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John Cantlie | |
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Born | John Henry Cantlie 1970 (age 53–54) Winchester, Hampshire, England |
Disappeared | 22 November 2012[1] Syria[1] |
Status | Hostage of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | War photographer and correspondent |
Parent(s) | Paul and Carol Cantlie |
John Henry Cantlie (born 1970) is a British[2][3] war photographer and correspondent who was kidnapped in Syria with James Foley in November 2012 and remains a hostage.[4] He had previously been kidnapped in Syria in July 2012 but was rescued a week later.[5]
Family history
John Henry Cantlie is the great grandson of Sir James Cantlie,[6] a doctor who co-founded the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese in 1887 (later the University of Hong Kong). In 1896, he was instrumental in the protection of the Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen who might otherwise have been executed by the Qing dynasty secret service.[7] His grandfather, Colonel Kenneth Cantlie,[6] designed the China Railways KF locomotive, at 260 tons the largest locomotive of post-war China that remained in service until 1972.[8]
Cantlie's father Paul died on 16 October 2014, having released a video pleading for his son's release on his deathbed.[9][10]
First abduction
He was reportedly kidnapped by fighters while crossing illegally into Syria from Turkey on 19 July 2012, near Bab al-Hawa.[11] Along with Dutch photographer Jeroen Oerlemans, Cantlie was shot whilst trying to escape their captors. In an interview with The Sun newspaper on 26 August 2012, Cantlie said it was "every Englishman's duty to try and escape if captured."[12] Both photographers claimed they were about to be handed over to a jihad unit affiliated with al-Qaeda for ransom when they were rescued by the Free Syrian Army. In an account in The Sunday Times on 5 August 2012, Cantlie described his experience.[13][14]
Oerlemans was shot in the left leg and Cantlie in the left arm during their escape attempt, Cantlie suffering ulnar nerve entrapment (loss of feeling and use of the hand) as a result.[15] In an account of the shooting, Cantlie said some of the British Muslims in the group repeatedly shouted, "die, kafir!"[16] Oerlemans then stated that "the British guys were the most vindictive of them all".[17] They were taken back to the camp where a fighter who claimed to be an NHS doctor stabilised them and treated their wounds.[18] The pair were threatened with execution.[19] Oerlemans stated that it was unclear who held them, but the group of militants were of multiple ethnicities.[20]
Rescue
On 26 July 2012, one week after being kidnapped, they were rescued by four members of the Free Syrian Army.[21] The rebels came into the camp shooting their weapons and held at least one jihad fighter at gunpoint while Cantlie and Oerlemans were helped into a waiting vehicle. Both photographers had to be assisted as their feet had been seriously injured when they tried to escape and neither could walk. They had lost all their camera equipment, passports and clothes in the incident, and were smuggled back across the border at a crossing used primarily by Syrian refugees. They were initially treated by a medic for The New York Times in Antakya before being debriefed by Turkish and then British intelligence.
