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id="area-article-first-block" style=""><div id="mod-article-byline" style="" class="mod-nydailynewsarticlebyline mod-articlebyline"><div class="byline-author">BY MICHELLE MEGNA</div><div class="byline-publication-date">Sunday, March 30, 2003</div></div><div id="mod-a-body-first-para" style="" class="mod-nydailynewsarticletext mod-articletext"><p>Even with major network reporters filing dispatches from the tents, camps and aircraft carriers of the coalition forces, many war watchers are supplementing their news with information from alternative sources found on the Internet, most of them based in the Middle East and all of them with a different point of view.</p><p>For instance, when American networks chose not to show the graphic footage of what is believed to be captured U.S. soldiers, many people searched for it on the Internet. The unedited video was shown last on Al-Jazeera, the Gulf satellite news channel dubbed the CNN of the Arab World. Search engine Terra Lycos says Al-Jazeera became the number one search term last Sunday and Monday, generating three times as much activity as any other key word.</p></div></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;"><img src="/web/20120523193732im_/http://articles.nydailynews.com/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div><div id="area-adcenter" style=""><div id="mod-ctr-lt-in-top" style="float:left;" class="mod-adcpc"><script type="text/javascript"> var adSkipCounter = 0; var adOverride = 0; </script> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if ("0" == "1" && adOverride == 0) {} else { var loc = window.location.href + ""; var float = ""; google_hints = "network reporters online journal site";google_ad_client="pub-1524590296130223"; google_ad_output="js"; google_ad_channel="4766763295,3294978356,1926236938,6660236665"; google_ad_type="text"; google_image_size="300x250"; google_safe="high"; google_feedback="on"; google_max_num_ads="4"; google_skip="" + adSkipCounter + ""; google_adtest="off"; google_page_url=document.URL; } function google_ad_request_done(ads) { if (ads.length == 0 && adOverride == 0) { adOverride = 1; return; } // If no ads are returned then dont build the ad block adOverride = 0; if (ads[0].bidtype == "CPC") { adSkipCounter += ads.length; } // Increment ad skip counter when cpc google_ad_request_done_internal(ads, "", "", "true", "medium_rectangle", "", "", "pgtp=article&ci=18232125&kwInURL=true&pi=44&cat=online+communities&pe_id=18232125&tv=ap-NYDN9-G02&nydn_nav_type=full&rna=pub-1524590296130223&rn=g&rnrci=4766763295&rnrcn=g8-NYDN-Property&rncci=3294978356&rnccn=g8-online+communities&rnpci=&rnpcn=&rntci=&rntcn=&rnlci=6660236665&rnlcn=6660236665&rnp=c&rt=cpc&paidClick=1&placement_id=ctr-lt-in-top", "", "", "", "", "", "ap-NYDN9-G02", "New York Daily News", ""); } //]]></script><script type="text/javascript">if ("0" == "1" && adOverride == 0) {}else{document.write("<scr"+"ipt type='text/javascript' src='https://web.archive.org/web/20120523193732/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js'>"+"</scr"+"ipt>");}</script></div></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;"><img src="/web/20120523193732im_/http://articles.nydailynews.com/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div><div id="mod-a-body-after-first-para" style="" class="mod-nydailynewsarticletextwithadcpc mod-nydailynewsarticletext mod-articletext"><p>OTHER POINTS OF VIEW</p><p>It's no surprise that people turn to the Net for more information, but finding the best sites, and the tools needed to view them, often takes some digging. Here we highlight prominent news sites, such as the "Baghdad Blogger," a personal diary chronicling life during war, and update you on the status of Al-Jazeera.net, so you can broaden your own perspective on the war.</p><p>- Al-Jazeera; www.aljazeera.net and the English version, http://english.aljazeera.net</p><p>Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel went live in 1996 and broadcasts from Qatar, a Gulf emirate close to Iraq. The station attracted American attention when it showed unedited video of Osama bin Laden threatening the U.S. shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, and again last week when it aired a bloody video of U.S. soldiers purportedly captured by Iraqi forces. The 24-hour Arabic news channel is both criticized for its raw portrayal of world events and an anti-American slant and applauded for providing a contrasting voice on foreign affairs. Regardless of your opinion, it is definitely becoming part of the U.S. media landscape.</p><p>Last Monday, Al-Jazeera launched an English version site, but since Tuesday this has been under attack by hackers. On Thursday a group calling itself the "freedom cyberforce militia" hijacked the site and posted an American flag in the shape of the country. At press time, the site was still inaccessible. E-mails from the Daily News to Al-Jazeera's Web hosting company were not answered. The Arabic version of the Web site was also experiencing outages at press time. The FBI is investigating the Thursday hacking incident.</p><p>However, once the site is live again, you can translate the Arabic text by downloading a utility at www.LogoMedia.com. You have to register and pay after 10 days, but installing the utility takes only minutes.</p><p>To watch live video feeds of Al-Jazeera.net open Windows Media Player and log into http://winmedia.ish.de/al-jazeera, using Windows Media Player.</p><p>- Where is Raed; http://dear_raed. blogspot.com/ and Paul Boutin's Blog, http://paulboutin.weblogger.com/</p><p>The "Where is Raed" site is an online journal chronicling everyday life in Baghdad during the war - the one thing most embedded reporters have yet to cover. The author is a man who goes by the name Salam Pax, an alias combining the Arabic and Latin words for peace, and his site is garnering worldwide attention.</p><p>Here is an excerpt from March 22: "Half an hour ago the oil-filled trenches were put on fire. First watching Al-Jazeera they said that these were the places that got hit by bombs from an air raid a few minutes earlier but when I went up to the roof to take a look I saw that there were too many of them, we heard only three explosions. I took pictures of the nearest. My cousin came and told me he saw police cars standing by one and setting it on fire. Now you can see the columns of smoke all over the city."</p><p>The author has not filed since Monday, prompting concern about his safety after stories were printed that included details about his life. And, in the blogging community there is some speculation about whether the site is a hoax. Is the "Baghdad Blogger" real? Probably, says Paul Boutin, himself a blogger who writes for Slate and Wired magazines.</p><p>He checked the companies that host the Raed page and wrote a detailed report about it on March 20 at http://paulboutin.weblogger.com/2003/03/21. It's a must-read, as is Boutin's entire blog. On Wednesday, he linked to a story he wrote that outlines how to set up your Internet browser so you can watch Iraqi TV on the Web. And, while the world waits to hear from Salam Pax, you can log on to Iraq Diaries at http://electroniciraq.net/news/iraqdiaries.shtml for detailed missives from peace activists who are working in and around Baghdad.</p><p>- Abu Dhabi TV; http://www.theemiratesnetwork.com/dir/</p><p>News_and_Media/TV/</p><p>While MSNBC reported early Wednesday that Iraqi TV transmitters were hit by a cruise missile and knocked off the air, the station showed live footage of Baghdad with a logo banner crediting Abu Dhabi TV. ADTV video is carried by CNN, Reuters and other major stations. Arab press interviews say the main reason for ADTV's edge over its international and regional competitors is the strategic location of its bureau: central Baghdad.</p><p>The site is in Arabic, but you can translate it. 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