Saturday, September 24, 2005

ROBERT FISK BARRED FROM ENTERING US

You can read the article at ZNET U.S. Bars Robert Fisk. "The internationally renowned correspodent for The Independent -- the great British journalist Robert Fisk -- has been banned from entering the United States. Fisk has been covering war zones for decades, but is above all known for his incisive reporting from the Middle East for more than 20 years." [...] "The daily New Mexican reports that "U.S. immigration officials refused Tuesday to allow Robert Fisk, longtime Middle East correspondent for the London newspaper, The Independent, to board a plane from Toronto to Denver. Fisk was on his way to Santa Fe for a sold-out appearance in the Lannan Foundation 's readings-and-conversations series Wednesday night." ...

You will be able to listen to the interview conducted by Amy Goodman at the Lannan Foundation site Audio Archives.

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