Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 22

31-May-2004

Arab Press Review

Arab Satellite TV Stations

(MEES Translation)

The following is a column entitled The War Of The Arab Satellite TV Stations that was written by Hazim Saghiyya and published in al-Hayat on 5 May.

It appears that theUS attack on al-Jazeera TV has reached an unprecedented pitch. For after a number of top US officials had their say on the matter, the subject of the Qatari TV station topped the agenda during Colin Powells visit to...