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Patrick Cockburn (pronounced /ˈkoʊbɝn/, "co-burn") (born March 5, 1950) is an Irish journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent since 1979 for the Financial Times and, presently, The Independent. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. Among the most experienced commentators on Iraq, he was one of the few journalists to remain in Baghdad during the first Gulf War, and has written four books on the country's recent history. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Cockburn's on-the-ground reporting on the Iraq War won him the Martha Gellhorn Prize in 2005 and the James Cameron Prize in 2006. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

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Biography

Cockburn was born in Ireland and grew up in County Cork, Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world County Cork (Contae Chorcaí is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world His father was the well-known socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn by third wife Patricia Byron, née Arbuthnot (who also wrote an autobiography, Figure of Eight). Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Francis Claud Cockburn (ˈkoːbərn "co-burn" ( Peking, April 12, 1904 &ndash December 15, 1981) was a renowned radical He was educated at Glenalmond College, Perthshire, and Trinity College, Oxford. Glenalmond College (formerly known as Trinity College Glenalmond) is a co-educational independent Boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Perthshire ( Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) officially the County of Perth, is a Registration county in central Scotland. The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight, or Trinity College for short is one of the

Cockburn married Janet Montefiore, daughter of Rt. Rev. Hugh Montefiore, and has two children, Henry Claud and Alexander. The Right Reverend (abbreviations The Rt Revd The Rt Rev'd The Rt Rev Hugh William Montefiore ( 12 May, 1920 - 13 May, 2005) was Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987 He has two brothers, Alexander Cockburn and Andrew Cockburn who are also journalists, and a half-sister, mystery writer Sarah Caudwell. Alexander Claud Cockburn (ˈkoʊbɚn koh-burn born 6 June 1941 is an Irish-American political Journalist. Andrew Cockburn (ˈkoʊbɝn "co-burn" is an Irish Journalist who has lived in the United States for many years Sarah Caudwell (1939-2000 was a Barrister and Writer of Detective stories, born Sarah Cockburn in Cheltenham, UK. Journalists Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders are his half-nieces, daughters of his half-brother in law Michael Flanders, and actress Olivia Wilde, is his niece, daughter of his sister in law Leslie Cockburn. Laura Flanders (b December 1961 is a British -born American Journalist and currently host of the daily current events TV show GRITtv Stephanie Hope Flanders (born 5 August 1968) is an award-winning British Broadcast journalist, and is currently the BBC economics editor Michael Henry Flanders OBE, ( March 1, 1922 &ndash April 14, 1975) was an English Actor, broadcaster An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn March 10, 1984) is an American actress. Leslie Corkhill Redlich Cockburn (ˈkoʊbɝn "co-burn" is an American Writer and Filmmaker who has covered a wide variety of international stories

Writing

Cockburn has written four books on Iraq. Two, Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein and Saddam Hussein: An American Obsession, were written with his brother Andrew Cockburn prior to the war in Iraq. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Two more were written by Patrick alone after the U. S. invasion, following his award-winning reporting from Iraq.

The first, The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq, was published by Verso Books in 2006. Verso Books is a Publishing house based in London and New York City, founded in 1970 by the staff of New Left Review. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Mixing first hand accounts with reporting, Cockburn's book is critical of the invasion as well as the Salafi fundamentalists who comprise much of the resistance. The Occupation was nominated for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle award for nonfiction. The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC is an American non-profit organization of approximately seven hundred active book reviewers The second, Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq (ISBN 978-1416551478) was published by Scribner in 2008, and by Faber and Faber in the UK as Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq (ISBN 978-0571239740). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Muqtada is a journalistic account of the recent history of the religiously and politically prominent Sadr family, the rise of Muqtada, and the development of the Sadrist movement since the 2003 U.S. invasion. Hojatoleslam Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr or Moktada al Sadr ( ar سيد مقتدى الصدر Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr) (born August 12, The Sadrist Movement is a Shia Islamist religious political party in Iraq. Iraq War|2007 in Iraq|2008 in IraqThe post-invasion period in Iraq

Cockburn's memoir is The Broken Boy, a memoir of his childhood in 1950s Ireland when he caught and survived polio. for other uses see Memoir (disambiguation As a literary Genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via He has also published a collection of essays on the Soviet Union, titled Getting Russia Wrong: The End of Kremlinology. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

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See also

Cockburn is a Surname of Scottish origin usually pronounced Coburn and may refer to Adam Cockburn, Australian actor and DJ
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