Al-Jazeera journalists freed at behest of US State Dept

cali

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Mon Jan-31-11 03:14 PM
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Al-Jazeera journalists freed at behest of US State Dept

The release of six Al-Jazeera journalists who had been detained by Egyptian security forces on Monday came as a result of US State Department pressure, The Washington Post reported.

The journalists were in Egyptian custody after authorities ordered the closure of the network's Cairo office. By mid-afternoon, the network reported via Twitter that the six were released but that authorities had seized their equipment.

The Qatar-based network said the journalists were working for its English-language channel � a sister operation to the flagship Arabic service.

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=206088

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Robb

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Mon Jan-31-11 03:18 PM
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1. This will surprise many folks out there in TV land, I'm sure.

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Mon Jan-31-11 03:30 PM
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2. Not the National Republican Teabagger Party

They would expect this from a neighboring Kenyan marxist socialist commie named B. Hussein Obama. Look for Beck and Hannity to make this an anti-Obama administration show or two.

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