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[Report]

Sign of the Times

Caliphate and the perils of reporting online

Illustrations by Kristen Radtke

[Report]

Sign of the Times

Caliphate and the perils of reporting online
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abu huzayfah: The blood was just—it was warm, and it sprayed everywhere.
[Music]
abu huzayfah: And the guy cried—was crying and screaming. He did not die after the first time. The second time or so, he probably just slouched over. That was—
rukmini callimachi: How hard is it to put a knife into somebody?
abu huzayfah: It’s hard. I had to stab him multiple times.

In Chapter Five of Caliphate, the now-debunked podcast from the New York Times, a…

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