Ms Short could not be contacted for further comment today but the release of the transcript blows apart her claim that the IRA quotation was "completely false".
Yesterday she claimed she had told the newspaper: "We are seeing a moral deterioration with the deliberate targeting of large numbers of civilians."
She added: "The claim I said the IRA didn't target civilians is completely false."
The interview sparked anger among survivors of the Birmingham pub bombings as they prepared to mark the 30th anniversary of the atrocities which left 21 people dead and 170 injured.
One of the injured, Ian Lord, from Acocks Green, said he believed Ms Short would never apologise. "Does she know her constituency? Does she know what happened in Birmingham that night? Because I'll never forget that night."
The Labour Party also distanced itself from her remarks, branding them "inaccurate and insensitive".
Gulf News editor Francis Matthew said he stood by the paper's story.
