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The opening as it read in 2005

Robert Fisk during a lecture at Carleton University , Canada , 2004 Robert Fisk is a prominent but controversial British journalist who currently serves as Middle East correspondent for the The Independent newspaper in London . During the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and the ensuing U.S.-led occupation of Iraq , Fisk, who speaks fluent Arabic , was stationed in Baghdad and filed many eyewitness reports. In Iraq he has criticized other journalists for their "hotel journalism", their being out of touch with the events and atmosphere of the Baghdad streets. Fisk also covered the Iranian revolution , the Iran-Iraq war , the Persian Gulf War , and the conflict in Algeria . He was one of two Western journalists to stay in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war. He wrote a book on the conflict, Pity The Nation . Fisk has also reported the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . After the U.S. launched its attack on Afghanistan shortly following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks , Fisk was transferred to Pakistan to provide coverage of that conflict. He wrote a graphic account of his own beating at the hands of Afghan refugees. Fisk has written about being the target of hate mail and death threats from American extremists as a result of his critical reporting of US and Israeli policy in the Middle-East. This culminated in the actor John Malkovich 's public statement in May 2002 at the Cambridge Union Society that he would like to shoot Fisk as well as the British MP George Galloway . [1] Many of his critics accuse him of being overly sympathetic to Islamic terrorists. Fisk has received many awards for his journalism, including the Amnesty International UK Press Awards in 1998 for his reports from Algeria and again in 2000 for his articles on NATO bombing of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . He has also been awarded the British International Journalist of the Year award seven times.¹

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Robert Fisk (born 12 July 1946) is an English writer and journalist from Maidstone , Kent . Middle East correspondent of the The Independent , he has been based mainly in Beirut for more than 30 years. He has published a number of books and has reported from the United States's attack on Afghanistan and the same country's 2003 invasion of Iraq . Fisk holds more British and International Journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent.

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Robert Fisk (born 12 July 1946) is an English writer and journalist from Maidstone , Kent. He has been Middle East correspondent of The Independent for more than twenty years, primarily based in Beirut . Fisk holds more British and international journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent and has been voted British International Journalist of the Year award seven times. He has published a number of books and reported on several wars and armed conflicts. An Arabic speaker, he is one of a few Western journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden , which he did on three occasions between 1993 and 1997. "Listen to the Robert Fisk lecture – Activities – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Kingston University London" .

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Robert Fisk (born 12 July 1946) is an English writer and journalist. He has been Middle East correspondent intermittently since 1976 for various media; since 1989 he has been correspondent for The Independent , based in Beirut . Fisk has many British and international journalism awards, including the Press Awards Foreign Reporter of the Year seven times. He is an author and has reported on wars and armed conflicts. An Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden , which he did three times between 1993 and 1997.

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English writer and journalist (1946–2020) For other people named Robert Fiske, see Robert Fiske (disambiguation) . Robert Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East , and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians . As an international correspondent , he covered the civil wars in Lebanon , Algeria , and Syria , the Iran–Iraq conflict , the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo , the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan , the Islamic revolution in Iran , Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait , and the U.S. invasion , and occupation of Iraq . An Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden , which he did three times between 1993 and 1997. He began his journalistic career at the Newcastle Chronicle and then the Sunday Express . From there, he went to work for The Times as a correspondent in Northern Ireland , Portugal and the Middle East ; in the last role, he based himself in Beirut intermittently from 1976. After 1989, he worked for The Independent . Fisk received many British and international journalism awards, including the Press Awards Foreign Reporter of the Year seven times. The Point of No Return (1975), In Time of War (1985), Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War (1990), The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East (2005), and Syria: Descent Into the Abyss (2015). The Independent . 1 November 2020 . The New York Times . Syria: Descent Into the Abyss .

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English writer and journalist (1946–2020) For the American lawyer and librarian, see Robert Farris Fisk . Robert William Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East , and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians . As an international correspondent , he covered the civil wars in Lebanon , Algeria , and Syria , the Iran–Iraq conflict , the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo , the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan , the Islamic revolution in Iran , Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait , and the U.S. invasion , and occupation of Iraq . An Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden , which he did three times between 1993 and 1997. He began his journalistic career at the Newcastle Chronicle and then the Sunday Express . From there, he went to work for The Times as a correspondent in Northern Ireland , Portugal and the Middle East ; in the last role, he based himself in Beirut intermittently from 1976. After 1989, he worked for The Independent . Fisk received many British and international journalism awards, including the Press Awards Foreign Reporter of the Year seven times. The Point of No Return (1975), In Time of War (1985), Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War (1990), The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East (2005), and Syria: Descent Into the Abyss (2015). The term fisking (meaning a line-by-line rebuttal) was named after him. The Independent . 1 November 2020 . The New York Times . Syria: Descent Into the Abyss .

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