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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05DOHA1567 |
AL JAZEERA INTERNATIONAL: THE HASSAN AND JOSH SHOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Pol/Econ chief participated September 2 in the filming of an Al Jazeera International pilot program not intended for broadcast. The program, co-hosted by two personalities prominent in the 2004 documentary `Control Room', still lacks polish. AJI operations are still in a somewha [...] |
2005-09-13 10:50:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1593 |
9/17 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 9/17 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera (AJ). The following topics were discussed: Para 2: Khanfar's view of GWOT; Para 3: A new entity: "The Al Jazeera Network" Paras 4-7: Al Jazeera's relations with Arab governments (including Iraq's); Paras 5: USG [...] |
2005-09-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1605 |
AL JAZEERA CHILDREN'S CHANNEL [...] Summary: Al Jazeera Children's Channel was launched to great media fanfare in Doha on September 9. Ninety percent owned by Qatar Foundation, the new channel has a limited administrative relationship with the original Al Jazeera satellite channel. Developed and implemented in association with t [...] |
2005-09-20 06:48:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1657 |
COMBATING EXTREMISM: QATAR [...] (S) The extent and nature of extremism in Qatar is limited by several factors. One is Qatar,s considerable wealth, which enables it to steer clear of the poverty-inspired extremism affecting poorer nations. Other factors are the small size of the country (comparable to Connecticut) and populat [...] |
2005-09-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | EAID KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1734 |
EMBASSY DEMARCHES ON OBJECTIONABLE AL JAZEERA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and PAO met separately 10/13 with GOQ and Al Jazeera officials to express USG objections to material published recently on Al Jazeera's website (www.aljazeera.net) relating to the recent visit of U/S Karen Hughes to the region. Al Jazeera's website director acknowledged [...] |
2005-10-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1765 |
PAO MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: PAO met 10/19 with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar to discuss the latest DIA report on Al Jazeera and disturbing Al Jazeera website content. Khanfar is preparing a written response to the DIA points from July, August and September which should be available during the co [...] |
2005-10-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1786 |
MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA QUALITY ASSURANCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: PAO met 10/26 with Jaafar Abbas Ahmed, the head of Al Jazeera's Quality Assurance unit. Abbas spoke frankly of the difficulties the unit faces in encouraging the professionalization of Al Jazeera, including resistance and hostility from AJ's older generation of journalists. He said [...] |
2005-10-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1803 |
MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MEDIA TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 10/31 with Mahmoud Abdel Hadi, Director of the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center located in Doha, now in its second year of operation. Abdel Hadi said the focus of the Center is regional and that 1,500 Arab journalists have participated in the Center's pro [...] |
2005-11-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KMPI QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1823 |
SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we are pleased to welcome you to Doha. Your visit is an important one: you will be the first cabinet-level U.S. official to meet with Qatari officials in Doha this year. Your visit will demonstrate the importance we place on the future of our energy relationship and will help [...] |
2005-11-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PGOV QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1937 |
GOQ REQUESTS OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF AL-JAZEERA [...] (C) Text of diplomatic note received by Ambassador Untermeyer on 4 December 2005: Begin Text: UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar presents its compliments to the State Department of the United States of America and has the honor to refer to the [...] |
2005-12-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 05DOHA1976 |
DAS GRAY'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA [...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray met with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar December 1 in Doha. Topics discussed included the Daily Mirror story alleging President Bush considered bombing Al Jazeera offices in Doha; USG concerns about Al Jazeera's professionalism, and possible cooperation in the [...] |
2005-12-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA104 |
ENTERING ITS TENTH YEAR, AL JAZEERA COVETS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: PAO met 1/18 with Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera Managing Director, to discuss Ref A demarche and continuing USG concerns with Al Jazeera programming. Khanfar described a series of initiatives planned by Al Jazeera to mark its tenth anniversary year with a view to positioning itself on [...] |
2006-01-23 08:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA1301 |
DCM CONVEYS USG CONCERN OVER LEBANON CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera Network Director-General, DCM conveyed USG concerns about the channel's coverage of the recent Lebanon conflict. Khanfar said November 1 is the expected launch date of Al Jazeera English channel and that a replacement for himsel [...] |
2006-08-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA1384 |
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH SAYS IT WILL LAUNCH AFTER RAMADAN [...] (U) Summary: The Managing Director of Al Jazeera International told DCM the English language channel would likely launch in late October/early November, with limited U.S. distribution, at least initially. End summary. 2. (U) DCM, accompanied by PAO, made a courtesy call 9/13 on Nigel Parson [...] |
2006-09-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA1715 |
