The propaganda channel of the global jihad is planning to start broadcasting in America in English, and the Washington Post thinks it’s a great idea: Al-Jazeera to Be Launched in English in America.

WASHINGTON, 22 March 2005 — Al-Jazeera news channel, the bete noire of both the Bush administration and many Arab governments, is shown on a daily basis to 35 to 50 million Arab households throughout the world.

Soon Americans will be viewing it in their homes — in English.

Since it began broadcasting in 1996, Al-Jazeera has made a name for itself by annoying both the US government and Arab regimes for its controversial coverage. Love it or hate it, it has revolutionized reporting in the Middle East.

Now its executives say they want to launch an English-language news channel from the US, to provide English speakers in the US and elsewhere with more accurate and informed reporting about the world’s most turbulent region.

This may not be such a bad thing, said experts during a recent briefing, who say the US should not vilify Al-Jazeera, but rather work to help it succeed.

“The US needs to find a way to engage the Arab media, rather than shut down, marginalize, and ostracize news mediums such as Al-Jazeera,” said Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief.