The head of al-Jazeera is delivering a letter to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair today demanding more information on reports that US President George W Bush suggested bombing the Arab TV station.
Wadah Khanfar is calling for the facts to be made public and a meeting with British officials to seek clarification on newspaper reports last week that US president George W Bush wanted to bomb the al-Jazeera television station in Qatar against the wishes of Mr Blair.
Britain warned media organisations that they would be breaking the law if they published details of a leaked British government memo said to show US President George W Bush wanted to bomb Arabic television station al-Jazeera.
The government's top lawyer warned editors in a note after the Daily Mirrornewspaper reported yesterday that a secret British government memo said Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked Mr Bush out of bombing the broadcaster in April last year.
Several British newspapers reported the attorney general's note today and repeated the Mirror's allegations, which the White House said were "so outlandish" they did not merit a response. Mr Blair's office declined to comment.