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Al-Jazeera Reports on Senator Durbin's Derogatory Remarks

You would think that Al-Jazeera would try to fan the flame, but after reading this article from Al-Jazeera's in English June 16th posting, it seems at least as balanced, if not more balanced than some of the reporting found in Newsweek.

A US senator has refused to apologize for comparing the actions of US soldiers at Guantanamo Bay to those of Nazis, while others have decried or defended the mandate and method used to hold prisoners there.

US Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday refused to apologise for comments he made on the Senate floor referring to Nazis, Soviet gulags and a "mad regime" like Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Illinois Republican party chairman Andy McKenna had demanded he apologise.

"Senator Durbin's comments come as a great disservice to our military personnel in Guantanamo," he said.

"They are also a great disservice to all US soldiers and veterans who have fought, and continue to fight, to overcome evil regimes and spread democracy around the world."

Durbin did not plan to apologise for the comments, spokesman Joe Shoemaker said.

"This administration should apologise to the American people for abandoning the Geneva Conventions and authorising torture techniques that put our troops at risk and make Americans less secure," Durbin had said in a statement on Wednesday evening.

But this is the English version. I have no idea what they're reporting in Arabic.

Labels: Al-Jazeera, Dick Durbin

posted by Harry @ 6:02 PM