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Where are the sheikhs when the Iraqi dead are fished out of the Tigris?

Robert Fisk: Conspiracy of silence in the Arab world Where are the sheikhs when the Iraqi dead are fished out of the Tigris? Published: 10 February 2007 Could Rifaat al-Assad's day in court be growing closer? Yes, Rifaat - or Uncle Rifaat to President Bashar al-Assad of ...


Sunday Roundup (Mostly Western)

Early Sunday morning round-up of mostly UK coverage of Iraq together with some articles from English language Arabic media as well. British readers might be particularly interested in the articles from The Scotsman which continues it's tradition of excellent reporting of issues relating to the welfare of British Service Personnel. ...

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Monday Nov 27th 2006 Early Morning Roundup

The Daily Star - Politics - Iran ready to help US in Iraq - if troops withdraw:Iran ready to help US in Iraq - if troops withdraw Compiled by Daily Star staff (Lebanon) Monday, November 27, 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday Iran was ready to help the United States and ...


A Terrible Legacy Of Hatred And Death

Robert Fisk: A terrible legacy of hatred and death This is the hell we have bequeathed to the Arab peoples of Iraq Published: 18 November 2006 So the Ministry of Fear now has a Dowager of Fear, the good Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller who has discovered in the sanctum of MI5 another 30 ...


The Anatomy Of A Massacre A Special Report By Robert Fisk

Marwahin, 15 July 2006: The anatomy of a massacre A special report by Robert Fisk Published: 30 September 2006 UK IndependentIn antiquity, Pliny wrote of the cliffs of Bayada. The chalk runs down to the Mediterranean in an almost Dover-like cascade of white rock, and the view from the top - just ...


Flamboozlement

Robert Fisk: Tea and rockets: café society, Beirut-styleThis week: A close shave in downtown Beirut and why you'll never find our man in a flak jacketPublished: 13 August 2006Sunday, 6 AugustIn the early hours, motor-cycle riders have been racing down the Corniche outside my home. Petrol is cheap for motor-cycles, ...


A Terrible And Daunting Thought Occurs To Me, Day By Day

Robert Fisk: A terrible thought occurs to me - that there will be another 9/11 Published: 05 August 2006The room shook. Not since the 1983 earthquake has my apartment rocked from side to side. That was the force of the Israeli explosions in the southern suburbs of Beirut - three miles ...


21 of the best for Siun

Recently Siun whom Du and I have got know via FDL emailed me asking me to recommend some books on how we got into this God awful mess vis a vis the Middle East and Islam. I replied suggesting two books by Robert Fisk. The Great War for Civilisation : The ...



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