Bush plotted to bomb Al Jazeera: report

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/November/theworld_November579.xml§ion=theworld

LONDON - US President George W. Bush planned to bomb pan-Arab television broadcaster Al Jazeera, British newspaper the Daily Mirror said on Tuesday, citing a Downing Street memo marked "Top Secret". The five-page transcript of a conversation between Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair reveals that Blair talked Bush out of launching a military strike on the station, unnamed sources told the anti-war-in-Iraq daily.

The transcript of the pair’s talks during Blair’s April 16, 2004 visit to Washington allegedly shows Bush wanted to attack the satellite channel’s headquarters.

Blair allegedly feared such a strike, in the business district of Doha, the capital of Qatar, a key western ally in the Persian Gulf, would spark revenge attacks.

The Mirror quoted an unnamed British government official as saying Bush’s threat was “humorous, not serious”.

[bullimiami]

1. humorous. ha ha. i get it.

hey fat tony im gonna bomb that al jazeera off the map i dont like the way they talk.

georgie, georgie. you are such a kidder. you kid. you crazy joker.

ha ha ha.

ha ha.

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3. And poodle comes back with a real kneeslapper

"I'm afraid that would cause revenge attacks!"

Aiyeee my sides hurt. Get a loada dese guys.

[Bluebear]

5. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!!

They got a million of em!

[upi402]

2. dang, we can't even get docs on Kennedy assassination

WTF?
I want an open government. What happened to America?

[mb7588a]

4. par for the GOP course...

if only dropping the GOP's bombs on things WAS ACTUALLY the humorous punchline, not the punchline of destructive force with collateral damage.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. If you can't buy it, then bomb it.

Why should they have more freedom than this country? (snark, snark, snark . . . )