Former Al Jazeera camera man Sami Al-Hajj
Former Al Jazeera camera man, Sami Al-Hajj, has been detained in Guantanamo as an enemy combatant since June 7, 2002. (prisoner345.net)

Shock and Awe

July 27, 2007

How did Al Jazeera respond to the detention of one of its employees? For over a year, they didn’t. Al Jazeera producer Ahmad Ibrahim produced a documentary about al-Hajj’s case. He says there was no response because Al Jazeera had little information and a lot of fear.

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Posted by: michael travis July 28, 2007 - 10:39PM
Athens, OH

What can "we the people" do? I once was proud to be an American, even gave 4 years in Nam. We have lost our way... Long live Sami Al-Hajj !!! be free...

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Posted by: Karen Louise Hoffmann Little January 28, 2010 - 01:20AM

Mr. Al-Hajj was released ("transferred," officially) to Sudan in May 2008. He was carried in on a stretcher.

For more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/world/middleeast/23jazeera.html

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