Walid Phares on al-Jazeera on National Review Online


Charles over at LGF says it's important to remember that Al-Jazeera isn't just an alternative viewpoint, it's an enemy viewpoint. He's right.

Al-Jazeera is ruled by politics. Take the recent airing of footage of American soldiers killed by Iraqis and of the interrogation of American POWs. The decision to air the footage was just another example of the network making politics — rather than reporting — its business.


The constant replay of the graphic images on Sunday was a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention. Showing footage of dead soldiers and conducting of prisoner interrogations before the media both clearly undermine international law. The Qatar-based network's goal was clear: It wanted the Americans to be seen as mercenaries.[...]