[okie01]

Thanks for your response. I can see why you differ. New info always welcome...

If al-Jazeera has to vet everything thru the Qatari government, I'm betting the heads up came from there.

[Angelus Errare]

"If al-Jazeera has to vet everything thru the Qatari government, I'm betting the heads up came from there."

That's my opinion as well.

Al-Jazeera has a great deal of editorial integrity, but the network's broadcasts and programming format are all put through a strict review process to ensure that nothing bad is said about Qatari policies or House al-Thani. This is why al-Jazeera, despite its regular sleigh of anti-American guests, has never had any guest or news anchor suggest that Centcom be removed or that the Emir is a "heretic" for supporting the US on Iraq.