No two wars are identical.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.

No two wars are identical.