Madness of war memo

If you had any doubt that George W. Bush is a dangerous nutcase this should end it.
EXCLUSIVE: BUSH PLOT TO BOMB HIS ARAB ALLY

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.

The attack would have led to a massacre of innocents on the territory of a key ally, enraged the Middle East and almost certainly have sparked bloody retaliation.

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Bush disclosed his plan to target al-Jazeera, a civilian station with a huge Mid-East following, at a White House face-to-face with Mr Blair on April 16 last year.


At the time, the US was launching an all-out assault on insurgents in the Iraqi town of Fallujah.


Al-Jazeera infuriated Washington and London by reporting from behind rebel lines and broadcasting pictures of dead soldiers, private contractors and Iraqi victims.

The Mirror is not always a reliable source but the fact is this story is believable. This certainly fits with what is known about Bush's erratic and vindictive personality. We will see if anyone else picks it up.

Update
Steve Soto points out something I missed.

It does put the previous "accidental" bombings of Al-Jazeera and other journalists in Iraq in a different light.