Al-Jazeera's political independence questioned amid Qatar intervention

By artappraiser on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 3:52pm |

By Dan Sabbagh, guardian.co.uk, 30 September 2012

Al-Jazeera English journalists protest after being ordered to re-edit UN report to focus on Qatar emir's comments on Syria

For some somewhat-related conjecture, see:

Why Qatar wants to invade Syria
By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times Online, September 28, 2012

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has the petrodollars to match the swagger of his call at the UN for an Arab coalition of the willing invasion of Syria. The Emir of Qatar's view will go down well in Washington, yet it's clear his real aim is to kill the $10 billion Iran-Iraq-Syria gas pipeline, a deal clinched even as the uprising was underway

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/30/al-jazeera-independence-questioned-qatar