A Weird Day for International Law and the Media
Originally posted to http://www.livejournal.com/users/marpow/ on [23 Nov 2005|07:32pm]
Rest easy.
They got Pinochet on tax evasion.
And as if this day couldn't get any weirder.
There are pseudo-jokey allegations that Bush had talked about - in jest or otherwise - bombing al-Jazeera in Qatar.
This makes no sense at all. But the U.S. actually did bomb - with a plane and rockets - an al-Jazeera television reporter. They killed him.
The situation is well-documented in Control Room - the powerful movie about al-Jazeera's attempt to cover the Iraq war.
They have a really intense plea to the media from the slain man's wife.
Her request was simple: tell the truth.
Rest easy.
They got Pinochet on tax evasion.
And as if this day couldn't get any weirder.
There are pseudo-jokey allegations that Bush had talked about - in jest or otherwise - bombing al-Jazeera in Qatar.
This makes no sense at all. But the U.S. actually did bomb - with a plane and rockets - an al-Jazeera television reporter. They killed him.
The situation is well-documented in Control Room - the powerful movie about al-Jazeera's attempt to cover the Iraq war.
They have a really intense plea to the media from the slain man's wife.
Her request was simple: tell the truth.
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