The U.S. is burning a perilous path in the Middle East. The empire builders in Washington want control of the region's oil and command of its strategic position. Two key countries are Lebanon and Iraq. And on the edge is Afghanistan. What's really going on there? You won't know much if you're feeding at the corporate media trough with its drive-by journalism.

Robert Fisk, award-winning correspondent for The Independent, is one of the very best reporters in the Middle East. He has called Beirut home for almost 30 years. From there he travels throughout the region. He is one of few that has met with bin Laden and in this program he talks about the head of Al Qaeda as well as the situation in Lebanon and Iraq. AR's David Barsamian went to Beirut to interview Fisk.