The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Bin Laden is not well read and he's not sophisticated, but he will have worked out very coldly what America would do. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I don't know what happens if they get bin Laden. I'm much more interested in what happens if they don't get bin… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I still wonder if the United States realizes how much planning went into this. When we talk about "mindless terrorists," we are… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral in the Arab-Israeli dispute - an illusion of course,… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
When I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
A businessman admits that he 'let go' an employee because he was a Sunni Muslim. You simply have to look after yourself,… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden is not well read and he's not sophisticated, but he will have worked out very coldly what America would… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The sheer violence of it, the howl of air raid sirens and the air-cutting fall of the missiles carried its own political… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Bin Laden was very keen to point out to me that his forces had fought the Americans in Somalia. He also wanted… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
When you have a crime against humanity that is so awesome in scale and death, it is more than permissible to look… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
How could believers, people who regard themselves as true Muslims, get on those planes, quoting the words of God delivered through the… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I've lived in the Middle East for twenty-five years. I know exactly how these issues come up. Even my landlord, who is… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Saudi Arabia is the most fragile of all Arab states, though we're not saying so. And, unfortunately, bin Laden puts his finger… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We love to think this fundamentalism and terrorism is all about poverty, and, of course, it has a connection. You can see… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
If it is bin Laden, he's a very intelligent guy. He's been planning his war for a long time. I remember the… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence—… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The bin Laden I met each time was in a simple Saudi white robe, with a simple, cheap kafiya and very cheap… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, Osama bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Osama bin Laden is very shrewd. But he struck me, even in 1997, as being remarkably out of touch. I remember thinking… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Some of the guys in the Northern Alliance are war criminals. One of the Northern Alliance commanders ran a slave girl network… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Individuals in various countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia listen to the tapes of bin Laden. They gather in groups of four… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Even my landlord, who is a moderate Lebanese guy, says, "But bin Laden says what we think." These people believe that bin… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“When I was in Berlin then, Nazism did not have the reputation it has now. Nazism? In every system in the world,… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The Middle East is a land of great injustice. The Israelis can claim - or wish to, at least - that Lord… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too badly, either… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can be got… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
How could believers, people who regard themselves as true Muslims, get on those planes, quoting the words of God delivered through the Prophet to… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. — Robert Fisk Copy Share
I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought:… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence— our violence—which… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists. — Robert Fisk Copy Share
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then never produced… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have come out… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
President Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
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