"Why Did You Want to Bomb Me Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair?": Al Jazeera Director

We broadcast from the headquarters of Arabic TV network Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar - the place President Bush allegedly told Tony Blair he wanted to bomb. The report came out last November in Britain’s Daily Mirror, citing a secret British memo revealing that Bush told Blair in April 2004 of his desire to bomb the news outlet. Bloggers have pledged to publish the memo if it is leaked. We speak with British blogger Daniel Mason, who has been tracking the story of the Downing Street Memo.
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After the story broke, British Attorney General Lord Goldsmith activated the Official Secrets Act, threatening any publication that publishes any portion of the memo. Though never actually denying it, the Bush administration described the Daily Mirror’s report as "outlandish."

Days later, Al Jazeera’s managing director, Wadah Khanfar, arrived in London to petition for a meeting with Blair to discuss the leaked memo. He then published an article in the Guardian newspaper called "Why Did You Want to Bomb Me Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair?"

* Daniel Mason, Co-founder of Blair Watch, a British weblog tracking the story of the Downing Street Memo.

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