#USMC infantry vet, #Georgetown Law stdnt, freelance #journalist. Currently in #Syria. Gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. http://bit.ly/LWqUkC
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Spent the day at an FSA pool party with music by @taylorswift13. They even brought me whiskey. Hands down, best birthday ever.
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Listening to the shells usher in my birthday. Afghanistan, California, DC, Egypt, Turkey, Syria. What an insane year.
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Aside from Rastan, where there was a state of open war, I think Jadaydat Artouz was the most dangerous place I've been here. Glad to be out.
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On BBC radio 5 Live later, 3 AM (ugh) local Syria time, hopefully talking mostly about the stark diff btwn Darraya and Jadaydat Artouz.
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Been hearing all day about shelling in At Tal. Cell phones there are down now, which is often an indicator of impending government action.
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Jadaydat Artouz: paranoia here btwn Sunni and Alawite is palpable. Pervasive fear of spies. Unlike any other place I've visited. Creepy.
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Spent day making a TV spot on Artouz massacre... then told, too old a story. Had interview lined up w/ Nusra Front, then they bailed. Ugh.
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Syria 101: "Right now" means maybe. "Later" means probably not. "Tmrw" means, not gonna happen. "After tmrw," they're just messing w/ you.
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FSA claims credit for killing Russian military advisor (with English subtitles): youtube.com/watch?v=lXrZKTen… "He who warns, is excused."
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.@cjchivers: Strong but inconclusive evidence of surface-to-air missiles in Aleppo. atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012…
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On "The Takeaway" radio program earlier today, starting at 3:00, after great report from Paul Wood: thetakeaway.org/2012/aug/07/…
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My friend James Duggan is competing in DC's FotoWeek competition. Vote for his great pic of Bahraini protesters: awards.fotodc.org/bin/Rate
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Darraya, Syria: After finishing the street cleanup, residents hold an impromptu anti-government demonstration: flickr.com/photos/abtice/773…
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Darraya residents clean a town street. Most gov services have been cut to this suburb on the west side of Damascus. flickr.com/photos/abtice/773…
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Residents remove rubble from a cemetery after a Gov armored vehicle bulldozed a wall covered in revolutionary graffiti: flickr.com/photos/abtice/773…
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And I find it particularly rich this story is from the NYTimes. Been trying to sell them work for months. Self-justifying BS.
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