FWD: PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera

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

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.
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