Held Hostage in Syria, a Reporter Tells What It Took to Survive
Soldiers and kids at a checkpoint in Homs, Syria, in 2014. Where possible, Theos Padnos befriends his captors, many of whom had themselves been brutalized under Syria’s dictatorial leader, Bashar al-Assad.Credit.Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
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By Theo Padnos
In the fall of 2012, Theo Padnos was down and out in Antakya. An American freelance reporter in his early 40s, he was bunking at a grotty guesthouse in this town in southern Turkey on the border with Syria. Magazine editors were ignoring his emails. His funds had shrunk to a few hundred dollars. He felt lonely.
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every time, any outsidet person that goes into these areas, is either disappeared or ends up in a cage or tortured or will havear his head cut off. it s really quite impossible to explore the origin of these crimes. it s true that there are a number of possible culprits. but, before we go starting any wars, we shouldbu investigate properly and we can t do that now because we cannot access the scene of the crime. tucker: thank you for reminding us how complex this all is and you of course have firsthand experience with it. theo padnos, i appreciate it. you bet. i tucker: you have been hearing it every day on the other channels, defending america s own borders is immoral while intervening in syria is a real one and imperative.ea does anyone believe that? why are people saying that exactly? colonel doug mcgregor is author of the book margin of victory. people make the case against
person that goes into these areas, is either disappeared or ends up in a cage or tortured or will have his head cut off. it s really quite impossible to explore the origin of these crimes. it s true that there are a number of possible culprits. but, before we go starting any wars, we should investigate properly and we can t do that now because we cannot access the scene of the crime. tucker: thank you for reminding us how complex this all is and you of course have firsthand experience with it theo padnos i appreciate it? you bet. tucker: you have been hearing it every day on the other channels defending america s own borders is immoral while invading a war in syria is a real one and imperative. does anyone believe that? why are people saying that exactly. colonel doug mcgregor author of the book margin of victory. people make the case against
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