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...rather than vice versa. The network was asked to submit questions for bin Laden via an al Qaeda representative who approached Al Jezeera - a savvy media stunt in light of the White House's entreaties to the networks to avoid rebroadcasting the bin Laden infomercials periodically carried on the Qatari network. (The media criticism of those broadcasts, after all, would include the fact that they are taped speeches without any questions from journalists. Now al Qaeda is trying to play the game by taking questions.) CNN has indicated that it feels no obligation to broadcast Bin Laden's taped answers...
...Thani, who is 21 years old, attended Sandhurst Military College in the United Kingdom and has served as a lieutenant in the Qatari Armed Forces...
...accompanied during his visit by the former US ambassador to Qatar and several Qatari officials, including the minister of foreign affairs, the minister of energy, and the chair of the state radio and television corporation...
...even a modest reformer prevail in a deeply conservative region? Qatar has a defense agreement with Washington, but the U.S. may not protect an Emir who is cozy with Iran and Iraq. Qatari traditionalists and some Western analysts believe it is naive to push democratic values in a society where many customs have remained unchanged since the Middle Ages. Over lunch, Hamad did something that still seems unthinkable to many. He introduced one of his three wives, Jassem's mother, who was modestly dressed in an ankle-length suit rather than in the customary robe. As she spoke of improving...
...Associated Press, sneaked into the city on the first night of fighting and watched as Arab troops tried to retake the town. "The pools did not get an accurate view ((of the battle)) because they didn't see it," says King. "They wrote that the Saudi and Qatari liberated the city, but they had no realistic view of how long it took, what happened or how many Iraqis were in there." The best footage of the battle came from two French TV crews and a team from Britain's Visnews, which were in Khafji well before U.S. pool cameramen. (Little...