available on-line at Little Green Footballs as soon as MEMRI finishes the translation.)

Ms. Idrees expressed her pleasure at living in paradise, though she did admit that some things were not quite as expected. She described how it is a little on the hot side, with an average temperature of 138 F. But she said it wasn’t really that uncomfortable given that she is used to the weather in the Middle East and more important, she noted that it was only a dry heat.

Due to her Islamist modesty, she hesitated before answering questions foremost in everybody’s mind. But when our reporter Robert Fisk persisted, she revealed that the 72 virgins was actually a choice, given upon arrival to the Everafter, between 7 or 2 virgins. Apparently there had been some miscommunication somewhere along the lines of the annals of history. It is well-known, of course, that the Mossad had cleverly interfered with communications between the Everafter guardians and the prophet Mohammed.

She went on to reveal that most of her virgins were other suicide bombers. Some of the virgins were female, but apparently even they had moustaches. The guys were particularly disappointed in this regard as they had been assigned as each other’s virgins. In her only substantial complaint, she lamented the fact that, as a result, she keeps getting raped.

The food was a little disappointing as it was mostly English food, but on the whole it was better than her pre-martyr diet. She blamed the Jews for the under-whelming menu.

She was thrilled to report that she was surrounded by lots of good Wahhabis, who got along very well with each other. She noticed that there seemed to be an abundance of engineers in her new home, though off-camera, she expressed her doubt that all the “engineers” were in fact properly accredited.

She practically beamed as she described how there were very few Christians or Jews there. Most of the infidels were Communists, but some were White supremacists, and some were run-of-the-mill gangsters and murderers. She was surprised how well the Wahhabis got along with some of the infidels, as they shared contempt for the Great Satan. She also described how, after initial friction, once she learned how to properly address Chairman Stalin, Chairman Mao and Pol Pot, they all let their hair down. She found them to be terrific guys who added a lot to the place.

She reported on some tension between her Wahhabi crowd and the large number of Nazis who shared their fate. But for the most part, these tensions have abated as both groups realize that any and all complaints could be blamed on the JEWS.

She was puzzled that Geraldo Rivera was there even though he claimed to still be alive, and hoped that Al-Jazeerah would give him a job soon so that he would leave them all alone.

She expressed great pride in her Iraqi brethren for their glorious victory over the American Satanic forces. She said that the TV coverage in Everafter was extremely fair and balanced, but did wish that they received more than three channels. Other than Al-Jazeerah, her “favorite station by far”, they only got good reception for PBS and the BBC.

On a personal note, she expressed the hope that the BBC would stop referring to her as a suicide bomber. Such a label, she said, denies her the credit she deserves for killing two infidels. She hoped that she would be known as a homicide bomber. When told that Fox News did use that terminology, she wisely noted that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

During his very special visit to the Everafter, Robert Fisk learned that he would be sharing a room with Peter Arnett when their time would come. He also got a chance to interview former NY Times Moscow Correspondent Walter Duranty, and discovered that they had an awful lot in common.

- April 1, 2003