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  • Al-Jazeera journalist speaking tonight at Rockland ( Maine )

    07/28/2011 4:13:32 PM PDT · by george76 · 15 replies
    Bangor Daily News ^ | July 28, 2011
    Al-Jazeera’s Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara will speak tonight as part of a fundraiser for the General Henry Knox Museum. The Arabic news network’s journalist will appear at the Strand Theatre in Rockland as the annual gala’s keynote speaker... Foukara’s pending visit has sparked a public debate about the Thomaston museum’s choice of keynote speaker. Some have criticized the museum for legitimizing what they believe to be a “terrorist news network,” while others fully support the choice and view protesters as “narrow-minded extremists,” according to previous reports. Police plan to monitor any protests outside the theater. Foukara is expected...