The propaganda arm of the global jihad is preparing to launch an English version: Al Jazeera aims to go global - in English.
Five years after Al Jazeera shot to public attention during the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Arab broadcaster is preparing to make more waves this spring when it launches a new channel - this time in English.
"A lot of people ask me if we’re aiming at English-speaking Muslims," says Steve Clark, the new channel’s director of news. "But we actually want to appeal to the whole English-speaking world and those who speak English as a second language."
The new channel, called Al Jazeera International, will begin broadcasting in late spring, offering a mix of hourly news bulletins and longer reports, bankrolled, like the original station, by the emir of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.
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