I heard that The Wasington Post had picked up this story - anyone have more info?
Doug Foskey wrote: >Even if it was turned into a toothpick! >regards Doug > > >On Friday 25 November 2005 10:26, Kenji James Fuse wrote: > > >>My lips ain't touching that bush... >> >>On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Ken Riznyk wrote: >> >> >>>Will somebody please give this man a blowjob so we can >>>impeach him. >>> >>>--- Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Lovely. Absolutely lovely. >>>> >>>>If this proves to be true, then we unequivocally >>>>have a mad man loose in >>>>the White House who shouldn't be left alone to his >>>>own thoughts for one >>>>moment for the duration of his term of office. >>>> >>>>That or stack it on the list of evidence, >>>>"circumstantial" or otherwise, >>>>for his impeachement. >>>> >>>>Todd Swearingen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11112.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Exclusive: Bush Plot To Bomb His Arab Ally >>>>> >>>>>Madness of war memo >>>>> >>>>>By Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines >>>>> >>>>>11/22/05 "The Mirror" -- -- 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. >>>>> >>>>>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. >>>>> >>>>>The attack would have led to a massacre of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>innocents on the territory >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>of a key ally, enraged the Middle East and almost >>>>> >>>>> >>>>certainly have >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>sparked bloody retaliation. >>>>> >>>>>A source said last night: "The memo is explosive >>>>> >>>>> >>>>and hugely damaging to Bush. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>"He made clear he wanted to bomb al-Jazeera 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." >>>>> >>>>>A Government official suggested that the Bush >>>>> >>>>> >>>>threat had been >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>"humorous, not serious". >>>>> >>>>>But another source declared: "Bush was deadly >>>>> >>>>> >>>>serious, as was Blair. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>That much is absolutely clear from the language >>>>> >>>>> >>>>used by both men." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Yesterday former Labour Defence Minister Peter >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Kilfoyle challenged >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Downing Street to publish the five-page transcript >>>>> >>>>> >>>>of the two >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>leaders' conversation. He said: "It's frightening >>>>> >>>>> >>>>to think that such >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>a powerful man as Bush can propose such cavalier >>>>> >>>>> >>>>actions. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>"I hope the Prime Minister insists this memo be >>>>> >>>>> >>>>published. It gives >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>an insight into the mindset of those who were the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>architects of war." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Bush disclosed his plan to target al-Jazeera, a >>>>> >>>>> >>>>civilian station with >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>a huge Mid-East following, at a White House >>>>> >>>>> >>>>face-to-face with Mr >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Blair on April 16 last year. >>>>> >>>>>At the time, the US was launching an all-out >>>>> >>>>> >>>>assault on insurgents in >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>the Iraqi town of Fallujah. >>>>> >>>>>Al-Jazeera infuriated Washington and London by >>>>> >>>>> >>>>reporting from behind >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>rebel lines and broadcasting pictures of dead >>>>> >>>>> >>>>soldiers, private >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>contractors and Iraqi victims. >>>>> >>>>>The station, watched by millions, has also been >>>>> >>>>> >>>>used by bin Laden and >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>al-Qaeda to broadcast atrocities and to threaten >>>>> >>>>> >>>>the West. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Al-Jazeera's HQ is in the business district of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Qatar's capital, Doha. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Its single-storey buildings would have made an easy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>target for >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>bombers. As it is sited away from residential >>>>> >>>>> >>>>areas, and more than 10 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>miles from the US's desert base in Qatar, there >>>>> >>>>> >>>>would have been no >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>danger of "collateral damage". >>>>> >>>>>Dozens of al-Jazeera staff at the HQ are not, as >>>>> >>>>> >>>>many believe, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Islamic fanatics. Instead, most are respected and >>>>> >>>>> >>>>highly trained >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>technicians and journalists. >>>>> >>>>>To have wiped them out would have been equivalent >>>>> >>>>> >>>>to bombing the BBC >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>in London and the most spectacular foreign policy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>disaster since the >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Iraq War itself. >>>>> >>>>>The No 10 memo now raises fresh doubts over US >>>>> >>>>> >>>>claims that previous >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>attacks against al-Jazeera staff were military >>>>> >>>>> >>>>errors. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>In 2001 the station's Kabul office was knocked out >>>>> >>>>> >>>>by two "smart" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>bombs. In 2003, al-Jazeera reporter Tareq Ayyoub >>>>> >>>>> >>>>was killed in a US >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>missile strike on the station's Baghdad centre. >>>>> >>>>>The memo, which also included details of troop >>>>> >>>>> >>>>deployments, turned up >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>in May last year at the Northampton constituency >>>>> >>>>> >>>>office of then >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Labour MP Tony Clarke. >>>>> >>>>>Cabinet Office civil servant David Keogh, 49, is >>>>> >>>>> >>>>accused under the >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Official Secrets Act of passing it to Leo O'Connor, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>42, who used to >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>work for Mr Clarke. Both are bailed to appear at >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Bow Street court >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>next week. >>>>> >>>>>Mr Clarke, who lost at the election, returned the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>memo to No 10. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>He said Mr O'Connor had behaved "perfectly >>>>> >>>>> >>>>correctly". >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Neither Mr O'Connor or Mr Keogh were available. 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