Bush had plans to bomb al-Jazeera, but Blair stopped him.

[Hieronymus]

22 November 2005
EXCLUSIVE: BUSH PLOT TO BOMB HIS ARAB ALLY
Madness of war memo
By Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines

Picture of George Bush laughing

PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a "Top Secret" No 10 memo reveals.

But he was talked out of it at a White House summit by Tony Blair, who said it would provoke a worldwide backlash.:eyes:

[killbotfactory]

1. Instead we just bombed them in Iraq and Afghanistan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazeera#From_the_United_States

On April 8, 2003 Al Jazeera's office in Baghdad was attacked by US forces, killing reporter Tareq Ayyoub and wounding another, despite the US being informed of the office's precise coordinates prior to the incident. Similarily, on November 13, 2001 the US launched a missile attack on Al Jazeera's office in Kabul, Afghanistan during the US invasion of that country, also after being informed of its location. Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Haj, a Sudanese national, has also been held by US forces since the start of 2002 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The reasons for his detention remain unknown, although the US official statements on detainees is that they are security threats.

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Freedom of the press, right?

[malaise]

3. Any word from Bob Woodword

the defender of journalistic freedom:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[Stockholm]

9. Is that April 2004?

:wow:

A really good benchmark of this administrations view on divergent views - bomb a television network in an allied country.

[Taxloss]

2. Link? n/t

[mrfrapp]

7. Daily Mirror

It's a Daily Mirror story.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16397937&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=bush-plot-to-bomb-his-arab-ally--name_page.html

[julianer]

4. Isn't this conspiracy to murder? n/t

Or can't the president be a murderer?

[Eugene]

5. It's conspiracy to commit an act of terror

as well as a feat of almost superhuman stupidity.
Our dear leader is terrorist as crazy as Osama bin Laden.

The damage control people are now saying that
Shrubya was just kidding.

[blindpig]

11. just kidding

Ho ho ho. I remember another instance of presidental humor, Raygun announcing the bombing of the USSR at the beginning of a speech/press conference(can't remember which) on a supposedly dead mike.What a cut-up, that guy. Even knowing it was bullshit I just about went beserk for the sheer irresponsibility and callousness of such a "joke".
Small wonder I stopped watching TV.

[aquart]

6. LINK???

[punpirate]

8. Umm... what does this say about...

... the fate of all the rest of us who disagree with the boy king?

I've been willing to entertain a lot of dire possibilities, but a 500-pounder on the house launched from an F-15 hasn't been one of them....

[jimshoes]

10. Let's spin the wheel of excuses Scotty

and see what it lands on for this latest fubar. OK, we haven't used "just kidding" in a couple of weeks, we'll go with that.