Kidnapped in Iraq - 6

Locked Up Abroad

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🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Canadian war correspondent Scott Taylor covered Iraq for many years, frequently crossing paths with Turkish journalist Zeynep Tugrul. They entered dangerous territory, believing their history and contacts would keep them safe. They were captured, and their courage and bond kept them both alive.

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0:00.0	We were in amongst some pretty extreme guys.
0:09.0	We were in amongst some pretty extreme guys.
0:10.0	We needed to get the hell out of there.
0:12.0	They were like robots programmed to kill.
0:15.0	I was the enemy.
0:18.0	There is, I mean, nothing but the trigger pull.
0:20.0	You'll not hear another sound.
0:22.0	His life was in my hands.
0:26.0	You're an American spy.
0:27.0	I'm faced with something that goes beyond the bullet.
0:31.0	At that moment, there was no two people that could have been closer.
0:34.0	It is then 100% sure that we would be killed.
0:38.0	All I was doing is willing myself to go into the black to escape the pain.
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0:49.0	This is locked up abroad.
0:51.0	I'm your host Jim Clemente.
0:53.0	Canadian War correspondent Scott Taylor had been covering Iraq for many years before the United
0:57.9	States intervention in 2003.
1:00.5	Zanept to Gruel was a Turkish journalist whose path crossed with Scott while covering the war.
1:06.0	They were working together on a story about the suffering of the Iraqi people in the north.
1:10.6	They both knew that they were entering extremely dangerous territory, especially given the heightened tensions following the recent stories about the abuses in the Apograve prison.
1:20.0	Kidnappings had been on the rise, but Scott felt that his contacts would keep them safe,
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