Last man standing (Pt 8) - Restless ghosts
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
When a British minister tells reporters that John Cantlie is still alive in February 2019, the search is on again. What does the British government know? Anthony Loyd shares his conclusions.
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Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, War Correspondent, The Times.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manveen. |
| 0:03.8 | Today's episode is the last part in our special series, Last Man Standing, an investigation |
| 0:10.6 | to find out what happened to the British journalist John Cantley. |
| 0:15.7 | If you haven't heard the first seven parts, please, please, do go back and listen before |
| 0:21.1 | you hear this. |
| 0:22.7 | Just search for Last Man Standing, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:26.5 | Also, just a quick warning. |
| 0:29.2 | This episode does contain descriptions of violence and strong language. |
| 1:00.2 | The Battle of Baguze was Islamic State's last stand. |
| 1:04.7 | Baguze's town on the Midu Freddy's Valley in Syria, where thousands and thousands of |
| 1:10.2 | Islamic State fighters and their families were gathered. |
| 1:13.7 | It was the last territorial strip of the Caliphate and it was about to get subsumed in battle. |
| 1:22.8 | In February 2019, two years after the Battle of Mosul ended, Anthony Lloyd was on the |
| 1:29.7 | front line, watching the Islamic State collapse. |
| 1:34.6 | So Baguze itself is this kind of low valley, starts off with a scatter of buildings which |
| 1:39.1 | become more concentrated as they near the riverbank. |
| 1:41.9 | It's an incredible scene at the time. |
| 1:44.6 | In amongst the buildings would be these fighters, Clashnikov and RPG clashes. |
| 1:49.1 | No man's lamb is a couple of hundred meters. |
| 1:51.0 | You could scurry up on the rooftops and you would see just the other side of no man's |
| 1:55.4 | land. |
| 1:56.4 | Islamic State couriers whizzing around on motorcycles. |
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