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Apparently the Dubai-based television network, Al Arabiya, has won the bidding war (with IraqiTV?) for the much sought after services of Peter Arnett. After being fired by NBC and National Geographic for his rather ill-timed, and now blatently silly, comments about the failure of U.S. war plans, Arnett is a hot commodity among in the Arab press.

Competing for viewership among an openly anti-american Arab population, Al Arabiya must feel that it has found someone who can appeal to that perspective.

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