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I Was Kidnapped by Idiots

By Elizabeth Tsurkov · The Atlantic · January 2026
I Was Kidnapped by Idiots
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"An academic trip to Iraq unexpectedly turned into an immersive field study on the ways authoritarian regimes use brutality."

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