Occupation: Writer Birth: July 12, 1946
These terrible terrorism acts occur because of political situations and injustice in various parts of the world. The Middle East is heavy with injust….
Fundamentalism is not bred in poverty. There are plenty of poor countries in the world that don't have violence because amid the poverty there is a k….
At the end of the day, Osama bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of….
In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern Lebanon and claim ….
I suppose, in the end, we journalists try - or should try - to be the first impartial witnesses of history. If we have any reason for our existence, ….
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence and then never produced it. Then Tony Blair produced a document of sev….
The violence stems from injustice, because people feel they have been treated unfairly in the Middle East, whether that means military occupation, st….
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially so when governme….
It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imp….
War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit..
At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the H….
Individuals in various countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia listen to the tapes of bin Laden. They gather in groups of four or five. They feel they ….
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 badl….
Everyone outside the Roman Empire was called a barbarian. Everyone outside Obama’s empire is called a terrorist..
Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the "liberating" kind..
Colleagues will malign you if you're a moderately successful journalist..
And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating..
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a 'world order' dreame….
If it is bin Laden, he's a very intelligent guy. He's been planning his war for a long time. I remember the last time I met him in 1997 in Afghanista….
Saudi Arabia is the most fragile of all Arab states, though we're not saying so. And, unfortunately, bin Laden puts his finger on the other longstand….
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then never produced it. Then Tony Blair p….