The Bush White House is sticking to its story -- denying the troubling accusation that it once floated a plan to bomb Al Jazeera, the TV station in Qatar, by the desk of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Now a Reuters story says that a freedom of information request from a journalist has started the clock ticking on the possible exposure of a critical document.
“...Downing Street will respond to the request -- made on Monday by Al Jazeera lawyers under Britain's freedom of information laws -- within 21 days, the spokesman said. A British newspaper reported last year that the memo of a Blair-Bush meeting in April 2004 detailed a proposal by Bush to bomb Al Jazeera but said Blair had dissuaded him. The story was dismissed as ‘outlandish’ by the White House and Blair denied receiving details of any such U.S. proposal.”
At this writing the White House remains mum on whether it ever considered bombing National Public Radio, The Daily Show, The Washington Post, Al Franken’s keyboard, Michael Moore’s belly, or SLANTblog's supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
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"At this writing the White House remains mum on whether it ever considered bombing National Public Radio, The Daily Show, The Washington Post, Al Franken’s keyboard, Michael Moore’s belly, or SLANTblog's supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon."
Hell's bells! Bombing the PBR?!? Even Bin Laden wouldn't defile a man's PBR.
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