Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Five page memo, stamped Top Secret, alleging that President Bush had threatened to undertake military action against al-Jazeera

The Raw Story | UK press gags news outlets over minutes of meeting discussing al Jazeera bombing: "Larisa Alexandrovna

The Mirror, a UK publication which reported Tuesday on an alleged US plan to bomb an Arab TV station seen as anti-US, has been gagged from reporting any further on the memo and its contents by Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, RAW STORY has learned.

The publication reported on the contents of a five page memo, stamped Top Secret, alleging that President Bush had threatened to undertake military action against al-Jazeera, a TV station located in the country of Qatar. While al-Jazeera is seen by some in the Bush administration to be largely anti-West, Qatar is an American ally.

According to sources familiar with the case, it was the recent attack on Fallujah that had Bush concerned about what al-Jazeera might report." ...

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