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Saturday December 8 5:08 PM ET British Reporter Fisk Badly Beaten in Pakistan LONDON (Reuters) - British journalist Robert Fisk was attacked and badly beaten on Saturday by a mob in Pakistan. Fisk, 55, a veteran foreign correspondent for the London based Independent newspaper, was set upon by a group of around 100 Afghan refugees after his car broke down on the road between the Pakistani border towns of Quetta and Chaman. ``It was a very frightening experience and I am in a lot of pain but I am glad to be alive,'' he told a colleague on the Independent. ``I'm going to bear the scars for the rest of my life. Sadly I broke down in the wrong place at the wrong time.'' The colleague told Reuters: ``He was passing through a village full of refugees who'd just escaped from Kandahar. Robert told me he discovered later that they'd been bombed. ``He said that the sight of two westerners pushing a broken down car attracted a crowd. They were friendly at first but then a child threw a stone which hit him on the head and then the others joined in.'' Fisk suffered injuries to his head, face and hands after being pelted by stones. A spokeswoman for the Independent said Fisk was recovering at his hotel in Quetta. ``Robert says he completely understands why this happened,'' she told Reuters. ``These people were refugees. They've lost everything. Robert says he understands why they're angry. He doesn't hold it against them at all.'' Asked whether Fisk, widely acknowledged to be an expert on the Middle East, would continue to report on the conflict in Afghanistan the spokeswoman said: ``We're expecting Robert to be writing for the Independent on Monday.'' __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
