Brown Moses Blog
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Brown Moses Blog curates and analyzes news regarding the Syrian uprising, the wider Arab Spring, and the UK phone hacking scandal. It is written by Something Awful forums moderator Brown Moses. Recent entries include discussion of the increasingly well armed Free Syrian Army, senior members of the Catholic Church criticizing pro-Assad clergy, and a look at the evidence of more sophisticated IEDs being used in Syria.
The blog is beginning to attract attention from professional journalists, including mentions in coverage from The Guardian and The Christian Science Monitor.
The blog is beginning to attract attention from professional journalists, including mentions in coverage from The Guardian and The Christian Science Monitor.
Re Syria (or Iran or whoever the next target might be): the bad guy are bad guys because they are the enemy. They are not the enemy because they are bad guys.
posted by fredludd at 1:53 AM on June 30, 2012
posted by fredludd at 1:53 AM on June 30, 2012
to be fair, "better reporting than the NYT" is not really a high bar to set
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 3:23 AM on June 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 3:23 AM on June 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
SA blog + youtube analysis = better reporting than the NYT
And loads more lulz!
I just did this and I now have an account called //BobDiamond, using his email address to access Menshn!That's pretty damn funny
posted by fullerine at 4:47 AM on June 30, 2012
Christ, they shot down an attack helicopter.
Generally, when it comes down to people on the ground versus helicopter gunships, I'm going to root for the guys on the ground. What a bloody mess, though.
posted by dunkadunc at 2:14 PM on June 30, 2012
Generally, when it comes down to people on the ground versus helicopter gunships, I'm going to root for the guys on the ground. What a bloody mess, though.
posted by dunkadunc at 2:14 PM on June 30, 2012
The Little Syrian Town That Could: The amazing protest posters of occupied Kafr Anbel.
posted by homunculus at 10:39 AM on July 5, 2012
posted by homunculus at 10:39 AM on July 5, 2012
Champagne Flows While Syria Burns: A country at war with itself. Bombs and civilian massacres. Yet, in Damascus, the music plays on.
posted by homunculus at 10:45 AM on July 10, 2012
posted by homunculus at 10:45 AM on July 10, 2012
Syrian Rebels Use YouTube, Facebook for Weapons Training
posted by homunculus at 3:36 PM on July 17, 2012
posted by homunculus at 3:36 PM on July 17, 2012
Big news: Syrian defense minister, chief of staff to the military (and Assad's brother-in-law) and other top security officials killed in a bomb attack, possibly by a bodyguard.
posted by Anything at 6:35 AM on July 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Anything at 6:35 AM on July 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
(This would probably be FPP material but I can't go hunting for more meat for a post atm)
posted by Anything at 6:38 AM on July 18, 2012
posted by Anything at 6:38 AM on July 18, 2012
Also from article: Interior minister injured, was rumored dead.
posted by Anything at 6:40 AM on July 18, 2012
posted by Anything at 6:40 AM on July 18, 2012
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SA blog + youtube analysis = better reporting than the NYT
posted by crayz at 10:18 PM on June 29, 2012