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Canadian Journalist Recalls Captivity in Iraq

NPR

Published September 28, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

A few weeks ago, Canadian journalist Scott Taylor was kidnapped by insurgents in northern Iraq. Taylor and his interpreter were held captive and tortured for five days. Taylor is now back in Ottawa. He talks with NPR's Renee Montagne.

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