"At the time, I was working for The Times. My story ran in full. Then an official of the Foreign Office lunched my editor and told him my report was "not helpful". Because, of course, we supported President Saddam at the time and wanted revolutionary Iran to suffer and destroy itself. President Saddam was the good guy then. I wasn't supposed to report his human rights abuses. And now I'm not supposed to report the slaughter of the innocent by American or RAF pilots because the British Government has changed sides."
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The ministry of mendacity strikes again, April 4, 2003
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Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk (born July 12 1946 – 30 October 2020) was a British journalist and war correspondent.
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