"THE Daily Mirror was yesterday told not to publish further details from a top secret memo, which revealed that President Bush wanted to bomb an Arab TV station. The gag by the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith came nearly 24 hours after the Mirror informed Downing Street of its intention to reveal how Tony Blair talked Bush out of attacking satellite station al-Jazeera’s HQ in friendly Qatar. …
"The five-page memo - stamped “Top Secret” - records a threat by Bush to unleash “military action” against the TV station, which America accuses of being a mouthpiece for anti-US sentiments.
"Following the Mirror’s revelations, there were calls for the transcript of the memo to be released.
Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell said: "If true, then this underlines the desperation of the Bush administration.
“On this occasion, the Prime Minister may have been successful in averting political disaster, but it shows how dangerous his relationship with President Bush has been.”
The White House yesterday said of the Mirror’s report: “We are not going to dignify something so outlandish with a response.”
Downing Street said: “We don’t comment on leaked documents.”"
Is this an aceptable or unacceptable response from the Great Leader?
How will this revelation affect the constantly waning support for the war in the UK?
"GEORGE W. Bush is the most powerful man in the world. He could also be the most dangerous.
Fanatical leaders like Osama bin Laden provoke terrible acts of terrorism. But President Bush has weapons of mass destruction as well as an unhinged attitude to using them.
Today the Daily Mirror reveals that he planned to bomb a TV station in a friendly Arab nation. An act that would have led to countless retaliatory attacks on Western states.
Fortunately Tony Blair was told of the insane plot and persuaded Mr Bush not to go ahead.
The president wanted to take out the main studios of the Arabic station al-Jazeera because of its coverage of insurgents and terrorism - though any good media outlet would have covered those stories if they had the access.
Mr Bush’s plan was crazy enough against a high-profile civilian target. But to make it worse, the TV station is based in Qatar, a friendly nation where the US-UK invasion of Iraq was planned.
The secret memo revealed by the Mirror casts fresh doubt on claims that other attacks on al-Jazeera were accidents. It looks like these were planned assaults on civilian targets.
We must be thankful that Tony Blair stopped Mr Bush from the attack on Qatar.
But until the White House regime changes, the world should tremble with fear at what this president might do next."
