UK Press Gagged by Attorney General over Bush Plan to Bomb alJazeera

UK Press Gagged by Attorney General over Bush Plan to Bomb News Outlet
Larisa Alexandrovna

The Mirror, a UK publication which reported Tuesday on an alleged US plan to bomb an Arab TV station seen as anti-US, has been gagged from reporting any further on the memo and its contents by Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, Raw Story has learned.

According to The Mirror's political editor, Kevin Maguire, Lord Goldsmith "... threatened an immediate High Court injunction unless the Mirror confirmed it would not publish further details. We have essentially agreed to comply," stated Maguire in a recent editorial.


Bombings now Suspect
According to the Guardian, in reaction to the article in the Mirror, the International Federation of Journalists is demanding complete disclosure with regard to the death of 16 journalists and media staff, including al-Jazeera cameraman Tarek Ayoub, who was killed when the station's Baghdad office was hit during a US air strike in April of 2003.

All media outlets had to provide the US military with their locations in Baghdad and neighboring cities. Al-Jazeera provided the location of its Baghdad office to Washington prior to the bombing on its Baghdad office.
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/UK_Press_Gagged_by_Attorney_General_1123.html

I somehow don't think that the UK press will take that lying down. Blair has already been slapped down once or twice over his policies, and I really don't think this is going to fly.

No wonder the tea went into Boston Harbor.

Like we can do any thing we want any place. I hope we find out if this is true or no.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5440135


Kicking your thread

the oppression of the press and it's citizens. Say what does this remind anyone of? What kind of country oppresses their people such as this?

Yup.