The blindfolded prisoners are brought into the dank gray room, one by one, and begin to tell us their stories. We're in a prison run by Kurdish militants here in northern Syria. The Kurds won't allow us to see the cells where the prisoners are being held. Their prisoners, they say, are members of ISIS. When the first detainee sits down, I ask the guard to please remove his blindfold. He blinks in the bright light and clearly looks surprised to see a foreigner sitting in front of him. The second prisoner who arrives trembled with fear when he was brought in. I introduce myself to each detainee as an American journalist.
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CNN's Ivan Watson speaks to ISIS fighters being held by Kurds in northern Syrian prison
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One prisoner claims ISIS paid him $3,600 to plant a bomb that killed his nephew
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Another prisoner, 19, says many fighters he met were foreigners, including one Chinese jihadi
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CNN has no way to confirm if prisoners were telling the truth or being coached
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