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Friday, October 22, 2004

Satellite TV station airs hatred of U.S. globally

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Every evening about 10 million people across the world are tuning into Al-Manar television, a satellite channel that lauds suicide bombers, accuses the United States of crimes against humanity and shows the Statue of Liberty as a gory, knife-wielding figure dripping blood.

They also hear a clear and violent call to arms against U.S. troops in Iraq and Israeli forces.

One video juxtaposes U.S. footage of soldiers with gory corpses and ends with a suicide bomber's belt exploding, all set to these lyrics:

"Down with the mother of terrorism. American threatens in vain, an occupying army of invaders. Nothing remains but rifles and suicide bombers."

The State Department said it has long viewed Al-Manar as being funded and run by Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization funded by Iran, but based in Lebanon.

"We've always been deeply troubled by Al-Manar's programming and content, its anti-Semitic bias, incitement to violence, including support for insurrection in Iraq and terrorist actions against both the U.S. and Israel," said State Department spokesman Gregg Sullivan.

"Obviously Al-Manar's broadcasts, including its content here in the U.S., are something we continue to look at with the appropriate officials," Mr. Sullivan said.

The station's audience is mostly Shi'ite, but its reach is extensive. According to Steve Stalinsky, executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Al-Manar is watched by Muslims as far away as Argentina, Canada and Europe.

In France there are legal proceedings to block Al-Manar from broadcasting there because of the station's Ramadan series last year that was seen as anti-Semitic, he said.

The Beirut-based popular 24-hour station offers a slick package of news and family programming interspersed with violent videos, such as images of dead Palestinian babies overlaid with the label "Made in Israel."

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