http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-democracy-doesnt-seem-to-work-when-countries-are-occupied-by-western-troops-14711812.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-democracy-doesnt-seem-to-work-when-countries-are-occupied-by-western-troops-14711812.html?r=RSS <p> In 2005 the Iraqis walked in their tens of thousands through the thunder of suicide bombers, and voted &ndash; the Shias on the instructions of their clerics, the Sunnis sulking in a boycott &ndash; to prove Iraq was a &quot;democracy&quot;. </p> Robert Fisk Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:47:19 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/soldiers-tell-the-truest-tales-of-horror-and-history-14711196.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/soldiers-tell-the-truest-tales-of-horror-and-history-14711196.html?r=RSS <p> How come old soldiers don't write in clichés? We reporters fill our dispatches with clichés about &lsquo;gathering war clouds&rsquo; and guns &lsquo;falling silent&rsquo; &ndash; read any (and I repeat, any) newspaper, and you'll see what I mean. </p> Robert Fisk Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:57:01 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-someone-remembers-the-armenian-holocaust-at-last-ndash-to-obamas-dismay-14710080.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-someone-remembers-the-armenian-holocaust-at-last-ndash-to-obamas-dismay-14710080.html?r=RSS <p> Once more we have to forget the Armenian Holocaust &ndash; the first of the 20th century &ndash; in order to appease the Turks. Bill Clinton did it. </p> Robert Fisk Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:13:07 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/a-secret-genocide-and-a-race-to-beat-flesheating-fish-14703452.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/a-secret-genocide-and-a-race-to-beat-flesheating-fish-14703452.html?r=RSS <p> I am in Hebron, on Macintyre Tours and noticing our Palestinian West Bank correspondent, the Israeli police turn up to see what we are doing, prowling this supposedly sacred city on the Jewish Sabbath. </p> Robert Fisk Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:38:29 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/a-dayrsquos-work-in-this-illusionary-middle-east-world-14693642.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/a-dayrsquos-work-in-this-illusionary-middle-east-world-14693642.html?r=RSS <p> I'm a great believer in Correspondent Tours, which involves travelling to the cities of our scribes and being taken by them on a guided tour of their city/country. </p> Robert Fisk Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:27:52 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-fake-passport-killing-in-dubai--britains-explanation-is-riddled-with-inconsistencies-14689790.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-fake-passport-killing-in-dubai--britains-explanation-is-riddled-with-inconsistencies-14689790.html?r=RSS <p> Collusion. That's what it's all about. The United Arab Emirates suspect &ndash; only suspect, mark you &ndash; that Europe's &quot;security collaboration&quot; with Israel has crossed a line into illegality, where British passports (and those of other other EU nations) can now be used to send Israeli agents into the Gulf to kill Israel's enemies. </p> Robert Fisk Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:41:35 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-passport-to-the-truth-in-dubai-remains-secret-14685403.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/robert-fisk-passport-to-the-truth-in-dubai-remains-secret-14685403.html?r=RSS <p> It's a propaganda war. Whoever killed the Hamas official in Dubai &ndash; let's speak frankly &ndash; it's part of an old, dirty war between the Israelis and the Palestinians in which they have been murdering their secret police antagonists for decades. </p> Robert Fisk Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:14:46 +0000