Con Coughlin is a British journalist and author. He is currently the executive foreign editor of the Daily Telegraph[1] and is the author of various non-fiction books relating to the Middle East, and the War on Terror. He is considered one of the world's leading right wing authorities on the Middle East.[2]
He is the son of the Daily Telegraph's former legal affairs correspondent. After his education at public school and Oxford University, he joined the Daily Telegraph in 1980, and spent time in Beirut, Jerusalem and the US[3]. He has held various positions within the Telegraph Group, including Defense and Intelligence Editor and Managing Editor of Sunday Telegraph. He has written for various right wing publications such as the Daily Mail, The Spectator and in America; The New York Sun, Washington Times and National Review, and has had certain articles reprinted in various newspapers around the world. He frequently appears on NBC and CNN as a reporter on the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Books
Coughlin has authored a few books on issues relating to the War on Terror, most of which are about the life and era of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein:
- Saddam: The Secret Life (A New York Times bestseller)
- Hostage: Complete Story of the Lebanon Captives
- American Ally: Tony Blair and the War on Terror
- Saddam: His Rise and Fall
- Saddam: King of Terror
- A Golden Basin Full of Scorpions: The Quest for Modern Jerusalem
Criticism
Coughlin has been consistently criticized for writing highly controversial unsubstantiated articles that provide justification for British foreign policy, which have subsequently been proven false[4]. He has a history of accepting phoney stories from MI6 and then publishing articles in the name of fabricated sources. He was accused of publishing Black Propaganda[5] during the infamous libel proceedings brought against Daily Telegraph for the allegations he made about Libya's Saif Qaddafi (Colonel Gaddafi’s son)
References
- ^ "Con Coughlin". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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"Author Description". Barnes and Noble. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
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"Profiles: Saif Gadafy vs Con Coughlin". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
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(help) - ^ "Trial by spin machine". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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(help) - ^ "Gaddafi's son set up by MI6, libel jury told". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
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