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2 unusual facts about Colin Brazier


Colin Brazier

His time as a Sky News correspondent included him being the first non-American to broadcast live from Baghdad International Airport, a record which prompted the Daily Telegraph to write in a leader on 12 April entitled "Where was the BBC?": "The BBC refused to acknowledge…that American troops were in Baghdad, even though you had only to switch to Sky to see them there."

His great-grandmother hailed from County Mayo, when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.



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