'Afghan Taliban feel that the main target should be NATO and the West, and not the Pakistani state, on which, after all, they have relied for a long time'

'...sadistic, vicious, murderous, totally without any credible pretext. It’s another one of the periodic Israeli exercises in what they delicately call "mowing the lawn."'

The two slugged it out on - Occupation of Iraq: Postponed Liberation or Recolonisation? One wants the Americans to pull out now, the other says not until it helps to oversee the transition. 'You're making me lose patience,' said one. 'Don't be stupi

The celebrated journalist says that as many as perhaps 1,000 Iraqis a week are dying across Iraq, while NYT and other media are busy highlighting the deaths of American soldiers.

Full transcript of the interview with Democracy Now! on May 12, 2003  where the celebrated author spoke on a wide range of issues - her childhood, GOST, the court cases against her, Gujarat