He is best known as the author of an article which was plagiarised by the British government in a 2003 briefing document entitled Iraq: Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation (see Dodgy Dossier). This document was a follow-up to the earlier September Dossier, both of which concerned Iraq and weapons of mass destruction and were ultimately used by the government to justify its involvement in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Large portions of al-Marashi's paper were quoted verbatim by then United States Secretary of StateColin Powell to the U.N. General Assembly.
The material plagiarised from Marashi's work and copied nearly verbatim into the "Dodgy Dossier" was six paragraphs from his article Iraq's Security & Intelligence Network: A Guide & Analysis,[2] which was published in the September 2002 issue of the Middle East Review of International Affairs. Tony Blair's office ultimately apologised to Marashi for its actions, but not to the MERIA journal. [3][4]
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External links
Dan Snow on Channel 4 News report on the plagiarism
Video:Ibrahim explains how the plagiarism was discovered and subsequent events in his life—a fascinating story.
January 30, 2023
ibrahim, marashi, doctor, associate, professor, california, state, university, marcos, researching, modern, iraqi, history, holds, doctor, philosophy, history, from, oxford, university, 2004, where, thesis, iraqi, invasion, kuwait, master, degree, political, s. Doctor Ibrahim al Marashi is an associate professor at California State University San Marcos researching modern Iraqi history He holds a doctor of philosophy in history from Oxford University 2004 where his thesis was on the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait a master s degree in political science from Georgetown University which he had received in 1997 and a bachelor s degree in history and Near Eastern studies from the University of California Los Angeles 1 He is best known as the author of an article which was plagiarised by the British government in a 2003 briefing document entitled Iraq Its Infrastructure of Concealment Deception and Intimidation see Dodgy Dossier This document was a follow up to the earlier September Dossier both of which concerned Iraq and weapons of mass destruction and were ultimately used by the government to justify its involvement in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq Large portions of al Marashi s paper were quoted verbatim by then United States Secretary of State Colin Powell to the U N General Assembly The material plagiarised from Marashi s work and copied nearly verbatim into the Dodgy Dossier was six paragraphs from his article Iraq s Security amp Intelligence Network A Guide amp Analysis 2 which was published in the September 2002 issue 1 of the Middle East Review of International Affairs Tony Blair s office ultimately apologised to Marashi for its actions but not to the MERIA journal 3 4 Marashi worked as a visiting faculty member at Sabanci University in Istanbul Turkey from 2004 until 2006 Prior to this he was a research associate at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies CNS at the Monterey Institute of International Studies as well as a lecturer at the Center for Contemporary Conflict CCC Additionally he had previously worked at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University on a project classifying captured Iraqi state documents 1 He has lived at various times in Saudi Arabia Yemen Egypt and Morocco See also EditDavid Kelly Alastair Campbell Iraq DossierReferences Edit a b CNS Staff Ibrahim Marashi webarchive loc gov Archived from the original on 2004 01 13 Retrieved 2019 03 27 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link IRAQ SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE 2008 01 10 Archived from the original on 2008 01 10 Retrieved 2019 03 27 Student whose thesis became Blair s dodgy dossier accuses UK of systematic failure The Independent 2016 07 06 Retrieved 2019 03 27 British Government Plagiarizes MERIA Journal 2005 10 23 Archived from the original on 2005 10 23 Retrieved 2019 03 27 External links EditDan Snow on Channel 4 News report on the plagiarism Iraq s Security amp Intelligence Network A Guide amp Analysis in Middle East Review of International Affairs vol 6 no 3 September 2002 MERIA journal s response to the plagiarism Video Ibrahim explains how the plagiarism was discovered and subsequent events in his life a fascinating story Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ibrahim al Marashi amp oldid 1134146733, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
