ABC (AUS) - Conversations with Richard Fidler
August 20, 2014
21 August, 2014 11:35AM AEST
Michael Ware
Journalist Michael Ware returns to discuss the guiding ideals of jihadist group, Islamic State.
Michael is a former correspondent for Time magazine and CNN, and delivered some of the most reliable and candid on-the-ground reporting from Iraq.
Today he explains the origins of Islamic State (I.S.) the powerful and viciously cruel group now controlling parts of Iraq and Syria.
Michael knows these jihadists: he was kidnapped by them in 2004.
Michael's documentary Only the Dead, will be released in 2015.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/08/21/4071673.htm?site=conversations
UPDATE: Podcast now available at https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/conversations-richard-fidler/id94688506?mt=2&i=317972085