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queerbychoice ([personal profile] queerbychoice) wrote2001-12-11 07:54 am
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Blood

"They started by shaking hands. We said "Salaam aleikum"—peace be upon you—then the first pebbles flew past my face. A small boy tried to grab my bag. Then another. Then someone punched me in the back. Then young men broke my glasses, began smashing stones into my face and head. I couldn't see for the blood pouring down my forehead and swamping my eyes. And even then, I understood. I couldn't blame them for what they were doing. In fact, if I were the Afghan refugees of Kila Abdullah, close to the Afghan-Pakistan border, I would have done just the same to Robert Fisk. Or any other Westerner I could find."
from "My Beating by Refugees is a Symbol of the Hatred and Fury of this Filthy War" by Robert Fisk, December 10, 2001