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH HEAD OF NEWS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (U) PAO met December 6 with Ibrahim Helal, Deputy Managing Director for News and Programming of Al Jazeera English (AJE). The Egyptian-born Helal is 36 years old and worked as program editor for the Al Jazeera Arabic (AJA) channel from its founding in 1996 until 1999. He then worked for Abu Dha [...] |
2006-12-07 11:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA1745 |
AL JAZEERA QUALITY ASSURANCE CHIEF BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: PAO met December 14 with Al Jazeera Quality Assurance Chief, Jaafar Abbas Ahmed, to review progress made by the Qality Assurance (QA) Unit in his assessment since Ref A report in October 2005. In the intervening period, Abbas was named head of QA for the overall Al Jazeera Network, [...] |
2006-12-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA219 |
AL JAZEERA AND KIDNAPPING TAPES [...] (S) Summary: Officials from Embassies Doha and Baghdad met with Al Jazeera leadership on Feb 11 to discuss Al Jazeera,s handling of videos that Al Jazeera receives from terrorist hostage takers, its broader editorial polices, and the media,s role in hostage and terrorist crises. Al Jazeera o [...] |
2006-02-13 13:07:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA312 |
AL JAZEERA NETWORK BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAMED [...] (SBU) In an effort to maintain brand identity and consistency of message and quality, the GOQ established in late 2005 (reftel) an entity known as the Al Jazeera Network (AJN), charged with overseeing all bodies bearing the Al Jazeera brand name. On March 1, an Amiri decree announced the estab [...] |
2006-03-01 07:58:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO IZ QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA317 |
U/S HUGHES MEETINGS AT AL JAZEERA [...] (C) Summary: U/S for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes met February 19 with Al Jazeera managing director Wadah Khanfar at the Al Jazeera studios in Doha. She also participated in a roundtable discussion with Khanfar and four senior Al Jazeera staff members and recorded an Al Jaz [...] |
2006-03-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAO IZ QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA328 |
Al Jazeera website director to quit; start new [...] (SBU) Summary: The director of the Al Jazeera Arabic website, Abdulaziz Al Mahmoud, said he is quitting his Al Jazeera job to take up the chief editorship of an Arabic newspaper called "Al Arab", which will become the fourth Arabic daily newspaper on the Qatari market. Al Mahmoud is the only s [...] |
2006-03-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA371 |
AL JAZEERA AND NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH QATAR [...] (S) I recently asked LGEN Mike Maples USA, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), to address this question: "Does Al Jazeera's reporting/commentary incite violence against the United States?" I did so because I have long heard that Al Jazeera,s broadcasts do exactly this - or, wors [...] |
2006-03-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA467 |
WADAH KHANFAR TAKES THE HELM OF THE AL JAZEERA [...] (C) Summary: PAO met March 27 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera satellite channel. Khanfar discussed his recent appointment as Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network, noting that his two mandates are to minimize costs by integrating the infrastructures of the diverse Al Ja [...] |
2006-03-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA526 |
AMCIT AL JAZEERA NETWORK BOARD MEMBER CRITICIZES [...] (C) Summary: Mahmud Shammam, Washington bureau chief for the Dar Al Watan Newspaper and Newsweek Arabic, is an American citizen of Libyan descent, well-known for his criticism of the current Libyan regime and reportedly close to Qatar's Amir. Recently named a member of the newly-formed Al Jaze [...] |
2006-04-06 12:55:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA793 |
AL JAZEERA ACCORDING TO WADAH KHANFAR [...] Summary: (U) On May 21, a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) delegation met with Wadah Khanfar, Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN) and Managing Director of the Arabic Al Jazeera TV channel. Khanfar told the delegation that Al Jazeera, reflecting regional developments, has ent [...] |
2006-05-24 12:58:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
| 06DOHA923 |
AL JAZEERA PETITIONS IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO RETURN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Wadah Khanfar, Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network, told PAO that Al Jazeera has asked the Iraqi government for permission to return to Baghdad and is awaiting a response. He said the decision to replace him as head of Al Jazeera Arabic is unlikely to occur before the end [...] |
2006-06-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 07DOHA495 |
WADAH KHANFAR LOSES POSITION AS MEMBER OF AL [...] (C) Summary: In a long-awaited move, the Amir has appointed a new board of governors for the Al Jazeera Network (AJN). Highlights include: the retention of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer as chairman; the replacement of Wadah Khanfar as a board member and possibly as manager of the entire AJ Network; [...] |
2007-05-16 08:55:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 07DOHA641 |
BEGINNING OF THE END? KHANFAR STILL AT THE HELM OF [...] (C) Summary: Wadah Khanfar remains Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN), but no longer has responsibility for financial and administrative issues. Although Khanfar placed a positive spin on the recent AJN board reshuffle in a meeting with Emboffs, our assessment is that his position [...] |
2007-06-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
| 08DOHA235 |
CDA CRITICIZES ARAB MEDIA CHARTER, STRIKES BACK AT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 13:16:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL EG QA ALJAZEERA |
| 08DOHA237 |
CDA CRITICIZES ARAB MEDIA CHARTER, STRIKES BACK AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a panelist at a public event sponsored by the Brookings-Doha Center on March 17, Charge expressed the USG's position that an Arab League charter proposing to limit satellite channels not be used to restrict media freedom (reftel). Charge said that media should be regulated n [...] |
2008-03-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL EG QA ALJAZEERA |