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Stolen Passport Sucks American Tourist Into War With ISIS
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19.05.2015
It was a December day, and Sam Neher, a 25-year-old medical student at the University of Michigan, was on vacation in Istanbul with his girlfriend. At one point, Neher checked his black travel bag and saw the pouch where he kept his passport was empty. Trekking out to the U.S. consulate, on a hill in Istanbul’s suburbs, he reported the passport stolen and received a temporary ID. From there he continued on his trip. Back in Istanbul, his stolen passport was taking on a strange new life. From the thief who stole it, the passport traveled into an underworld, fueled by Syria’s war, that pulses beneath the city most tourists and residents see. With a passport like Neher’s in hand, a Syrian whose own identity has been shattered in the conflict can take on a new one, for a few hours, and board a plane. Though the scheme doesn’t always work, the hope that it will can fetch a steep price.
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