Is ISIS back?
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 9 February 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
What a brazen Islamic State prison break reveals about the strength of the terrorist group. Plus, amid uncertainty over the future of Roe v. Wade, Vermont moves to enshrine access to abortion in the state’s constitution.
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The world forgot this Syrian prison. The Islamic State did not. Baghdad bureau chief Louisa Loveluck was recently in Syria reporting on the fallout from a brazen ISIS attack, and what it revealed about the enduring strength of the group.
Politics reporter Caroline Kitchener reports on abortion for The Post. She explains the latest moves by state legislatures to either protect — or restrict — access to abortion as the Supreme Court considers a decision that could limit or even overturn Roe v. Wade.
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| 0:00.0 | In Northeastern Syria last month, ISIS staged a prison break. |
| 0:09.8 | And for the American back to Syrian Democratic forces guarding the prison, their worst |
| 0:14.7 | nightmare was unfolding. |
| 0:16.7 | ISIS militants were trying to free roughly 3,000 of their members being held inside. |
| 0:24.6 | It took 10 days for American back forces to secure the remaining prisoners. |
| 0:29.1 | And it's unclear how many escaped. |
| 0:32.1 | Now we're left with the question, is ISIS back? |
| 0:38.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 0:41.4 | I'm routine powers. |
| 0:43.4 | It's Wednesday, February 9th. |
| 0:45.9 | Today, what we know about the breeze and prison break and whether ISIS is reinventing |
| 0:51.0 | itself as a global threat. |
| 0:53.5 | And later in the show, as a Supreme Court considers Roe v Wade, the state of Vermont |
| 0:58.9 | is moving to guarantee the right to an abortion in their constitution. |
| 1:07.8 | When we look at the prison attack, honestly, I still have more questions than answers. |
| 1:13.2 | Louisa Loveluck is the post-bagdad bureau chief. |
| 1:16.7 | She's been on the ground in Syria, covering the fallout from this prison break. |
| 1:21.7 | What we don't know is what went on in the cells where you had this terrible siege in the |
| 1:26.7 | final days, the militants effectively or allegedly hold themselves up in cells where some 700 |
| 1:34.0 | miners were being kept. |
| 1:35.6 | These are people who came to the caliphate as kids, through no fault of their own, their |
| 1:39.4 | parents took them. |
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