John K. Cooley

John K. Cooley (b. 1927) is an American journalist and author who specializes in terrorism and the Middle East. Based in Athens, he works as a radio and off-air television correspondent for ABC News and is a long-time contributing editor to the Christian Science Monitor. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Athens is the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ... ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. ...

Cooley is one of only a handful of Western journalists widely regarded and trusted in the Middle East as experts on the area's history and politics. He has interviewed several of the region's heads of state and is personally acquainted with the senior leadership of the PLO. His many awards include the Council on Foreign Affairs’ Foreign Correspondent Fellowship, and the coveted George Polk Memorial Award for distinguished career achievement in international reporting. He was a key part of the ABC News Prime Time Live team that won an Emmy in 1990 for its investigation into the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic: ;   or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a multi-party confederation and is the organization regarded since 1974 as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. ... ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... An Emmy Award. ... is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from Londons Heathrow International Airport to New Yorks John F. Kennedy International Airport. ...

Background

A graduate of Dartmouth College, Cooley served with the U.S. army in postwar Germany and Austria from 1946-7. Returning to America, he undertook his postgraduate studies at the New School University in New York, then began his journalistic career at the New York Herald Tribune. He lived in North Africa from 1953 to 1964, covering the Algerian war of independence for UPI, NBC News and The Observer, and in 1965 became Middle East correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor in Beirut.^[1][2] Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ... The New School is an institution of higher learning in New York City. ... “NY” redirects here. ... The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants FLN (1954-62) MNA (1954-62) France (1954-62) FAF (1960-61) OAS (1961-62) Commanders Mostefa Benboulaïd Ferhat Abbas Hocine Aït Ahmed Ahmed Ben Bella Krim Belkacem Larbi Ben MHidi Rabah Bitat Mohamed Boudiaf Messali Hadj General Jacques Massu General Maurice Challe Bachaga Said Boualam... Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. “UPI” redirects here. ... NBC News endcap, used from 2002 to present. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. ... For other uses, see Beirut (disambiguation). ...

Middle East

A personal friend of the late King Hussein of Jordan, Cooley has interviewed most of the Middle East's heads of state, including Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gadaffi, Anwar al-Sadat, David Ben-Gurion, and the Shah of Iran. He interviewed Yasser Arafat many times and is acquainted with the senior leadership of Fatah and the other secular Palestinian groups. Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: حسين بن طلال) (November 14, 1935 - February 7, 1999) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 1952 to 1999. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ... Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qaddafi 1 — pronounced Gaddafi — (Arabic: معمر القذافي ) (born c. ... Field Marshal Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (محمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian soldier and politician, who served as the third President of Egypt from October 15, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. ...   (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973; Hebrew: ) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. ... One of the worlds longest-lasting monarchies, the Iranian monarchy went through many transformations over the centuries, from the days of Persia to the creation of what is now modern day Iran. ... Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ... Fatah (Arabic: ); a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (literally: Palestinian National Liberation Movement) is a major secular Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a generally secular multi-party confederation. ...

Cooley and his wife Vania were among 90 foreign residents of the Intercontinental and Philadelphia hotels in Amman who were taken hostage in June 1970 by George Habash of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and released after the personal intervention of King Hussein. InterContinental The Grand, New Delhi, 2006. ... For other meanings, see Amman (disambiguation) and Ammann. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Habash (Arabic جورج حبش) (born August 2, 1926 in Lod), sometimes known by his nom de guerre Al-Hakim, الحكيم, meaning the doctor, is a Palestinian politician, formerly a militant, and the founder and former Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Cooley worked with Pierre Salinger on the Investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Pierre Salinger. ... The investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 began at 19:03 on December 21, 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 crashed at Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. ...

September 11, 2001 attacks

Cooley wrote in the Christian Science Monitor on May 23, 2002 that Jordan's General Intelligence Division (GID), which since the early 1990s has been tracking CIA and Pakistani-trained Arab guerrillas, intercepted an al-Qaeda communication between July 5 and August 6, 2001 deemed so important that it was relayed immediately by King Abdullah's men to Washington through the CIA station in the U.S. Embassy in Amman. It was also passed through an Arab intermediary to a German intelligence agent, allegedly to make sure it reached Washington. The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... “CIA” redirects here. ... Languages Arabic and other minority languages Religions Islam, Christianity, Druzism and Judaism An Arab (Arabic: ) is a member of a complexly defined ethnic group who identifies as such on the basis of one or more of either genealogical, political, or linguistic grounds. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... as-Sayyid Abdullah II bin al-Hussein al Hashimi, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: ) (born January 30, 1962, in Amman, Jordan), has been the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since February 7, 1999. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...

The communication stated that a major attack was planned for inside the U.S. and that aircraft would be used. The code name of the operation, wrote Cooley, was Al Ourush al-Kabir — "The Big Wedding."^[3]

He continues to write for the Monitor.^[4][5]

Books and articles by John K. Cooley

Unholy Wars by John K. Cooley

• Baal, Christ, and Mohammed: Religion and revolution in North Africa, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965
• Green March Black September: The Story of the Palestinian Arabs, Frank Cass & Co., 1973, ISBN 0-7146-2987-1
• Libyan Sandstorm: The Complete Account of Qaddafi's Revolution, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982, ISBN 0-03-060414-1
• Payback: America's Long War in the Middle East, Brassey's, 1991, ISBN 0-08-040564-9
• Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism, 2001, Pluto Press, ISBN 0-7453-1917-3
• With Said, Edward, CIA et Jihad, 1950-2001: Contre l'URSS, une disastreuse alliance, Autrement, 2002, ISBN 2-7467-0188-X
• An Alliance against Babylon: The U.S., Israel and Iraq, Pluto Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7453-2282-4
• How Hate Replaced Hope Cooley's response to 9/11, Christian Science Monitor, September 27, 2001
• Other unheeded warnings before 9/11?, Christian Science Monitor, May 23, 2002

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