| Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| The bad news bombs |
So the Daily Mirror says Tony Blair had to talk President Bush out of authorizing U.S. forces to bomb the Al-Jazeera television network in Doha, Qatr. Never mind that Qatr is a supposed U.S. ally (and the base for U.S. operations in Iraq during the invasion), and so bombing their official news satellite network would put a strain on the friendship, to say the least... not to mention the effects on the Muslim world given that Jazeera is the most popular news net. Anyway, the story has produced an indictment -- of the civil servant who leaked the secret bombTV memo to the Mirror. It has also produced a denial from the White House. And well they should. This kind of thing could make them look stupid ... ahem...
Tags: Iraq, Middle East, War, Foreign Policy, Media, Al-Jazeera |
posted by JReid @ 2:06 PM   |
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