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To: Nextrush
Adding some names to the historical record on FR ... from another source : "... Al Jazeera has broadcast messages from Osama Bin Laden The White House has dismissed claims George Bush was talked out of bombing Arab television station al-Jazeera by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The allegations were made by an unnamed source in the Daily Mirror newspaper. A White House official said: "We are not going to dignify something so outlandish with a response." Ex-UK minister Peter Kilfoyle, who opposed the Iraq war, had called for a transcript of the alleged conversation to be published...."
11 posted on 05/09/2007 10:14:05 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: piasa
More names :

"....According to The Mirror, the transcript is the document which allegedly turned up in the constituency office of former Labour MP Tony Clarke in May 2004. Mr Clarke - who voted against the Iraq War and lost his Northampton South seat in this May's election - said he returned the document to the government because of fears British troops' lives could be put at risk if it became public.

Cabinet Office civil servant David Keogh has been charged under the Official Secrets Act of passing it to Mr Clarke's former researcher Leo O'Connor.

Both men are bailed to appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court next week.

Mr Clarke refused to discuss the contents of the document which he received, telling the Press Association his priority was supporting Mr O'Connor, who he said did "exactly the right thing" in bringing it to his attention. " ------- BBC

12 posted on 05/09/2007 10:18:22 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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