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Among the most experienced commentators on Iraq, he was one of the few journalist to remain in Baghdad during the first Gulf War. He is based in Jerusalem as a correspondent for the Independent, and has been filing reports on the US-led occupation of Iraq.
Cockburn was born in Scotland and grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was the well-known socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn.
Cockburn has two brothers, Alexander Cockburn and Andrew Cockburn who are also journalists.
Cockburn's most recent book is Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, written together with Andrew Cockburn.