Posted on 06/08/2005 5:36:10 PM PDT by Cecily
In December 1996, Robert Fisk of the London newspaper The Independent traveled to the mountains north of Khartoum where he met Osama bin Laden. The opening sentences of the article he wrote about the meeting went as follows:
Osama Bin Laden sat in his gold fringed robe, guarded by loyal Arab mujahedin… . With his high cheekbones, narrow eyes and long brown robe, Mr Bin Laden looks every inch the mountain warrior of mujahedin legend. Chadored children danced in front of him, preachers acknowledged his wisdom. In a second article he wrote about the same meeting, Fisk upgraded bin Laden’s attire from gold-fringed brown robe to “white Saudi robes.” But whatever the detail, you get the same message. Here is a man whose face and garb reveal his nobility.
(Excerpt) Read more at newcriterion.com ...
Good read. Well worth the time.
A little "opposition research" on the varmint:
The Anti-Israel Rants of Robert Fisk
June 2, 1994 by Andrea Levin. The Anti-Israel Rant
of Robert Fisk. Usual fare on cable ...
Robert Fisk's Orwellian Newspeak
... Robert Fisk's Orwellian Newspeak For more than two decades, journalist Robert Fisk
has used his correspondent card to proudly become a crusader for Arab and ...
MediaGuardian.co.uk | Press&publishing | BBC man hits back ...
... 3, 2001 BBC world affairs editor John Simpson has hit back at the Independent's Robert
Fisk over his claim that the BBC kow-towed to the Israeli government in ...
Iraq Under Siege Authors
... Robert Fisk. Robert Fisk is an award-winning reporter for The Independent newspaper
in London. As the Independent’s Middle east correspondent since 1976, he ...
Special report on the US and terrorism.
... For three days in a row the London Independent allowed its Middle East correspondent
Robert Fisk to give vent to his anger at the Americans, on its news pages ...
More:
Hashish grows again in the fields of Lebanon [Free Republic]
Lies, hatred and the language of force [Free Republic]
Censorship & Deception, Major Media And Elites
Proof of War Crimes against the Palestinians (Warning: Graphic)
Ping for an excellent article in which Fisk, Pilger and pals get what they deserve.
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