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Charles Glass

Charles Glass has written many books about the Middle East, including The Northern Front and Syria Burning. He was ABC News chief Middle East correspondent from 1983 to 1993.

A young Iraqi man captured by the Kurds talks dispassionately about his career in al Qaeda and then ISIS.
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This ISIS Executioner Started Killing When He Was 15

A young Iraqi man captured by the Kurds talks dispassionately about his career in al Qaeda and then ISIS. He was a willing killer. He has no nightmares. He does feel remorse.

Charles Glass

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Remember the Deserters

<p>There were 50,000 American deserters in World War II, whose experiences have been erased from history. But Charles Glass, the author of the new book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Deserters-Hidden-History-World/dp/1594204284/" target="_blank">The Deserters</a></i>, says we might remember them for a moment this Memorial Day.</p>

Charles Glass

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