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Pelton's adventures have taken him to Afghanistan , Iraq , Chechnya , the Darien Gap , and numerous other of the world's lethal locations. He considers himself a witness to conflict, and usually defers credit when working behind enemy lines to focus on his own book and television project. He lives in Los Angeles , California . Pelton is best known for world exclusive interview with John Walker Lindh in the battle of Qala'a-e Jangi , December 2 , 2001 , his 10-day Kidnapping in the Darien Gap in January 2003 by the United Self-Defense Forces Of Colombia (AUC) and his exclusive interview inside Grozny in December of 1999 with captured Russian GRU agent Alexi Galkin , who admitted that the Russian FSB was behind the October 1999 apartment bombings that triggered the second Chechen war. Pelton has spent time with many of the world's most dangerous terrorist groups, often returning with exclusive interviews and unique footage. A partial list includes: Ahmed Shah Massoud of the Northern Alliance , Francis Ona of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army , the Taliban leadership in Kabul , the FARC leadership in Colombia, the Chechen rebel leadership in Grozny, the leadership of the LURD rebels in Liberia , Hashim Salamat of the MILF in the Southern Philippines and many others. Pelton is also the moderator of [http://www.comebackalive.com/phpBB2/ The Black Flag Cafe ] an internet forum covering topics loosely related to tourism in dangerous places, guerilla warfare, mercenaries, Private Military Contractor s, terrorism and etc. His handle is RYP. EXTERNAL LINKS
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