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Student on life after captivity by Iraqi terror group: ‘You’re never the same’
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February 4, 2026
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February 4, 2026
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7:27Now PlayingABC News’ Jay O’Brien sat down with Princeton graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was finally freed after living more than two years as a hostage of a terror group in Iraq.
Iranian-backed militia killed U.S. service members
Captors kidnapped, beat, and sexually assaulted her
Tortured for months with permanent physical injuries
Iraqi government funded and participated in torture
Trump's ultimatum secured her release from captivity
Many Iraqis tortured by same militia groups
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