كاتب هذا المقال هو: Con Coughlin له تاريخ حافل في كيل الاتهامات بدون أدو أو مصادر: رفعت ضده دعاوى قضائية وضد صحيفة الدايلي تلغراف مرات عديدة ثم اضطر للاعتذار بعد خسارته للدعوى امام المحاكم البريطانية: هذه بعض الدعاوى التي خسرها في بريطانيا وهي ضد رئيس الوزراء التركي وسيف الاسلام القذافي وادعائه بعلاقة صدام جسين بمحمد عطا أحد المتهمين بتنفيذ هجمات 11 أيلول 2001. وكانت كلها محض افتراء. Turkey Coughlin alleged that the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has negotiated a deal with Iran for Tehran to make a $25 million contribution to the campaign funds of Turkeys ruling party. Immediately after the publication of the article, Turkish Government refuted all allegations and asked the newspaper to remove Coughlins article from its website. Justice and Development Party also demanded an apology for publishing what it called an article without any sources but with many lies in it. The Daily Telegraph lost the libel lawsuit Erdogan filed in UK. As a result he won “a substantial sum” in libel damages and an apology was published by the newspaper. Gaddafi legal case Telegraph Newspapers apologised for a libel against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in April 2002. Habbush letter Main articles: Mohamed Attas alleged Prague connection and Habbush letter In late 2003, in a front-page exclusive story, Coughlin revealed a leaked intelligence memorandum, purportedly uncovered by Iraqs interim government, which detailed a meeting between Mohamed Atta, one of the September 11 hijackers, and Iraqi intelligence at the time of Saddam Hussein. The memo was supposedly written by Iraqi security chief General Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti to the president of Iraq. The report was subsequently challenged with American officials also reiterating that there was no such link. Coughlin has persisted in writing articles supporting the use of torture against Guantanamo detainees. In April 2009, Coughlin wrote an article entitled My advice to Obama: Dont pick a fight with Dick Cheney, which was published on the Telegraphs website. In the article, which followed claims that US forces had waterboarded an Al Qaedasuspect 183 times, Coughlin argued that There are always two sides to a story, even a deeply unpleasant one such as waterboarding an al-Qaeda suspect, before asking what if, as Mr Cheney is now suggesting, these brutal interrogation methods actually produced information that saved lives by thwarting potential al-Qaeda attacks?. Coughlin suggested that the problem posed an interesting ethical dilemma, namely Are interrogation methods like waterboarding justified if they save lives, or should we respect the detainees human rights, thereby enabling the terror attacks to take place and claim innocent lives? I know which option Id go for. Coughlin has persisted in writing articles supporting the use of torture, for example on 10 February 2010 When the next bomb goes off in London, blame the judges.
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