Fisk Fisks himself

Robert Fisk doesn’t believe that Khalid Sheikh Muhammed has really been caught, but forces himself to face the possiblity that his head may be up his ass again: Of course, it may all turn out to be true. We may be provided with the proof the Taliban demand. Or Mr Mohammed may be kept in … Continue reading “Fisk Fisks himself”

Robert Fisk doesn’t believe that Khalid Sheikh Muhammed has really been caught, but forces himself to face the possiblity that his head may be up his ass again:

Of course, it may all turn out to be true. We may be provided with the proof the Taliban demand. Or Mr Mohammed may be kept in Pakistani custody until another “mastermind” can be discovered. Or it may be that reports of the “arrest” of the likes of Mr Mohammed are very useful to General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s President, when he’s just angered the Americans by criticising any US military attack on Iraq, or when Pakistan’s new regional government in the North West Frontier province has just instituted Taliban-style laws in Peshawar.

You just can’t make this stuff up.