by hmm » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:10 am
Kevin Maguire also writes for the UK guardian.<br>Seems like the USA is having a hard time comprehending the meaning of a free press.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16397937%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=bush-plot-to-bomb-his-arab-ally--name_page.html">www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_..._page.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>22 November 2005<br>BUSH PLOT TO BOMB HIS ARAB ALLY<br>Madness of war memo<br>Exclusive By Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines<br><br>PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a "Top Secret" No 10 memo reveals.<br><br>But he was talked out of it at a White House summit by Tony Blair, who said it would provoke a worldwide backlash.<br><br>A source said: "There's no doubt what Bush wanted, and no doubt Blair didn't want him to do it." Al-Jazeera is accused by the US of fuelling the Iraqi insurgency.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>