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| − | [[Con Coughlin]] is the executive foreign editor of the [[Daily Telegraph]].<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/con_coughlin Con Coughlin], Telegraph blogs, accessed 7 August 2008.</ref> Coughlin is best known for receiving stories directly from [[MI6]], his relationship with the British intelligence Services was exposed after a legal writ was served against [[The Telegraph]] for publishing a suggestion that Colonel Gadafy's son was involved in a fraud<ref>[http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2000/no2_leigh Britain's security services and journalists: the secret story], by David Leigh, British Journalism Review Vol. 11, No. 2, 2000, pages 21-26.</ref>. Coughlin also printed a story linking [[Saddam Hussein]] with [[Al-Qaeda]] and he has published articles on Iran using (in the words of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran) "unnamed and untraceable sources"<ref>[http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/2060 Press Watchdog slammed by 'Dont Attack Iran' Campaigners], CASMII UK Press Release: 1 May 2007, accessed 23 June 2009</ref><ref>Con Coughlin, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/1449441/Does-this-link-Saddam-to-911.html Does this link Saddam to 9/11? A document discovered by Iraq's interim government details a meeting between the man behind the September 11 attacks and Abu Nidal, the Palestinian terrorist, at his Baghdad training camp]", Sunday Telegraph, 14 December 2003, p 21.</ref><ref>CampaignIran.org, [http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/2060 Press Watchdog slammed by 'Dont Attack Iran' Campaigners], ''CASMI'', Accessed 13-June-2009</ref>. | + | [[Con Coughlin]] is the executive foreign editor of the [[Daily Telegraph]].<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/con_coughlin Con Coughlin], Telegraph blogs, accessed 7 August 2008.</ref> Coughlin is best known for receiving stories directly from [[MI6]], his relationship with the British intelligence Services was exposed after a legal writ was served against [[The Telegraph]] for publishing a suggestion that Colonel Gadafy's son was involved in a fraud<ref>[http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2000/no2_leigh Britain's security services and journalists: the secret story], by David Leigh, British Journalism Review Vol. 11, No. 2, 2000, pages 21-26.</ref>. |
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| + | Coughlin also printed a story linking [[Saddam Hussein]] with [[Al-Qaeda]] and he has published articles on Iran using (in the words of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran) "unnamed and untraceable sources"<ref>[http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/2060 Press Watchdog slammed by 'Dont Attack Iran' Campaigners], CASMII UK Press Release: 1 May 2007, accessed 23 June 2009</ref><ref>Con Coughlin, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/1449441/Does-this-link-Saddam-to-911.html Does this link Saddam to 9/11? A document discovered by Iraq's interim government details a meeting between the man behind the September 11 attacks and Abu Nidal, the Palestinian terrorist, at his Baghdad training camp]", Sunday Telegraph, 14 December 2003, p 21.</ref><ref>CampaignIran.org, [http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/2060 Press Watchdog slammed by 'Dont Attack Iran' Campaigners], ''CASMI'', Accessed 13-June-2009</ref>. | ||
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| + | It was Coughlin who, with the help of unnamed intelligence sources, discovered that Saddam Hussein could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes.<ref>https://www.medialens.org/2007/pentagon-propaganda-occupies-the-guardians-front-page/</ref> | ||
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| − | Neocon Europe [http://www.neoconeurope.eu/Con_Coughlin Con Coughlin | + | Neocon Europe [http://www.neoconeurope.eu/Con_Coughlin Con Coughlin<ref>https://www.medialens.org/2007/pentagon-propaganda-occupies-the-guardians-front-page/</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:00, 13 February 2020
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Con Coughlin is the executive foreign editor of the Daily Telegraph.[1] Coughlin is best known for receiving stories directly from MI6, his relationship with the British intelligence Services was exposed after a legal writ was served against The Telegraph for publishing a suggestion that Colonel Gadafy's son was involved in a fraud[2].
Coughlin also printed a story linking Saddam Hussein with Al-Qaeda and he has published articles on Iran using (in the words of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran) "unnamed and untraceable sources"[3][4][5].
It was Coughlin who, with the help of unnamed intelligence sources, discovered that Saddam Hussein could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes.[6]
Resources
Neocon Europe [http://www.neoconeurope.eu/Con_Coughlin Con Coughlin[7]
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References
- ↑ Con Coughlin, Telegraph blogs, accessed 7 August 2008.
- ↑ Britain's security services and journalists: the secret story, by David Leigh, British Journalism Review Vol. 11, No. 2, 2000, pages 21-26.
- ↑ Press Watchdog slammed by 'Dont Attack Iran' Campaigners, CASMII UK Press Release: 1 May 2007, accessed 23 June 2009
- ↑ Con Coughlin, "Does this link Saddam to 9/11? A document discovered by Iraq's interim government details a meeting between the man behind the September 11 attacks and Abu Nidal, the Palestinian terrorist, at his Baghdad training camp", Sunday Telegraph, 14 December 2003, p 21.
- ↑ CampaignIran.org, Press Watchdog slammed by 'Dont Attack Iran' Campaigners, CASMI, Accessed 13-June-2009
- ↑ https://www.medialens.org/2007/pentagon-propaganda-occupies-the-guardians-front-page/
- ↑ https://www.medialens.org/2007/pentagon-propaganda-occupies-the-guardians-front-page/
