Jazeera seeks Blair meeting
reuters: Arabic news channel Al Jazeera's general manager flew to London on Friday to demand the government explain a leaked report that U.S. President George W. Bush wanted to bomb the TV station.
The Daily Mirror reported on Tuesday that a secret government memo said Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked Bush out of bombing Al Jazeera's headquarters in Qatar in April last year.
"I have come to London in order to reach out to British officials, to investigate about the memo that some claim exists during the past week," Al Jazeera managing director Waddah Khanfar told Reuters by telephone after his arrival in London.
"It is a matter of deep concern for all of us in al Jazeera, and the Arab world and the media."
He said a delegation from the channel would deliver a letter to Blair on Saturday asking for an interview.
The White House has said the allegation that Bush wanted to bomb Jazeera is "so outlandish" it does not merit a response. Read more
The Daily Mirror reported on Tuesday that a secret government memo said Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked Bush out of bombing Al Jazeera's headquarters in Qatar in April last year.
"I have come to London in order to reach out to British officials, to investigate about the memo that some claim exists during the past week," Al Jazeera managing director Waddah Khanfar told Reuters by telephone after his arrival in London.
"It is a matter of deep concern for all of us in al Jazeera, and the Arab world and the media."
He said a delegation from the channel would deliver a letter to Blair on Saturday asking for an interview.
The White House has said the allegation that Bush wanted to bomb Jazeera is "so outlandish" it does not merit a response. Read more
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