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Mar 06 2012
God knows everything
Is Homs an echo of what happened in Srebrenica?
By Robert Fisk, Wednesday 07 March 2012 … No entry to the International Red Cross. Not yet. Maybe in a few days, when the area has been secured. Men and boys… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/03/06/god-knows-everything/
Mar 05 2012
The power of quiet contempt
The heroic myth and the uncomfortable truth of war reporting
By Robert Fisk, Saturday 03 March 2012 … It took a lot of courage to get into Homs; Sky News, then the BBC, then a few brave men and women… [more]
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Mar 02 2012
An ocean of myth and mendacity
We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war
By Simon Jenkins, Thursday 1 March 2012 15.00 EST … Were we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism and now… [more]
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Mar 01 2012
Kind of hyperbolic
Those defending US Constitution from sharia must have failed high school civics
By Reza Aslan and Harris Zafar, February 29, 2012 … There are those who would have you believe that Islamic law, or sharia, is taking over… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/03/01/kind-of-hyperbolic/
Mar 01 2012
An embarrassing display of subservience
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Feb 29 2012
A honey of a word
The regime calls it ‘cleaning’, but the dirty truth is plain to see
By Robert Fisk, Thursday 01 March 2012 … So it’s the “cleaning” of Baba Amr now, is it? “Tingheef” in Arabic. Did that anonymous Syrian government official… [more]
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