Friday, February 4, 2011

Al Jazeera's Cairo Offices Are Burned Down

Egyptian Mob Burns Al Jazeera's Cairo Office -- Al Jazeera

Now It's Arab Governments Angry With the TV Network

Al Jazeera's office in Cairo was stormed and burned today, the most dramatic evidence yet that Egyptian authorities are desperate to shut down the network widely praised for revealing the size and reach of the demonstrations.

Over the last week nine of the network's reporters have been detained and satellite providers across the region have shut its signal off.

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More News On Al Jazeera's Offices Being Attacked In Cairo

Al-Jazeera Says Cairo Office Destroyed -- Wall Street Journal
Al-Jazeera office attacked in Egypt protests -- The Guardian
Al Jazeera says Cairo office destroyed by "thugs -- Reuters
'Thugs' attack Al-Jazeera offices in Cairo -- AFP
In Cairo, Al-Jazeera finds itself in line of fire -- MSNBC
What Al Jazeera shows and doesn't show -- Sheila Carapico, Foreign Policy
The Al Jazeera Revolution: The satellite television station is seizing the message away from the bland propaganda of Arab autocrats. -- Lawrence Puntak, Foreign Policy
Al-Jazeera's Revolution? Ctd -- The Daily Dish/The Atlantic
Al-Jazeera's Cairo Office, Website Attacked -- Novinite
Qatar: Al Jazeera Cairo Office Burnt by Thugs, Arabic Website Hacked -- Global Voices

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