UK News 10-10-2001 BBC Puts Blair`s Life In Danger who: Tony Blair what: Begins three day mission to meet Middle East leaders where: Geneva, Switzerland when: Last night snippet: The Sun goes out on its own this morning with the headline "Sack Kate Adie" after the BBC`s chief news correspondent accidentally gave away the prime minister`s travel plans yesterday. Ms Adie "blabbed about Mr Blair`s movements as she spoke in a question and answer session with Breakfast TV anchorman Jeremy Bowen," says The Sun`s political editor Trevor Kavanagh on the eve of Mr Blair`s visit to Oman. "And inside No 10 it was felt the security breach made on Day Three of the Allied blitz on the Taliban was so serious that Adie should be dismissed." "We are making a formal complaint at the highest level of the BBC," said the PM`s official spokesman. "There are obviously security concerns surrounding the movements of the Prime Minister. We take these concerns very, very seriously indeed." Last night, Mr Blair was in Geneva to meet Sheikh Zayed, ruler of the United Arab Emirates, at the beginning of a three-day Middle East mission to bolster the coalition against the al-Qaeda terrorist network operating in Afghanistan. And in an interview with Abu Dhabi Television he once again reinforced the message that this is not a war against Muslim people. Meanwhile, an interview with the prime minister recorded at Downing Street on Monday was broadcast on Arabic satellite channel al-Jazeera - the same channel used as an outlet for propaganda by Osama bin Laden. "Bin Laden or the Taliban regime misuse the Palestinian cause to justify the killing of thousands of people," he told the interviewer. "I don`t believe that there is any decent Palestinian that wants to see that as the answer." [... more]

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