Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Why Did President Obama Intervened In Having A Reporter Jailed In Yemen



The Dangers Of Reporting The 'War On Terror' -- Al Jazeera

We look at Obama's role in the continued imprisonment of a Yemeni journalist and the issues behind it.

Rarely does the Listening Post dedicate a whole show to the story of a single journalist. But when that story speaks so eloquently of how world history is being written, or erased, we decided it was something we just could not ignore.

In December 2009, Yemen's air force claimed it had killed 30 suspected al-Qaeda operatives during an airstrike on a training camp in the southern Abyan province.

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My Comment: This is a shocking story. If true .... so much for the White House's (and President Obama's) commitment to the freedom of the press and human rights.

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