Talk:Dean McLoughlin
Current head of Islamic Media Unit
Pointers
His first major media appearance was when he made an appeal in Arabic during a Hostage crisis in Iraq 19 September 2004. [1]
"As the hostage deadline neared, there were signs of a shift by the Foreign Office, which distanced itself from the US in an appeal on the al-Arabiya television station by an Arabic-speaking British diplomat, Dean McLoughlin. He emphasised to the hostage takers that the Americans were holding the women, not the British. He said: "The British forces in Iraq have no Iraqi female prisoners, not one." The statement was the first clear attempt by Britain to disown the actions of the US." [2]
He reappeared in the media spotlight when photographs that allegedly show soldiers humiliating Iraqi prisoners were made public. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Press Association September 19, 2004, Sunday,
- ↑ HOSTAGE CRISIS: KIDNAP THREATENS BLAIR ATTEMPT TO HEAL LABOUR RIFT OVER WAR, The Independent (London) September 22, 2004, pg4
- ↑ Court martial: Muted response from Arab world: World media Anger expected to increase, The Guardian (London) - January 20, 2005, pg4
