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October 29, 2005
Qatar: Al Jazeera Calls Suicide Bombings "Paradise Operations"
In an article from WorldNetDaily, the Arabic language service of Al Jazeera, the news agency, has ceased to refer to suicide bombers as suicide bombers or suicide attackers.
Apparently, they have now started to use the term "paradise operations"
Previously their reports would feature the Arabic words: "ammaliat in-ta-har-i-a", meaning "suicide operations". In an article spotted by an Arabic-lanhuage translator, referring to the Russian foreign minister's criticism of the Palestinian Authority's ineffective control of jihadists, Islamic Jihad was mentioned, including the attack in Hadera. The phrase employed in the Arabic article was "am-ma-li-a al cha-deer-ra" or "paradise operations."
Recently Al Jazeera have been increasing their audiences for television and online text media, and their English language TV unit has recently bought UK journalist David Frost onto their team. If he knew that they would be referring to such atrocities as "paradise operations", I wonder if he would still have accepted their inducements.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at October 29, 2005 5:13 PM
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