Mellemøstlige medier ved at vågne op

Under indtrykket af den seneste tids terrorkampagne ført af "oprørerne" i Irak er selv de mellemøstlige medier ved at vågne op til virkeligheden:

The coverage of the violence in Iraq by Arab satellite television stations has undergone a perceptible change in recent months. ...

Al Jazeera - often accused by the Americans of stirring anti-US feeling - has adopted less of an "Us and Them" approach.

The militants are no longer referred to as the "resistance" but as gunmen or suicide bombers. Eyewitnesses are shown denouncing them as "terrorists" - condemnations that are echoed by a parade of Iraqi officials and religious authorities.

One recent attack drew this comment from the al-Jazeera reporter: "Most of the time it's civilians who pay the price for the violence that has cost thousands of their lives".

Al-Jazeera's main rival, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya, has also shown little sympathy for the bombers - a recent report, instead, painted a favourable picture of British soldiers patrolling Basra.

Men selvfølgelig er USA stadig den store satan i åbenbaringen, så en sådan upartiskhed bliver ikke dem til del:

This has raised questions in some parts of the Arab media about the legitimacy of the groups carrying out the attacks, although the blame for the upsurge in violence is still mainly being placed on the Americans.

Iranerne er allerede (som nævnt her, og i modsætningen til deres ledere der for tiden holder "valg) kommet til fornuft. Nu mangler vi bare resten af Mellemøsten. Små skridt. Små skridt.

Henrik