22 November 2005

New Memo Says Bush Wanted to Bomb Al-Jazeera

LONDON (AP) -- A civil servant has been charged under Britain's Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking a government memo that a newspaper said Tuesday suggested that Prime Minister Tony Blair persuaded President Bush not to bomb the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera. [full story]


3 comments:

  1. bombing them, huh? seems kinda boring. i would have preferred a WWF Battle Royale between the al-jazeera anchors and the Fox News anchors.

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  2. I have to wonder about this. Could Blair really convince Bush if his mind was set? Unless he used a "Jesus-told-me-not-to" argument, I don't know what would have worked.

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  3. Anonymous5:34 PM

    The US has bombed them and killed lots of journalists. Just say no to war.

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