The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 8

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 9 June 2018

⏱️ 36 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 8 of “Caliphate,” in which Rukmini finds a trove of secret documents that lead her to the mother of an ISIS official. For more information about the series, visit nytimes.com/caliphate. This episode includes disturbing language and scenes of graphic violence.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times and the team that brought you the daily, this is Caliphate.
0:51.0	Can I get you to tell us what date is, what we're up to?
0:58.1	It's Sunday July 9th.
1:00.6	We slept in what appears to be an abandoned villa here on the outskirts of Western
1:07.1	Mosul as we wait for our embed with the counterterrorism division of the Iraqi Security Force.
1:20.0	And we were supposed to take off at 8.
1:22.2	We're now sitting in the armored car that they provided for us.
1:24.9	The armored car is not turning on.
1:28.5	So we have a gaggle of men that are pouring over the hood, trying to figure out how to get
1:35.8	this car started.
1:40.0	There's a rumor that it may just be out of gas.
1:43.4	There's a rumor that just maybe that a gas.
1:45.6	Great.
1:46.6	Fuck.
1:50.3	Is it just out of diesel?
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