that the United States army, to quell Sunni rebellion and insurgency, armed and funded national, radical Shia militants to aid them in quelling Sunni insurgency. Subsequently, this Shia "police force" came to number approximately 12,000 men and are reported to have acted as, not containment forces, but as death squads, their killings reaching 3,000 per month at their height. Awards 1992 UK Journalist of the Year 1993 Amnesty International UK Media Awards with Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian for reports from Yugoslavia. 1996 James Cameron Memorial Trust Award for Journalism, 1999 Shortlisted, Amnesty International UK Media Awards; Shortlisted as Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards 2002: European Journalist of the Year'' 2018: 'Irish Red Cross journalism excellence award' References External links GuardianFilms Website Guardian biography of O'Kane British Film Institute filmography to 2004 Baghdad Blogger Salam Pax: Part 1 on CNN International, April 11, 2007 Baghdad Blogger Salam Pax: Part 2 on CNN International, April 17, 2007 mp4 video excerpt from one of "Salam Pax"'s Baghdad Blogger films mp4 video excerpt from Chernobyl: The Last Generation – executive producer: O'Kane Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Irish women journalists BBC newsreaders and journalists RTÉ newsreaders and journalists Sunday Tribune people The Guardian journalists The Irish Times people British women television journalists Irish radio presenters Irish women radio presenters