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The Daily

The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 9, Part 1

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2018

⏱️ 27 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 9, Part 1 of “Caliphate,” in which Rukmini speaks to an ISIS detainee who challenges her to find the girl he enslaved. 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.

0:20.0

We're going to be doing a police station in western Mosul.

0:27.0

This is the place where police officers and members of the Iraqi Security Force are bringing ISIS members who were captured during the battle for western Mosul.

0:44.0

We're hoping to interview some of the detainees.

0:49.0

We're here.

0:57.0

Chapter 9. Prisoners. Part 1.

1:07.0

So this is the police station. Let's start at the jail.

1:13.0

So we drive up to a building. They appear to have taken over a state-led building in western Mosul.

1:20.0

Most likely a municipal building belonging to the Iraqi government. Perhaps it was the state-led home of a wealthy person.

1:27.0

The coils of barbed wire on the outside. It was half the guard.

1:31.0

And sandbags all around the building on the balcony.

1:34.0

It's only me, you and Andy are going in. No security details.

1:45.0

You, me and Hawk, walk in.

1:48.0

We are currently in a Iraqi prison where rooms are full of different ISIS members.

1:56.0

And basically, breathing through my mouth right now.

1:59.0

The first thing that hit me was the smell. The smell of sweat, the smell of dirt.

2:06.0

And we began passing these metal doors with big latches on them.

2:11.0

There's like a great window in some of the doors.

2:15.0

And remember, when we passed one, you could see these faces peering out at you.

2:23.0

We're moving very good.

2:25.0

We're taking upstairs. And the security officials who run this prison took us into one of their commander's offices.

2:35.0

And this is the main facility where ISIS prisoners are transferred.

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