Libyan opposition set to launch TV channel from Qatar (Aims to "have a correspondent in every city")

[Turborama]

Source: The Guardian

Jason Burke | Wednesday March 30 2011 18.26 BST

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The channel, named simply Libya and calling itself "the new channel for all Free Libyans" had been scheduled to start transmissions this evening, according to local media reports, though it is unclear whether that deadline will be met.

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A spokesman for Libya's Interim National Council, the hastily formed western-backed rebel leadership body, said that the timing was ideal.

"This is the first time in recent history that the Arab world is willing to listen to the west," Mahmoud Shammam, a Washington-based exile, told the Guardian. "This is a good opportunity for the west to reconnect with the East. Up to now, the west has supported every Arab dictator."

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"Qataris were so happy to see our participation in removing the Libyan dictator Gaddafi who doesn't think twice before killing his own people," said Abdullah bin Hamad al-Athbah, a respected newspaper columnist in Doha. "Libya isn't similar to Iraq. We support the (UN security council) resolution all the way. We wish Arab states could handle the issue themselves but when it comes to reality this can't be done without UN intervention."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/30/libya-opposition-television-channel-qatar

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Turborama.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Smells like CIA.

[pampango]

3. Anything I don't like smells like the CIA ...

:)