Blindfold: A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment by Theo Padnos (Courtesy)
In 2012, freelance journalist Theo Padnos was in a Turkish border town searching for a way into Syria to cover the civil war.
He found men who volunteered to guide him through the country and soon found out they were not who they claimed they were.
Once over the border into Syria, the al-Qaida affiliates kidnaped Padnos, tortured him, moved him from prison to prison for two years, and threatened him with execution but Padnos survived.
Alone without support from a news organization, Padnos was unprepared to set foot in a war zone when he tried entering Syria nearly a decade ago. The freelance reporter says he didn’t realize the so-called guides, who belonged to al-Qaida affiliate group Jabhat al-Nusra, had grim ulterior motives until they held a gun to his head.
In Blindfold, Journalist Theo Padnos Recounts 2 Years Of Captivity, Torture In Syria
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