3 articles from Fisk in Baghdad

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Robert Fisk: Flames engulf the symbols of power
12 April 2003
The Independent

Baghdad is burning. You could count 16 columns of
smoke rising over the city yesterday afternoon. At the
beginning, there was the Ministry of Trade. I watched
the looters throw petrol through the smashed windows
of the ground floor and the fire burst from them
within two seconds.

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Robert Fisk: I sat on Saddam's throne and surveyed the
dark chamber where terror was dispensed
'Fascist is the word that springs to mind, but fascism
with Don Corleone thrown in'
12 April 2003
The Independent

The seat is covered in blue velvet and is soft,
comfortable in an upright, sensible sort of way, with
big gold armrests upon which his hands ­ for Saddam
Hussein was obsessed with his hands ­ could rest, and
with no door behind it through which assassins could
enter.

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Robert Fisk: Who is to blame for the collapse in
morality that followed the 'liberation'?
Pillage merits a specific prevention clause in the
Geneva Conventions, just as it did in the 1907 Hague
Convention
12 April 2003
The Independent

Let's talk war crimes. Yes, I know about the war
crimes of Saddam. He slaughtered the innocent, gassed
the Kurds, tortured his people and ­ though it is true
we remained good friends with this butcher for more
than half of his horrible career ­ could be held
responsible for killing up to a million people, the
death toll of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. But while we
are congratulating ourselves on the "liberation" of
Baghdad, an event that is fast turning into a
nightmare for many of its residents, it is as good a
time as any to recall how we've been conducting this
ideological war.

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