Jason Burke

Jason Burke

Jason Burke (born 1970) is the chief foreign correspondent of "The Observer". Based in Paris, he covers a wide range of topics including politics, social affairs and culture in Europe and the Mediterranean such as the 2006 Serie A scandal that affected Italian football. [cite web|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/page/0,11916,715400,00.html|title=Worldview highlights: Jason Burke|publisher=The Observer] [cite web|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1830656,00.html|title=Paradiso to inferno|author=Burke, Jason|date=July 30, 2006|publisher=The Observer]

Burke has also lived in Pakistan and Afghanistan writing on Islamic extremism amongst other issues. Among numerous other conflicts, he covered the war of 2001 in Afghanistan and that of 2003 in Iraq. In 2003 Jason Burke authored, "". The book was updated and republished as "Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam".

Bibliography

*"" (ISBN 1-85043-666-5)
*"" (ISBN 1-85043-396-8)
*"" (ISBN 0-385-66236-X), (ISBN 0-7139-9896-2)

References

External links

* [http://www.liberaloasis.com/burke.htm LiberalOasis Interviews Jason Burke]


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