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MYSTERY SURROUNDS U.S. CITIZEN FOUND IN DAMASCUS - commotion follows Travis Timmerman, 29, American captured by pro-West "
rebels" (1st video), found wandering barefoot in town of Dhiyabia near Syrian capital, when one man offered to call U.S. authorities for help, he replied he was
"Okay for right now", and
planned on going to Jordan.Timmerman was first mistaken for Austin Tice, U.S. journalist missing in Syria since 2012, which he denies (2nd video) and claims he has been in Syrian prison since May and was busted out along with thousands others following fall of Assad.
He claims he was captured by Syrian guards and jailed 7 months ago after illegally crossing into Syria from Lebanon on a "religious pilgrimage", at same time
Hungarian police had a missing person alert (pictured) out on him as last seen in church in Budapest.
Despite notorious reputation of "Assad's prisons", Timmerman says was never beaten but
"treated decently by guards", with only inconvenience "not being able to go to bathroom whenever I wanted".
Plot thickens as Timmerman says
"Imprisonment WAS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR ME", describing it as "time of solace, meditation and I'm stronger for it". 😐
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