January 2011
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Defiant Al-Jazeera Asks Egypt Audience for Help -...
CAIRO - The pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera is calling out for help from Egyptian bloggers and others after authorities closed its Cairo office amid unprecedented anti-state protests. A statement by the Qatar-based network urges Egyptians to send blog posts, eyewitness accounts and videos to expand coverage of the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak. via cbsnews.com And Reuters...
“But here now finally are our children – Generation Facebook – kicking aside the...”
– We’ve waited for this revolution for years. Other despots should quail | Mona Eltahawy | Comment is free | The Observer
The Guardian Falsely Incriminate Bradley Manning http://wlcentral.org/node/1138
This is why Egyptians want their Al Jazeera back
The image on the right is from “Egyptian TV”. via imagebin.org
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How we know Bradley Manning is a UK citizen « UK...
How we know Bradley Manning is a UK citizen
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This is an important blog post. Please distribute it widely.
My legal information is sourced from the UK Border Agency, specifically their caseworking instructions for all issues arising under The British Nationality Act of 1981. This piece of legislation has formed the basis of British nationality law since coming into force on 1...
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U.S., British Govts Keep Pressure on WikiLeaks
U.S. and British government officials have begun a global crackdown against pro-WikiLeaks “hacktivists” who briefly shut down Mastercard, Visa, Paypal and Amazon.com December 9. The loose group of hacktivists began a global cyber-attack called “Operation Payback” against the companies that earlier had caved-in to what was likely a U.S. federal government pressure campaign...
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, Pt. 1 - 60 Minutes -...
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, Pt. 1 January 30, 2011 5:00 PM Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, speaks to Steve Kroft about the U.S. attempt to indict him on criminal charges and the torrent of criticism aimed at him for publishing classified documents. Julian Assange, The Man Behind WikiLeaks via cbsnews.com The interview is in two parts plus a behind-the-scenes...
Egypt/Main Page - We Re-Build - Updates
Latest News Sunday evening: Internet still almost completely down. We have tinkered with trying to find more reliable modem pools, listened in on radio and tried to gather intel on the occupied networks. We have also given many reports to other media who want to catch up. Preparations for internet coming up are proceeding as scheduled. Saturday night: Internet still down in Egypt. Some...
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Telecomix News Agency in Swedish news about Egypt...
via youtube.com With subtitles.
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Telecomix Message to North Africa and the Middle...
via youtube.com Our sites: telecomix.org, werebuild,eu, streisand.me, chat.telecomix.org, cryptoanarchy.org. You are free to request anything from us. We do our best. We are from the internets. We come in peace. Let there be freedom for all people and computers.
Unlocked wifi so every1 cud stand under my bldg &...
via s3.amazonaws.com
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TwitLonger: URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT....
Marcinho Savant On Saturday 29th January 2011, @marcinhosavant said: URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE REPOST IF YOU CAN! “To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the...
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KROFT: But you were screwing with the...
kateoplis: KROFT: But you were screwing with the forces of nature. You have made some of the most powerful people in the world your enemies. You had to expect that they might retaliate. ASSANGE: Oh, no. I fully expected they’ll retaliate. Well, they see it as highly embarrassing. I think what it’s really about is keeping the illusion of control. I’m not surprised about that. I am surprised...
“Psychological death is worse than physical death.”
– An Egyptian Protester in response to questioning why they are risking their lives (via krona)
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The Daily What: Egyptian Unrest News Round-Up
Egyptian Unrest News Round-Up: Live Updates: NYT, CNN, BBC, Guardian, Reuters, Al Jazeera. What You Need To Know: Egyptians take to the streets, squares in sixth straight day of anti-government protests (yesterday), defying curfew, which has now be imposed nationwide; State TV says Monday curfew to start at 3PM. Mubarak meets with military heads, new VP; Egyptian Air Force scrambles...
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Crowdleak: Weak Security at Main Yemen Radioactive...
When one thinks of radioactive material they think of mushroom clouds, radiation poisoning, the Cold War, and, most importantly, security. The kind of security someone sees in the movies, however, rarely is found in the real world. However, for modern nuclear facilities, you’d expect a certain level of expertise in securing those radioactive materials. Things like electrified fences, video...
“Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of...”
– Michel Foucault | (1926-1984)
Cable: “Presidential succession in Egypt” http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2007/05/07CAIRO1417.html
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How U.S. Changed Tack on Egypt - WikiLeaks Archive...
WASHINGTON — It was Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first meeting as secretary of state with President Hosni Mubarak, in March 2009, and the Egyptians had an odd request: Mrs. Clinton should not thank Mr. Mubarak for releasing an opposition leader from prison because he was ill. via nytimes.com Click the link to read the whole article.
“The notion that there is a common struggle across the Arab world is something Al...”
– “Al Jazeera Plays Galvanizing Role in Arab Protests” I don’t think the idea that Al Jazeera created the idea of a common struggle is true, but it certainly is one of the only international media outlets that reports from an Arab perspective. I’ve noticed myself getting impatient with CNN...
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Fierce clashes in Alexandria | Video
via reuters.com
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Tense calm in Cairo | Video
via reuters.com
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Translation: Ministry of Interior Office of th
Check out this website I found at pastebin.com If you can improve on this translation go to the pastebin.com link. http://pastebin.com/wVMeSRtL
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Yesterday's @streamsWL twitter posts
Running on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
20:16 #Egypt : @telecomix provides dial-up and HAM radio j.mp/gewtsx #
20:20 RT @jonjensen: Now, Cairo: 10 tanks controlling Tahrir. Police not in sight. 1000’s still chanting against Mubarak in downtown #Egypt #Jan25 #
20:20 RT @Elsalameen: Live phn call: Tahrir protesters R massing in 1000s, but wrd being passed that the BIG...
