Series 1: 7. On American soil

I'm Not a Monster

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As Josh starts to uncover more about the family’s past, Sam tries to explain away some of the many discrepancies in her story. Then, a connection to the FBI raises new questions about her. If you know something that you think might help the investigation please email [email protected] Reporter: Josh Baker Written by: Josh Baker and Joe Kent Producers: Joe Kent and Max Green Production assistant: Lucie Sullivan Composer: Sam Slater Mixed by: Tom Brignell Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps ARCHIVE: ITV News: Filthy and overcrowded': Islamic State families stuck in 'no man's land' CBS News: CBS News goes inside Syrian refugee camp filled with ISIS supporters “I’m Not a Monster” is a collaboration between BBC Panorama and FRONTLINE (PBS) and is a BBC Radio Current Affairs production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:13.6	Sorry, I've lost my voice, but I just like to know that things are really tough here.
0:18.6	And I don't have any weight to provide for my kiddos.
0:23.5	And things are hard, and I need your support now more than I need it ever right now.
0:32.2	We just need to get out of here, we need to get out here, we need to get out here quick.
0:41.8	Welcome to the console section of the US on the Street in Baghdad, Iraq.
0:46.1	If you are calling about an emergency, such as fast, serious injury, abduction, or imminent threat to 60,
0:52.2	I think it's a free style for one to do a hero.
1:01.0	Hi, I'm calling because basically my sister is in Syria and she just had a baby,
1:07.9	and she's in the middle of a war zone and I don't know what to do.
1:13.3	Obviously there's no embassy in Syria.
1:15.5	Sam and her kids may have escaped ISIS, but they're still in Syria.
1:23.0	They're being held in a camp with thousands of women and children who are in the so-called caliphate.
1:29.3	Sam's sister Laurie has been calling everyone she can to try and find a way to get the family home,
1:35.8	including the US embassy in Iraq.
1:39.1	My sister is an American citizen, she is in the middle of a war zone in Syria,
1:48.6	so we need to get her out of there.
1:52.3	After a moment of silence, the man at the other end of the phone asks, what's your question,
1:57.4	ma'am?
1:58.6	She can't leave, that's the problem.
2:01.3	She's being held.
2:03.2	Do you have any advice you can give to me?
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