On 9 October 2012 an individual suspected of being involved in the kidnap was arrested at Heathrow airport after arriving on a flight from Egypt.[22][23]
This was Cantlie's second visit to Syria. In March 2012, he became the first Western photographer to witness first-hand an incursion by government ground troops into a city when T72 heavy tanks rolled into the city of Saraquib in Idlib province and started shelling indiscriminately. In a feature in the Sunday Telegraph published 31 March, Cantlie wrote: "Then the tanks opened fire. Fist-sized pieces of shrapnel sliced through the air, decapitating one rebel immediately. His rifle clattered to the ground as his friends dragged his headless torso from the line of fire." To illustrate what the Syrian rebels were up against, Cantlie took a photograph looking down the barrel of an advancing T72.[24]
Second abduction
Cantlie had not appeared in western print or on social media since late 2012, and the trial of one of his alleged captors collapsed in 2013, when he could not be summoned as a witness.[25][26] In November 2012,[4] it was revealed Cantlie had been abducted a second time, along with American journalist James Foley. Their taxi driver and Foley's translator were not taken, however.[27][28] They had reportedly been working together on a film about Cantlie’s first abduction.[29] Foley was beheaded in August 2014.[30]
ISIL propaganda
After disappearing for almost two years following his second abduction in late 2012, Cantlie resurfaced on 18 September 2014 in a video[31] posted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the first episode of a multi-part series entitled Lend Me Your Ears. As of February 2015, ISIL has released a total of six videos in the Lend Me Your Ears series, all of which feature Cantlie speaking while sitting at a wooden table and wearing orange prison garb against a black backdrop. In the videos, Cantlie adopts a critical position toward Western foreign policy, including military actions, political statements, and media coverage. Cantlie is particularly critical of US and British hostage policy, comparing it unfavourably to the policy of other European countries that negotiate and pay for the release of hostages.[citation needed]
ISIL has released three additional videos apart from the Lend Me Your Ears series. These videos are noteworthy for depicting Cantlie as a Western journalist rather than a Western hostage. In all videos, Cantlie attempts to characterise the facts on the ground in Kobani, Mosul and rebel-controlled Aleppo as far more favourable to ISIL than is portrayed in the Western media.[citation needed]
Since he is speaking as an ISIL prisoner, it is unclear whether and to what degree he actually holds the views he states. His sister, Jessica, has stated that her brother "believes two-thirds" of what he says in the videos.[32]
Lend Me Your Ears series
ISIL has, to date, released 7 videos (counting the Introduction) in the Lend Me Your Ears series.[33]
Video | Release date | Length | Comments |
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1 | 18 September 2014 | 3:21 | Introduction |
2 | 18 September 2014 | 5:56 | "Episode 1" (which is actually the 2nd video released) |
3 | 30 September 2014 | 5:35 | "Episode 2" |
4 | 12 October 2014 | 6:54 | "Episode 3" |
5 | 16 October 2014 | 7:49 | "Episode 4" |
6 | 12 November 2014 | 6:31 | "Episode 5" |
7 | 24 November 2014 | 8:53 | "Episode 6" (Last In Series) |
"Inside" videos
These include:[33]
- "Inside 'Ayn al Arab (Kobani)" (5:37 minutes), published 28 October 2014 (released to YouTube on February 3, 2015) The piece appears to have been filmed during a brief period when Kobani was occupied by ISIS.
- "Inside Mosul" (8:15 minutes), published 3 January 2015 (Released to YouTube by Italian broadcaster Canal 25)
- "Inside Aleppo" (12:00 minutes), published 9 February 2015 (Released to YouTube on February 17, 2015). Cantlie states in the video it will be the last film in the "Inside" series.
Other videos
- "John Cantlie Talks About the American Airstrikes on Media Kiosks in Mosul City" (3:36 minutes), published 19 March 2016. One year after the last "Inside" video Cantlie appeared in new propaganda footage from inside Mosul. [34]
- "John Cantlie speaking about the US Bombing Mosul University and other popular areas in the City" [35]
- "John Cantlie Talks About Bombing the Bridges, Cutting Water and Electricity from Mosul City" (8:56 minutes), published 7 December 2016.[36][37]
Publications during imprisonment
Cantlie may have published articles in the Dabiq, an ISIL online magazine.[38][39]
See also
- American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
- ISIL beheading incidents
- Austin Tice
- The Beatles – terrorist cell
- Beheading in Islamism
- Daniel Pearl
- David Cawthorne Haines
- Foreign hostages in Iraq
- Kenneth Bigley
- Nick Berg
References
