"Al Jazeera cooperated with the [Saddam Hussein] regime, which was the target of the international coalition. Even after the regime was gone, they continued to support the jihadists."
Given the continuing anti-U.S. slant to Al Jazeera's coverage, Phares believes the exposure of the kind of backroom dealings in which the network has been engaged ought to mark a "watershed" in understanding behind-the-scenes corruption at the network. The tapes might also prompt reflection on the representations of the "Arab street" seen on Al Jazeera and other media in the region. We now know that the same network that assured us Arab opinion uniformly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq also apparently served as a paid shill for Saddam's regime.
Oil-for-Food, which I've slacked on blogging about lately, was the source of the money for the bribery.
Roger L. Simon, though, has been keeping up with it.
