ImRobertKing

Yes. Every time we go out there is the reality that it could be our last story. But if we give up our profession, recording, holding powers accountable with our recordings, the bad guy wins. So the death of our colleagues need to be remembered and never forgotten but we shouldn't resign to our homes out of intimidation.

I spend time out in the woods and look for quiet spots. If that doesn't work I drown my sorrows in alcohol.

Colleagues, friends. One guy heard about me and our captors had went to go get a fatwah at the local mosque and a friend of mine, from Palestine, heard about our predicament in Fallujah. The captors left us locked in rooms guarded by ten year old kids. We didn't know that. Our Palestinian guy came in and told the kids to go away and the kids let us out. He brought some fighters from the area and they freed us, we went to the imam and the imam gave us free passage out of Fallujah.

Yes. From Afghanistan to Iraq to Chechnya. Kidnapped once in Afghanistan, once in Iraq, both times managed to escape. Happy to be alive.

I think the biggest misconception of this story is that its a bunch of foreign jihadis coming in to establish military training bases inside Syria. Most of the fighters are Syrian, who formed units after the demonstrators in Syria were fired upon, detained and tortured. The US never had any interest in the story. they're so far behind they might not have a seat at the table once Bashar Assad is overthrown.