- ^ a b Mezzofiore, Gianluca (18 September 2014). "John Cantlie Video: British Photojournalist 'Kidnapped with James Foley'". IBT. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "British hostage John Cantlie seen in IS video". BBC News. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Tracy McVeigh. "British journalist John Cantlie appears in new Isis video". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ a b Seibel, Mark; Prothero, Mitchell (18 September 2014). "British hostage John Cantlie, seized by Islamic State with James Foley, appears in new video". Mcclatchydc.com. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "John Cantlie: Islamic State hostage in fresh video". BBC. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ a b Quinn, Ben (21 October 2014). "Father of IS hostage John Cantlie dies". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ McGill, Peter McGill (2 November 2014). "Kidnapped British journalist's link to China's founding father". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ Craggs, Francesca (14 July 2005). "Small home, big history". The Chronicle. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Paul Cantlie, father of Islamic State hostage, dies". BBC. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Martin (22 October 2014). "Father of Syrian hostage John Cantlie dies". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ Morse, Felicity (29 July 2012). "Syria: British Journalist John Cantlie Kidnapped With Jeroen Oerlemans Is Released By Free Syrian Army". Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Willetts, David (26 August 2012). "NHS doctor was terror chief". The Sun.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Shubert, Atika; Shoichet, Catherine E. (18 September 2014). "British journalist, now ISIS hostage, sends message from terror group". CNN.com. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "British hostage John Cantlie feared beheading in Syria". BBC News. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Meikle, James (3 August 2012). "Photojournalists captured by Islamist militants in Syria feared beheading". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Wood, Paul (2013). Committee to Protect Journalists (ed.). Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines. John Wiley & Sons. p. 1998. ISBN 9781118611296.
- ^ Mezzofiore, Gianluca (18 September 2014). "John Cantlie Video: Who is Photojournalist Held by Isis?". International Business Times. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Rebecca (26 August 2014). "Find terrorist NHS doctor: MI6 lead hunt for extremist on sabbatical from London hospital who held British journalist captive in Syria". Daily Mail. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Lestch, Corinne (19 September 2014). "ISIS captive John Cantlie described revisiting spot where he was first kidnapped in Syria". New York Daily News. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Chulov, Martin (27 July 2012). "Jihadists in Syria release two journalists captured a week ago". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Guru-Murthy, Krishnan (5 August 2012). "British photographer freed by FSA". Channel 4.
- ^ Sengupta, Kim (10 October 2012). "Suspect arrested at Heathrow". The Independent.
- ^ Whitehead, Tom (10 August 2012). "Police investigate whether terror suspect is NHS doctor". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Cantlie, John (31 March 2012). "Syria eyewitness dispatch: 'I watched as Assad's tanks rolled in to destroy a rebel town'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ Wagner, Meg (18 September 2014). "Who is John Cantlie? ISIS-held UK journalist once escaped previous kidnapping in Syria". New York Daily News. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Syria Kidnap Case Against Doctor Dropped by Prosecution". BBC News. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "Evaporated". Vanity Fair.
- ^ "The Horror Before the Beheadings". The New York Times. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Culaba, Anna. "VIDEO: Meet ISIS' New Oprah, British Hostage John Cantlie". RYOT.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Meek, James Gordon; Schwartz, Rhonda (18 September 2014). "Missing British Hostage John Cantlie Surfaces Alive in New ISIS Video". ABC News. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "Video of British hostage John Cantlie released". BBC News Online. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Hopkins, Steve (19 October 2014). "ISIS hostage John Cantlie 'believes two-thirds' of what he says in propaganda videos, says his sister". DailyMail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Cantlie - LeakSource". Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "British hostage John Cantlie seen in IS video". BBC. BCC. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "Captive British Journalist Looks Frail in New ISIS Propaganda Video". FOREIGN POLICY. FOREIGN POLICY. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-isis-hostage-john-cantlie-pale-thin-propaganda-video-mosul/
- ^ http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/john-cantlie-uk-united-kingdom-british-hostage-isis-islamic-state-bridge-coalition-airstrike-water-electricity-video/
- ^ Cantlie, John. "Dabiq". ISIS.
- ^ Evans, Robert. "7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS's Magazine". Cracked.com. Demand Media.
External links
- John Cantlie on Journalisted
- Romenesko, Jim (29 September 2011). "Military journalists honour NYT's 'A Year at War', other contest entries", poynter.org; accessed 11 October 2014.