This is most welcome and long overdue. This jihad propaganda outfit has masqueraded for years as an actual news organization, with willing help and cooperation from the Left. Having Al Jazeera operate in the U.S. is like having Goebbel’s Propaganda Ministry opening a U.S. branch in 1942. As Pamela Geller has written about Al Jazeera:
The fact is that the U.S. government should designate Al Jazeera a terrorist organization, in the same way that it designated Al Manar (Hezb’Allah TV) a terror organization. What’s the difference between the two?
Al Jazeera is the leading terrorist propaganda organization in the world. Then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the broadcaster’s reporting “vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable,” and President George W. Bush joked about bombing it.
Jihad murder mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki has praised Al Jazeera, and several years ago one of its most prominent reporters was arrested on terror charges. Al Jazeera also has for years been the recipient of numerous al-Qaida videos featuring Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and American traitor Adam Gadahn.
Al Jazeera members have also provided material support for jihad terrorism. Tayseer Allouni, their correspondent in Afghanistan who interviewed Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was sent to prison for being an agent of al-Qaida. Al Jazeera’s first managing director, Mohammed Jassem al-Ali, was exposed as an agent of the Saddam Hussein regime, and the channel promoted the bloody jihad against American forces in Iraq.
“U.S. Department Of Justice Orders AJ+ To Register As Foreign Agent For Its ‘Political Activities’ On Behalf Of Qatar’s Government; On August 12, MEMRI Released In-Depth Study By Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez, ‘Al-Jazeera Unmasked: Political Islam As A Media Arm Of The Qatari State,’ Based On Over 700 Al-Jazeera Clips On MEMRI TV,” MEMRI, September 17, 2020:
MEMRI’s extensive study Al-Jazeera Unmasked: Political Islam As A Media Arm Of The Qatari State, by Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez, published August 12, 2020, revealed that the channel serves the Qatari government and the Muslim Brotherhood.
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered AJ+ – the digital media outlet owned by Al-Jazeera and based in the U.S. – to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
The September 14 letter from the Department of Justice, which was obtained by The New York Times and other news organizations, said that AJ+ “engages in ‘political activities’ on behalf of Qatar’s government” and added: “Journalism designed to influence American perceptions of a domestic policy issue or a foreign nation’s activities or its leadership qualifies as ‘political activities’ under the statutory definition.”
According to The New York Times, a spokesman for the Department of Justice had “declined to confirm the letter’s existence but said, referring to the group responsible for enforcing the foreign agents law, ‘FARA Unit’s enforcement activities are based on following the facts where they lead and the applicable law.'”
The full MEMRI study by Amb. Fernandez, published August 12, is below….
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