army general joseph botel said he felt morally obligated to visit troops there and to make his own assessment progress as u.s. troops continue to train arabic and kurdish fighters to take down isis. now back to "locked up abroad." " >>> all of a sudden, we were pushed out the door and moved down the corridor very, very fast. >> we felt that we were being moved onto strategic locations as human shields. it was unbearable. it was unbearable. >> the secret police brought us out the back door of the hotel and we were bundled quickly into the back of a waiting vehicle. and to my horror. >> reporter: could see that the irish diplomatic car was being held up at the security gates. it became clear that that was the reason for our urgent departure. >> look, look, look. >> they clearly didn't want the two of us to meet up again. that tenuous link with the outside world was now being taken from us yet again. and it just heightened the sense of danger, the fact that they clearly could not accept the embassy knowing where we were going. >> we were moved to a very, very bleak building within the city of ba