Smuggled video testimony documents harsh rule of syrian islamist group. Ben taub on the future of iraq, following the islamic states defeat in mosul. Winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction a best book of 2015the new york times. The alarming footage was smuggled out of iraq by a prizewinning iraqi photojournalist, ali arkady, who spent months embedded in combat with the elite iraqi troops leading the fight against isis. How isis spread in syria and iraqand how to stop it the atlantic. Isis video showing the beheading of steven sotloff was released the same day as u. Secretary of defense, general james mattis, made a secret decision to place the safety and welfare of some foreigners higher than the welfare and safety of the american people. The brutality and oppression of life under is is revealed by exclusive video and testimony from iraq s second city of mosul, a year after it fell. There was an urgent question about abu musab alzarqawi.
Smuggled video testimony documents harsh rule of syrian. Smuggled guns, dying children, tents set on fire, contaminated water, guards stabbed and isis ideology spreading unchecked. His numberone concern turned out to be the safety and welfare of the few remaining civilians who remained in raqqa, and the safety and welfare of the u. Charlie from top 10s counts down the the top 10 shocking photos smuggled out of north korea. In the months after isis laid claim to northern iraq in june 2014, majid and ahlam managed to cross into isis territory to help rescue women. The secret history of isis transcript frontline pbs. The islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as the islamic state of iraq and syria officially known as the islamic state is and also known by its.
The battle to defeat isis was an unremittingly brutal and dystopian struggle, a multisided war of gritty local commandos and militias. The former iraqi official, in a prison interview, says the islamic state recruited experts for a secret program to make mustard gas. Top 10 secret photos smuggled out of north korea subscribe to top 10s description. The hunt for the islamic state leader had lasted years until iraqi officials got a break last month. James mattis allowed the isis terrorists to escape from.
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