A Wikileak on the US and Al-Jazeera
Blaming and (Killing) the Messenger
Christison, Kathleen
http://www.counterpunch.org/christison01312011.html
Date Written: 2011-01-31
Publisher: CounterPunch
Year Published: 2011
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX12428
A Wikileaks-released cable from the U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar, shows that U.S. officials were angry with Al Jazeera in the wake of Israel’s three-week assault on Gaza, because, alone of news networks the world over, al-Jazeera had actually shown what was happening on the ground to Gazan civilians besieged by an unrelenting Israeli air, artillery, and ground attack.
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