The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 3

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🗓️ 5 May 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “The Daily,” we offer Chapter 3 of “Caliphate,” in which ISIS turns fantasy into reality for a new recruit. For more information about the series, visit nytimes.com/caliphate. This episode includes disturbing language and scenes of graphic violence.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times and the team that brought you the daily, this is Caliphate.
0:31.0	So I got everything together.
0:35.0	Children with my friends for a bit, but I hadn't bought a son.
0:39.0	They didn't know either.
0:42.0	Not when you, I kept a little.
0:46.0	I knew I was going to be called a terrorist.
0:49.0	It's looked down upon going out on jihad, killing in this and that.
0:57.0	So one of them dropped me off to the airport and that's from there at one.
1:12.0	All right, chapter three, the arrive.
1:17.0	All right, so you've now gotten, so you land in Eastern Bull.
1:23.0	It's, it's won in 2014.
1:25.0	This was in February.
1:27.0	So walk me through.
1:28.0	I mean, you're, you're getting to passport control.
1:31.0	Yeah, I got to pass a control and they asked me why I'm here.
1:34.0	I told them here for a humanitarian mission and I have to go meet up with my agency outside
1:40.0	and didn't really care really.
1:43.0	From there, I met up with my link, Abu Muhammad.
1:46.0	Did he say meet me at this diner or be in a red hat?
1:49.0	No, no, no, he found me actually.
1:52.0	We described what you're wearing and everything where you're standing beside what are you standing and everything.
1:56.0	But you're using your smartphone to communicate with him and saying, I'm wearing this, I'm wearing that.
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