Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn (pronounced coburn) is an Irish journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent since 1979 for the Financial Times and the Independent .

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Irish - Middle East - Financial Times - Independent

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Among the most experienced commentators on Iraq, he was one of the few journalists to remain in Baghdad during the first Gulf War. He is based in Jerusalem as a correspondent for the Independent, and has been filing reports on the US-led occupation of Iraq. He has consistently displayed a pessimistic outlook for Iraq's future and considers the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath as a catastophic failure.

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Iraq - Baghdad - Gulf War - Jerusalem - US-led occupation of Iraq - 2003 invasion of Iraq

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Cockburn was born in Scotland and grew up in County Cork, Ireland.

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Scotland - County Cork - Ireland

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His father was the well-known socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn.

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Socialist - Claud Cockburn

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Cockburn has two brothers, Alexander Cockburn and Andrew Cockburn who are also journalists.

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Alexander Cockburn - Andrew Cockburn

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Cockburn's most recent book is The Broken Boy, a memior of his childhood in 1950s Ireland when he caught and survived polio. His previous book was Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, written with Andrew Cockburn.

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