News: September 2006 Archives
Inside Out - October 06
Every so often at the Frontline Club there's a debate that underscores why Vaughan Smith decided to establish it in the first place. That debate took place at the tribute to Martin Adler, the Swedish freelance, who was shot dead......more
The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq
Patrick Cockburn's latest book, The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq opens with the following words: "It has been the strangest war. It had hardly begun in 2003 when President George W. Bush announced on May 1 that it was......more
On Release
You just know when the Head of News for the company your husband freelances for tracks you down at a Damascus hotel late in the evening that he's not ringing to offer you a job. You know as the unfamiliar......more
Convergent Lines
Revolutions aren't unusual subjects for the Frontline Club. The walls are thick with them. Though while we nurse our drinks under the portrait of Pinochet, we might not notice the revolution happening around us, borne on the club's wifi signal.......more
Feet in both camps (1)
In the July war in Lebanon we could never see the danger coming from the Israeli warplanes or know when they might suddenly strike. It made for apprehension, moments of terror and lots of black humour. There was the constant......more