This is a podcast about some of the most spectacular terrorist attacks in history. In this podcast, I tell the stories of the terrorists, their victims and the consequences for the survivors and society. About people who will sacrifice their own lives or the lives of others for a political, economic, religious or social goal. Who was behind it, who did they want to hit, and why. My name is Natasja, and I am a journalist with a Master's in Middle Eastern Studies. Unfortunately, I have experienced terror in my life several times. The massacre in Utøya in Norway happened half an hour's drive from where some of my immediate family lives. A good friend of mine was only a meter away from one of the suicide bombers on the London Underground in 2005. He miraculously escaped with two burst eardrums. Finally, I worked in Afghanistan some time ago, where a major terrorist attack on a local cafe claimed the lives of 21 people. Among other things, the owner, who had served me a layer cake on my birthday the year before. Fortunately, I have never been in the middle of a terrorist attack myself...
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episode 12: Not real humans
The young Dane sat naked in the military tent while the scornful comments poured down on Ham. The year was 2001 and he was in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. The man was bound with chains on his hands and feet. He could do nothing about the soldiers' disgusting comments, or when they began to shave off his hair and long beard. It was humiliating, but he tried to calm himself by reciting the Qur'an. For a long time, rumours had abounded among the prisoners that they would be taken to another country, possibly to a prison camp, where they would be treated humanely. The young Dane thought that it might be the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague in the Netherlands. Shortly after, he was picked up on a plane that was to take him to the place that would become his home for the next few years. And it would turn out to be a place that was anything but humane.
Music used in this episode:
Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/
Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion
Feel Again - Inspirational Music Track by StellaSky: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/200967172-feel-again-inspirational-music-track-melody-only-no-drums
Hawaiian-moon-full-acoustic-uk by FrequentlyAskedMusic https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/87519671-hawaiian-moon-full-acoustic-ukulele
Sitar-background-music by catch22music https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/89808596-sitar-background-music
Afghan-traditional-music by AlexGolovko https://www.pond5.com/royalty-Afgan Music by MiraculousMouse free-music/item/160667600-afghan-traditional-music
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/49973854-afgan-music
Sources used in this episode:
Book: The Dane at Guantánamo – the personal story by Hans Davidsen Nielsen & Matias Seidelin
https://www.britannica.com/place/Guantanamo-Bay https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/dip_cuba002.asp
https://faktalink.dk/titelliste/guan?check_logged_in=1
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/grimhoej-moskeens-formand-selvfoelgelig-holder-vi-med-islamisk-stat
https://www.cfr.org/article/guantanamo-bay-twenty-years-counterterrorism-and-controversy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4720962.stm
https://www.nytimes.com
https://faktalink.dk/titelliste/guan?check_logged_in=1
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/guantanamo-bay-detainees.html
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
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