National Geographic Locked Up Abroad Iraq is the latest episode in the celebrated and intense series which is now in the summer season. See photos, video here of the episode broadcast on July 15, 2009 at 10 pm ET.

The new season National Geographic: Locked Up Abroad Iraq follows the experience of journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul who get kidnapped by insurgents in Iraq in 2004.

Iraq in recent years is a never-ending timely subject of concern, and the plight of the journalists is of particular interest as it sheds light on what has gone on in the country during the war years.

Top photo: Reenactment: Scott and Zeynep (actors) meeting suicide bombers in the desert. (Photo credit: Raw Television)

It was on September 7, 2004 as US forces were about to attack Tall ‘Afar in northwest Iraq. The two journalists Scott Taylor and Zeynep Tugrul rushed to the remote city with the intention of reporting from the front line. But along the way, they were kidnapped by insurgents convinced that they were U.S. spies, not journalists. They live to witness and survive execution and torture rarely seen by Westerners who live to tell the tale.

As with all of the series episodes, National Geographic: Locked Up Abroad Iraq intersperses reenactment with interviews with the subjects.

See National Geographic: Locked Up Abroad Iraq video and photos below.

Photo: Reenactment: Scott and Zeynep (actors) waiting in courtyard 2. (photo credit: Raw Television)

Photo: Reenactment: Scott (actor) is blindfolded and taken from Courtyard 1 to another building. (photo credit: Raw Television)

Here are some National Geographic: Locked Up Abroad Iraq Video from July 15, 2009

Video “Hostage in Iraq” – A trip to Iraq becomes a journalist’s worst nightmare. Video Link



Video “Al-Qaeda Hostages” – Two people have been taken hostage by Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and have been told this is their last night to live. Video Link



Video “Locked Up Abroad: Iraq – Behind-the-Scenes” – Go behind-the-scenes with Locked Up Abroad: Iraq for interviews with the show’s director, producer, and others. Video Link

Photos and video courtesy National Geographic Channel

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National Geographic: Locked Up Abroad Iraq (Video, Photos)