Archive for November 23rd, 2005

Beyond That Memo: Bush Wanted al-Jazeera Gone

The Bush administration clearly blamed al-Jazeera for undermining the first siege on Fallujah and fueling Iraqi public opinion and resistance against the U.S. occupation. Given Washington’s record of attacking al-Jazeera both militarily and verbally, it is not outside the realm of possibility that the Bush administration could have simply decided that it was time to take the network out…..