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Subject: [iwar] [fc:VOA.airs.interview.with.Mullah.Omar]
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VOA airs interview with Mullah Omar
WASHINGTON: The Voice of America, the US government-funded
international broadcaster, defied State Department opposition on
Tuesday and aired a report containing portions of an interview with
the leader of Afghanistan's Taliban militia.
The report, in which Mullah Mohammad Omar sought to explain why the
Taliban would not turn over its "guest," alleged terrorist Osama Bin
Laden, was broadcast late Tuesday on shortwave and posted on VOA's
website (http://www.voanews.com).
"We went ahead and ran it," one VOA employee said of the four-minute
piece which included portions of an interview with Omar that the
broadcaster had shelved on Friday after the State Department objected.
"Obviously, we are dismayed that they chose to ignore our
recommendation," a senior State Department official said, adding that
VOA's governing board, on which the department sits, would likely
review the matter.
"I would expect the board to take a look at this in light of the
circumstances," the senior department official said, recalling
widespread opposition to VOA airing the report expressed to the panel
by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
The department objected to VOA airing the report because it contained
the voice of Omar and "we didn't think that the American taxpayer, the
Voice of America, should be broadcasting the voice of the Taliban,"
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said on Monday.
The United States has threatened to retaliate against the Taliban if
they do not turn over Bin Laden, Washington's prime suspect in the
September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
In addition to a review of the case by VOA's governing board, the
broadcaster is expected to face harsh questioning from US lawmakers
who have the final say over its funding.
Many have complained in the past about interviews VOA has aired with
controversial figures in the Middle East peace process.
( AFP )
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