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September 27, 2011

Israel Releases Al Jazeera Journalist Held Six Weeks Without Charge 
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Israel has released an Al Jazeera journalist after six weeks in
detention without charge. Samer Allawi is Al Jazeera's bureau chief in
Kabul. Israel accused him of having ties to Hamas. Samer Allawi spoke to
reporters after being released.

Samer Allawi, Al Jazeera reporter: "There was no evidence against me.
They have arrested some people they claimed I supplied with important
and dangerous information, but in the end it was clear that I did
nothing of this. After that, I was sure that the whole arrest thing was
a charade aiming to blackmail Al Jazeera and I was not the target."



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