Americans Defend Two Untouchable Ministries from the Hordes of Looters
Whilst an orgy of looting swept through Baghdad, two Iraqi institutions remained unscathed. Largely because US troops were stationed outside, and inside the buildings
Whilst an orgy of looting swept through Baghdad, two Iraqi institutions remained unscathed. Largely because US troops were stationed outside, and inside the buildings
First came the looters, writes Robert Fisk, then the arsonists. It was the final chapter in the sacking of Baghdad
It was the day of the looter. They trashed the German embassy and hurled the ambassador’s desk into the yard. I rescued the European Union flag – flung into a puddle of water outside the visa section – as a mob of middle-aged men, women in chadors and screaming children rifled through the consul’s office […]
It may look OK on television but American airstrikes have turned Baghdad Hospital into a charnel house, full of dead and dying civilians
WASHINGTON: A group of Bush Administration hawks, many of them Jewish, has begun openly portraying Syria as the next candidate for “régime change” in the Middle East‹though making clear they do not envisage Iraq-style US military intervention. Widely described in Washington political and media circles as the “Neo-conservatives”, ‘Neo-cons,’ for short, the group includes deputy […]
Ever so slowly, writes Robert Fisk, the suburbs were turned into battlefields
Like the Serb army in Kosovo, the Iraqis are resorting to the extensive use of camouflage as they await US forces
Robert Fisk reports from the Baghdad suburb of Shu’ale and the city’s main hospital, in the aftermath of a Coalition air attack
Working in conjunction with the media, the Anglo-American alliance has embarked on a Psy-ops campaign, deliberately targeting Iraqi children.
Is the BBC quite the bastion of journalistic integrity it would have us believe? Or does its coverage of the war in Iraq follow another agenda?
. The former US marine and UN weapons inspector predicts that the US military will leave Iraq “with its tail between its legs”
The pictures of dead British soldiers, which Tony Blair has been complaining about, are nothing compared to the scenes in Basra’s biggest hospital