The Qutar gov't. honors freedom of the press.

[dogman]

I thought they hate us for our freedoms. They would not let our Ambassador convince them to hold back the OBL tapes.

[maddezmom]

1. were you watching Andrea Koppel???

missed most of it, what did she say????

[maddezmom]

2. here's a link:US asked Qatar, Al-Jazeera not to air bin Laden tape

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US diplomats in Qatar were given a copy of a videotape in which Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) threatens new attacks on the United States before it aired on Al-Jazeera television and unsuccessfully sought to prevent the network from broadcasting it, a senior State Department official said.


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"We got a copy of the tape a few hours before it aired," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "We asked them not to air it because we don't think they should give a platform to terrorists like this who call for the killing of innocents."


The official said the request for the Doha-based Al-Jazeera not to broadcast the tape was made to the Qatari government, the head of which, Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, is the main backer of the channel. Other Qatari officials sit on the Al-Jazeera board.


The official suggested that there may have been more to the tape than the 18-minutes aired by Al-Jazeera during which bin Laden threatened the United States with attacks similar to September 11, 2001 and accused US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) of "misleading" the American people.

more:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1520&ncid=1520&e=5&u=/afp/20041029/pl_afp/qaeda_binladen_us_qatar_041029222528

[maddezmom]

3. edit your OP or this will get locked, please :)