Doug Beattie in the media
13 Nov 2009

Doug Beattie, whose Taskforce Helmand has just been published by Simon & Schuster and has extensive experience of mentoring the Afghan police, has had a busy few days discussing the shooting of the five British soldiers by a member of the ANP.

Below a ‘screen grab’ of Doug on Channel 4 news being interviewed by Jon Snow and scanned articles which Doug ‘authored’ or contributed to in a major way. From the top they are: Guardian Daily Mail Daily Mirror Sun Daily Express Scotsman

Over two days Doug’s comments appeared in 165 online articles (predominantly newspaper websites, including the national papers mentioned above, and the Telegraph and FT), not to mention in broadcast interviews on BBC Breakfast, BBC Ten O’Clock News, BBC News Channel, BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, BBC World Service, GMTV, Radio One’s Newsbeat, Five Live, ITV news and Sky News.

Here are a few links to that coverage:

Herald Scotland: Afghan police infiltrated by Taliban ‘at every level’

BBC News: What are the Afghan police like?

Guardian: ‘Afghan police have been infiltrated at every level by the insurgency’

Telegraph: Afghan National Police penetrated by Taliban at ‘every level’

Metro: Afghan police infiltrated by Taliban ‘at every level’

Channel 4: Afghan policeman kills five UK soldiers

Mirror: Gordon Brown vows fight against Taliban will go on but are there more enemies within?

The Sun: Taliban ‘ordered’ soldier shooting

Daily Express: Afghanistan’s police ‘is infiltrated by Taliban at all levels’

Doug on the Simon Mayo programme

Mail Online: Analysis - Drugs, bribes and ‘police’ in the pocket of the Taliban