Al-Jazeera promotes hagiography-like documentary on Bin Laden

CAIRO –2 June 2018: On its official Twitter account, Doha-based al Jazeera channel re-published a documentary on Al-Qaeda terrorist group and the mastermind of September 11 attacks, Osama Bin Laden.

The documentary, which holds the name of “I knew Bin Laden” and comes off like hagiography, is centered on the personal aspect of the life of the terrorist Bin Laden.
In May 2011, Bin Laden was killed during a raid by U.S. forces on his hideout in Pakistan.

"Osama bin Laden recruited 15 Saudis in the 9/11 attacks with a clear objective. According to the CIA documents and Congressional investigations, Osama bin Laden wanted to create a schism between the Middle East and the West, between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America." Prince Crown Mohamed Bin Salman said during a recent interview with the CBS.

Osama bin Laden's life through the eyes of people who knew him https://t.co/tzinG9KY9H pic.twitter.com/0zvRoY7QUV

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 31, 2018

Doha headquarters of Al Jazeera remained at Bin Laden’s disposal, Al Arabiya English reported on Friday, citing excerpts from writer Fouad Ajazmy’s report on Bin Laden published in 2001.

“The channel’s graphics assign him a lead role: there is bin Laden seated on a mat, his submachine gun on his lap; there is Bin Laden on horseback in Afghanistan, the brave knight of the Arab world,” Ajami stated in his report.

“A huge, glamorous poster of Bin Laden’s silhouette hangs in the background of the main studio set at Al Jazeera’s headquarters in Doha, the capital city of Qatar.” Bin Laden was just as enchanted with Al Jazeera’s coverage, pointing to the Qatari network as the future for Islamist advocacy.

In his notebook that was recovered by US troops during the raid on Bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, the al-Qaeda leader wrote: “Al Jazeera, thank God, carriers the banner of revolution, Al Arabiya added.

Since June 2017, Qatar has been hit by its biggest diplomatic crisis in years after multiple Arab nations, including Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, cut ties with the country, accusing it of destabilizing the region with its support of Islamist groups.

The Arab Quartet halted all land, air and sea traffic to and from Qatar and withdrew their diplomats and ambassadors from the country, Issuing a list of 13 demands to Doha, including closing Al-Jazeera channels that were proved to be consistently providing a media platform for terrorists.