Wikileaks: 2001 - Bahrain King Asked US If Could Pull Plug of Arabsat, Make Al Jazeera Disappear

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Wikileaks: Hamad asked the US if they could pull the plug of Arabsat & make Ajazeera disappear bit.ly/rsiaFm

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¶5. (S) THE AMIR ALSO LAID INTO AL JAZEERA WITH EVEN
MORE THAN HIS USUAL GUSTO. HE DECLAIMED AT LENGTH ON
HOW DANGEROUS THIS STATION IS, HOW IT IS ESSENTIALLY
ONE-SIDED PROPAGANDA, AND ALLEGED THAT THE AL JAZEERA
CORRESPONDENT IN KABUL (HE WAS SOME UNCERTAIN HERE, IT
COULD HAVE BEEN KANDAHAR) IS ACTUALLY NOT A JOURNALIST,
BUT AN "AFGHAN ARAB." HIS BASIC THRUST WAS TO ASK
WHETHER THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA COULD NOT
SOMEHOW PULL THE PLUG OF ARABSAT AND MAKE AL JAZEERA


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[bengalherder]

1. K&R n/t

[JackRiddler]

2. Controlled experiment: Compare US reaction to Bahrain & Yemen to that in Syria and Libya.