Israel frees Aljazeera bureau chief

[Scurrilous]

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"Israel's police have released Aljazeera's bureau chief in Jerusalem after several hours of questioning.

Walid al-Umari was arrested on Monday as he was reporting on the latest developments in the crisis with Lebanon from a village in northern Israel, the pan-Arab television reported.

His identification papers were confiscated.

After he was released late on Monday, al-Umari, in a live telephone interview broadcast on the satellite channel, accused Israel of "interfering with Aljazeera's work."

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"Al-Umari was detained by Israeli police also on Sunday night for two hours after broadcasting from Haifa.

Micky Rosenfeldm, an Israeli police spokesman, said Al-Umari, his cameraman, and an assistant were questioned on Sunday about footage they had taken after dozens of Hezbollah rockets landed on Haifa, killing eight Israelis."

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0F587524-4A07-43A5-8197-E9AC7E6BB509.htm

[spindrifter]

1. Apparently, they thought he was

broadcasting as some sort of signal for bombing.

[gula]

2. How generous.

[wellst0nev0ter]

3. There's Your Free Media, Courtesy of Israel

Well, perhaps it wasn't as bad as shooting at Fox News crewmembers.

[IndianaGreen]

4. Israel arrests Al-Jazeera correspondents

while the US just murders them!

As disproportionate as Israel's response may be, it is rather restrained when compared to US tactics in Iraq.