Theo Padnos

Yes. That is the literal definition.

Yes. That is the literal definition.

Yes. That is the literal definition.

Yeah. I mean, I had lived through many episodes of their violence by this point. So this was what occurred then was not particularly agonizing. But it was terrifying because they flung me down at the feet of their sheikh. And he said, I will kill you by my own hand this afternoon because you betrayed me. And in fact, he didn't because he knew he was going to get money.

Yeah. I mean, I had lived through many episodes of their violence by this point. So this was what occurred then was not particularly agonizing. But it was terrifying because they flung me down at the feet of their sheikh. And he said, I will kill you by my own hand this afternoon because you betrayed me. And in fact, he didn't because he knew he was going to get money.

Yeah. I mean, I had lived through many episodes of their violence by this point. So this was what occurred then was not particularly agonizing. But it was terrifying because they flung me down at the feet of their sheikh. And he said, I will kill you by my own hand this afternoon because you betrayed me. And in fact, he didn't because he knew he was going to get money.

He'd already been in negotiations with the nation of Qatar apparently. But yeah, it was more terrifying.

He'd already been in negotiations with the nation of Qatar apparently. But yeah, it was more terrifying.

He'd already been in negotiations with the nation of Qatar apparently. But yeah, it was more terrifying.

I was a sack of money. And there's another thing that the journalists who are wandering around Syria at the moment don't understand, which is that there's not really... It's a failed state. It's like there's no central authority. Jolani appears to be in control, but every guy who drives a pickup is an entrepreneur as well, and he needs sacks of money. Why does he need this?

I was a sack of money. And there's another thing that the journalists who are wandering around Syria at the moment don't understand, which is that there's not really... It's a failed state. It's like there's no central authority. Jolani appears to be in control, but every guy who drives a pickup is an entrepreneur as well, and he needs sacks of money. Why does he need this?

I was a sack of money. And there's another thing that the journalists who are wandering around Syria at the moment don't understand, which is that there's not really... It's a failed state. It's like there's no central authority. Jolani appears to be in control, but every guy who drives a pickup is an entrepreneur as well, and he needs sacks of money. Why does he need this?

Because he's got 10 guys in the back, and they need bullets and falafel. They need to eat, and they need weapons and guns, otherwise they won't be powerful. Otherwise those 10 guys in the back are going to go off to the guy who does have money. So everybody needs cash, and the journalists represent, or any foreigner represents an enormous sack of cash.

Because he's got 10 guys in the back, and they need bullets and falafel. They need to eat, and they need weapons and guns, otherwise they won't be powerful. Otherwise those 10 guys in the back are going to go off to the guy who does have money. So everybody needs cash, and the journalists represent, or any foreigner represents an enormous sack of cash.

Because he's got 10 guys in the back, and they need bullets and falafel. They need to eat, and they need weapons and guns, otherwise they won't be powerful. Otherwise those 10 guys in the back are going to go off to the guy who does have money. So everybody needs cash, and the journalists represent, or any foreigner represents an enormous sack of cash.

The only thing standing in the way of kidnapping those journalists at the moment is that there is nothing in the Quran that says, go kidnap journalists. And they feel it might be wrong. They need to get a special authorization from an authority, but... I think they can get it if they want it.

The only thing standing in the way of kidnapping those journalists at the moment is that there is nothing in the Quran that says, go kidnap journalists. And they feel it might be wrong. They need to get a special authorization from an authority, but... I think they can get it if they want it.

The only thing standing in the way of kidnapping those journalists at the moment is that there is nothing in the Quran that says, go kidnap journalists. And they feel it might be wrong. They need to get a special authorization from an authority, but... I think they can get it if they want it.

I have deep sympathy for Deborah Tice and the whole Tice family. I mean, I know them, of course. And they have been through something horrible and terrible and one wants to sympathize. At the same time, all the available evidence that we have... shows that he is in the hands of the mujahideen, the Jabhat al-Nusra people, and that he is trying to placate them by saying, there is no God but God.

I have deep sympathy for Deborah Tice and the whole Tice family. I mean, I know them, of course. And they have been through something horrible and terrible and one wants to sympathize. At the same time, all the available evidence that we have... shows that he is in the hands of the mujahideen, the Jabhat al-Nusra people, and that he is trying to placate them by saying, there is no God but God.