] As part of the official Saudi government TV coverage of
] Saudi Arabia's counter-terrorism conference in Riyadh,
] February 5 - February 8th, Saudi Sheikh 'Aed Al-Qarni
] made statements accusing the Jews and the U.S. of using
] terrorism. Later, after his statements were translated by
] MEMRI, Al-Qarni retracted these statements on Saudi TV.
]
] Subsequently, the London Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq
] Al-Awsat reported on a campaign "spearheaded by MEMRI,
] against the Saudi Muslim cleric 'Aed Al-Qarni." According
] to the paper, "MEMRI was also behind another campaign
] intended to pressure the U.S. administration not to
] participate in the counter-terrorism conference."

Interesting. MEMRI, the organization that takes it upon itself to provide English translations of Arabic columnists, has gotten enough clout that it's now getting attacked....

MEMRI Controversy