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Wael Abbas twitter posts in Arabic and English
Wael Abbas is a reporter on the ground in Cairo. I’ve translated some of his twitter posts into English because Tweetdeck is awesome and lets me do that. See also his YouTube account for fresh videos that he’s been uploading in just the past hour or so. BBC: workers in the mosques confirmed receiving threats from the police to air news about the looting of the loudspeakers of...
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Al Jazeera banned from covering Egypt events -...
BREAKING NEWS: Al Jazeera, the leading news network covering the ongoing protests in Egypt aimed at ousting President Hosni Mubarak from power, has been banned from reporting from inside the country, it said at around 11 am Cairo time on Sunday. However, their reporters told followers interested in news from the country, said they would not stop reporting on the demonstrations and security...
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Mubarak reportedly flees to Sharm as riots...
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may have fled to his home in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday as flames and riots engulfed the capital city of Cairo, according to world media reports. ...
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Social Media Blocked In Your Country? Email Keeps...
Social media’s role in the Tunisian revolt has been well documented. The contributors to a Posterous site, 24sur24.posterous.com, were responsible for sharing some of the most powerful videos of the street uprisings. With Twitter and Facebook now shut down in Egypt to quell government protests, email is the only reliable sharing platform left. Same story in China. If you’re...
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Ham Radio Software :: Download HamSphere
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US, UK double standards on WikiLeaks defenders/attackers http://is.gd/qkUkf4
WikiLeaks Cable Could Stir Domestic Unrest in...
With Egypt in chaos, a new WikiLeaks cable threatens to stir unrest in Libya. The Daily Beast’s Philip Shenon reports on the bad behavior and lavish parties fueling Muammar Qaddafi’s new PR problem. Plus, full coverage of the Egypt uprising. Plus, full coverage of the Egypt uprising. Libya’s neighbors are in turmoil. To the west is Tunisia. To the east is Egypt. And with...
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Workers Needed for the Telecomix Crypto Munitions...
via youtube.com
Egypt: Communications in and out
Translation: Internet in Egypt is largely blocked by the government and other telephone communications, wikileaks shipping U.S. official telegram, FAX, ham radio, trying to distribute information and communications Daiaruappuakusesupointo abroad, promotion of anonymous free speech Organization Telecomix. # egyjp -
Hundreds mourn the dead in Egypt - Middle East -...
via english.aljazeera.net
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Get Internet Access When Your Government Shuts It...
These days, no popular movement goes without an Internet presence of some kind, whether it’s organizing on Facebook or spreading the word through Twitter. And as we’ve seen in Egypt, that means that your Internet connection can be the first to go. Whether you’re trying to check in with your family, contact your friends, or simply spread the word, here are a few ways to...
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The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President:...
opednews.com, January 29, 2011 In response to the mass protests of recent days, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appointed his first Vice President in his over 30 years rule, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. When Suleiman was first announced, Aljazeera commentators were describing him as a “distinguished” and “respected ” man. It turns out, however, that...
“Suleiman wasn’t just the go-to bureaucrat for when the Americans wanted to...”
– The Torture Career of Egypt’s New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition to Torture Program
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100s flee Central Prison, Egypt
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The Egyptian Revolution.m4v
Enormous heart and soul went into this video. Please share. via youtube.com
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Anonymous arrests shine a light on some (much)...
Yesterday, the FBI finally took action in relation to the events around Wikileaks’s release of leaked diplomatic cables. So did the British police, working in concert with them. Only, it wasn’t Julian Assange hauled up for extradition to the US on charges under the Espionage Act, it was a group of teens arrested for participating in Anonymous’s distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks...
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Hospital says police shooting to kill | Al-Masry...
The death toll so far during Cairo’s days of protests is much higher than reported in the news, according to doctors at one of Cairo’s largest hospitals. A resident doctor at the hospital who was assisting with surgeries yesterday told Al-Masry Al-Youm today that most of those admitted were not wounded, but dead. He estimated the number at more than 50. The doctor said the wounds...
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Raw Feed: Showdown with police in Cairo & Ministry...
Check out this website I found at globalpost.com January 29
Egypt news/blogging link dump #4
Latest Updates on Protests in Egypt - NYTimes.com Looters rip heads off 2 mummies at Egyptian Museum - Yahoo! News Breaking: Images of Egyptian Museum Damage via Al-Jazeera We’ve waited for this revolution for years. Other despots should quail | Mona Eltahawy | Comment is free | The Observer “The least of eloquence…”, Dear fatima Tumblr, Thirty years of repression...
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Egypt Call In Feedback Amnesty International USA |...
Thank you for your call to support human rights during the political protests in Egypt! Your call to the Egyptian Embassy has helped to give the people of Egypt a voice! We appreciate you letting the Egyptian government know that we must end the bloodshed and allow these demonstrations to continue peacefully. After you place your call to the Egyptian Embassy at 202.895.5400 and dial...
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A message for the citizens of #Egypt from...
"I received calls from hospitals in Egypt by...
http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi/status/31337367352639488
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Recent events in Egypt | The Tor Blog
The current state of affairs in Egypt looks quite bleak for people using Vodafone, Orange, TE Data, and other well-known service providers. It is reported that each of those companies was ordered by the Egyptian government to turn down their internet services. The nature of the order and its legality is of course very unclear at this time. What is known is that nearly in perfect unison many...
Mitchel’s WL blog is worth reading http://www.thenation.com/blog/158141/wikileaks-news-views-blog-special-weekend-edition