“Why is it that we go to immense lengths getting the Serbs who were responsible for the massacre of 7,000 at Srbrenica - that's slightly more than the total figure for New York - and we take them to a tribunal in The Hague, and one after another, we arraign them, try them, convict them, and punish them in front of the world, but no plans have been brought forward to get bin Laden and his friends and put them on trial?” WorldTryingHas BeensPlansFrontsFiguresNew YorkResponsibleTrialsLengthImmenseBin LadenMassacresConvictsTribunals Author:Robert Fisk
“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 seventy paragraphs, but only the last nine referred to the World Trade Center, and they were not convincing. So we have a little problem here: If they're guilty, where is the evidence? And if we can't hear the evidence, why are we going to war?” IfsWorldLittlesSaidWarFactsProblemLastsProduceEvidenceTradeNineGuiltyDocumentsSeventiesConvincingParagraphBlairWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterWell SaidGoing To War Author:Robert Fisk
“When I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself.” WorldSawsNew YorkShadowTradeWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Robert Fisk
“Bin Laden is not well read and he's not sophisticated, but he will have worked out very coldly what America would do.” WellsAmericaSophisticatedBin Laden Author:Robert Fisk
“I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.” WellsStatesCareYoungMotherGirlUnitedQualityUnited StatesMomDaughterAdultsRaisedYoung AdultI CareImprovingQuality Of LifeSingle Mom Author:Valerie Jarrett
“Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can be got rid of, too. And where better than in the country where he knows how to fight?” KnowsMindCountryFactsFightingKnow HowBin LadenRevolving Author:Robert Fisk
“Bin Laden was very keen to point out to me that his forces had fought the Americans in Somalia. He also wanted to talk about how many mullahs in Pakistan were putting up posters saying, "We follow bin Laden." He even produced a sort of Kodak set of snapshots of graffiti supporting him.” WantedForcePakistanBin LadenPostersGraffitiSnapshotsSomaliaKodakMullahs Author:Robert Fisk
“The bin Laden I met each time was in a simple Saudi white robe, with a simple, cheap kafiya and very cheap plastic sandals. But a videotape released before September 11, which I saw on Lebanese television, had him in a gold embroidered robe. When I saw this, I thought, whoa, has this guy changed? I wouldn't have imagined him ever appearing in such golden robes when I met him.” GuySimpleWhiteSawsChangedTelevisionMetsGoldGoldenPlasticSeptemberThis GuyBin LadenSeptember 11AppearingSaudisRobesSandalsLebanese Author:Robert Fisk
“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 House of Saud.” WantEndsHouseInterestMiddleNew YorkEastThe End Of The DayMiddle EastBin LadenArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Robert Fisk
“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 longstanding injustices in the Arab world: the continued occupation of Palestinian land by the Israelis; the enormous, constant Arab anger with the tens of thousands of Iraqi children who are dying under sanctions; the feelings of humiliation of millions of Arabs living under petty dictators, almost all of whom are propped up by the West.” WorldChildrenStatesFeelingsMillionsLandDyingConstantWestFingersInjusticeEnormousOccupationFragilePalestinianDictatorHumiliationPettyBin LadenSanctionsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisArab World Author:Robert Fisk