http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16397945&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=closedown--name_page.htmlPM halted Bush plan to bomb Arab TV channel off the air
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GEORGE Bush's plot to bomb an Arab TV station in friendly Qatar was crushed by Tony Blair who feared it would spark horrific revenge.
An explosive No 10 memo stamped "Top Secret" records a threat by Bush to unleash "military action" against al-Jazeera, accused by the US of fuelling the Iraq insurgency and denounced as Osama bin Laden's mouthpiece.
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.
A source said last night: "The memo is explosive and hugely damaging to Bush.