British government threatens prosecution to suppress claim that Bush...

[IndianaGreen]

I wonder what else Bush told Blair that Tony is trying to suppress. Considering how much Bush loves nuclear weapons, it wouldn't surprise me if Bush told Blair that he wanted to nuke parts of Iraq.

British government threatens prosecution to suppress claim that Bush sought to bomb Al Jazeera

By Julie Hyland

24 November 2005

The British government has threatened editors with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act if they publish further details from a top secret memo that apparently records US President George W. Bush’s desire to bomb the headquarters of Arab TV station Al Jazeera in the Persian Gulf sheikdom of Qatar.

The Daily Mirror has been a particular target because it published a front-page exclusive on the memo under the headline “Bush plot to bomb his ally,” on Tuesday, November 22. According to the newspaper, the five-page memo was a secret minute of a conversation held between Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair on April 16, 2004.

The meeting took place during a major US offensive against the Iraqi city of Falluja, whose 300, 000 civilians had been placed under military siege. The minute is alleged to record a threat by Bush to unleash “military action” against Al Jazeera’s head offices, which are in Doha, the capital of Qatar, then host to US military headquarters. According to the Mirror, Blair managed to dissuade Bush from taking such action.

An unnamed source told the newspaper, “The memo is explosive and hugely damaging to Bush. He made clear he wanted to bomb Aljazeera in Qatar and elsewhere. Blair replied that would cause a big problem. There’s no doubt what Bush wanted to do—and no doubt Blair didn’t want him to do it.”

Another unnamed source told the newspaper, “Bush was deadly serious, as was Blair. That much is absolutely clear from the language used by both men.” Such an attack would have been “the most spectacular foreign-policy disaster since the Iraq war itself,” the Mirror said.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/nov2005/jaz-n24.shtml

See Also:

US menaces Al Jazeera over Iraq reportage
(27 August 2003)

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/aug2003/aljz-a27.shtml

Why the US bombed al-Jazeera’s TV station in Kabul
(21 November 2001)

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/jaz-n21.shtml

[drduffy]

1. A bit late now, Tony ....

We already know what pieces of shit you and George are. As you try to suppress truths about yourself and the chimp your political chache just keeps going down the toilet.

[bemildred]

2. Free speech! Free speech! nt