Since the US has already bombed al-Jazeera two other times

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then W probably wasn't joking about bombing their offices in Oman. To even suggest deliberately targeting a civilian target in an ally country is a very serious matter and proves the incompetence of the President and the people around him. This crew is out of control and must be stopped. Can we arrest them now?

Al-Jazeera Kabul offices hit in US raid
13 November, 2001

The Kabul offices of the Arab satellite al-Jazeera channel have been destroyed by a US missile.

The Qatar-based satellite channel, which gained global fame for its exclusive access to Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban, announced that none of its staff had been wounded.

But al-Jazeera's managing director Mohammed Jasim al-Ali, told BBC News Online that the channel's 12 employees in Kabul were out of contact.

Mr Jasim would not speculate as to whether the offices were deliberately targeted, but said the location of the bureau was widely known by everyone, including the Americans.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1653887.stm

April 08, 2003

DOHA, Qatar (AP) Al-Jazeera reported one of its journalists was killed Tuesday when the satellite television network's Baghdad office was struck during a U.S. bombing campaign. Employees speculated that the station was targeted for its war coverage.

The station described journalist Tareq Ayyoub as 'martyr of duty' and a "dear and loyal colleague." Television images showed people immediately after the bombing carrying Ayyoub to a jeep then rushing him to the hospital.

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The al-Jazeera office is in a two-story house on a road along the Tigris River that links the Information Ministry with the old palace presidential compound. Al-Jazeera said the area is residential and isn't close to governmental or military installations. The station continued to broadcast live from the Palestine Hotel after the bombing.

Some Al-Jazeera employees felt the bombing might have been deliberate, for the station has been reporting extensively on the plight of Iraqi civilians and the number of casualties from U.S. bomb attacks.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1859614

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1. Once, twice, three times a lady: not incompetence IMHO: a loose cannon

with a finger on the trigger or button?