From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Sun Sep 22 2002 - 11:20:05 MDT
On 22 Sep 2002 at 11:04, rhinoceros wrote:
>
> [Joe Dees]
> This unabashed puff piece says more than I ever could concerning the
> purported 'objectivity' of The Independent or of Robert Fisk...
>
>
> The Independent December 6, 1993, Monday
>
> HEADLINE: Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace; The
> Saudi businessman who recruited mujahedin now uses them for
> large-scale building projects in Sudan. Robert Fisk met him in Almatig
>
> By ROBERT FISK
>
> OSAMA Bin Laden sat in his gold- fringed robe, guarded by the loyal
> Arab mujahedin who fought alongside him in Afghanistan. Bearded,
> taciturn figures - unarmed, but never more than a few yards from the
> man who recruited them, trained them and then dispatched them to
> destroy the Soviet army - they watched unsmiling as the Sudanese
> villagers of Almatig lined up to thank the Saudi businessman who
>
> <snip>
>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> Could you please explain how do you think your comment on this 1993
> article makes sense?
>
>
>
> [Joe Dees]
> America's Case For War Is Built On Blindness, Hypocrisy
> And Lies
>
> Source: ZNet (from The Independent)
> Author: Robert Fisk
> Dated: 2002-09-15
>
> An article you posted on the News: Iraq section of the BBS was by the
> same Robert Fisk, and from the same Independent. We now know that Bin
> Laden was already redirecting Al Quaeda towards attacking the US at
> the time of the interview.
>
>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> So? What is your point? Do you mean that Fisk failed to discover that
> the USA government had been blind at that time as well, therefore he
> is incapable?
>
Good point; perhaps his subsequent coverage had nothing to do with
the piece.
>
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