Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Joel Simon
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
5:30pm — 6:30pm
CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Two Prudential Plaza, 180 N. Stetson Ave
Chicago, IL 60601
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“A wise and thorough investigation” — Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower and The Terror Years
Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria — journalists and aid workers — began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the Islamic State began executing the Americans — including journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, followed by the British hostages.
Click here to read Joel Simon's oped in the Washington Post on "What Makes Jamal Khashoggi's Alleged Murder So Depraved."
Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria — journalists and aid workers — began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane.… more
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