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Blair persuaded Bush not to bomb Al-Jazeera headquarters, newspaper claims
From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20051122
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-22-2005
Dateline: LONDON
A British civil servant has been charged under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking a government memo that, according to a newspaper report Tuesday, suggests Prime Minister Tony Blair persuaded U.S. President George W. Bush not to bomb the Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera.
According to the Daily Mirror, Bush spoke of targeting Al-Jazeera's headquarters in Doha, Qatar, when he met Blair at the White House on April 16 last year. The U.S. government has regularly accused Al-Jazeera of being nothing more ...
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