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hi
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who runs the world? goons, apparently.

http://www.channel4.com/news/brown-moses-blog-syria-arms-weapons-croatia

Channel4 posted:

Brown Moses: The British blogger tracking Syrian arms

A British blogger has been monitoring weapons used in the Syrian conflict, providing important analysis of the conflict for human rights groups - while working from his Leicester home.

Brown Moses is the blog of Eliot Higgins, an unconventional "war reporter" who does his best work from the safety of his couch. Without having to dodge any bullets he has broken important stories on the Syrian conflict.

Higgins started blogging in 2012 when he lost his job, now he plays a vital role in tracing weaponry that appears in footage coming out of the war-torn region.

His unique form of citizen journalism has revealed how Croatian weaponry has fallen into the hands of Islamist fighters but he has never received training as a weapons expert or journalist.

Using stills taken from YouTube videos and jihadi websites the blogger was able to show how Jabhat al-Nusra fighters have been using weapons originating in Croatia including an M60 recoilless gun and an M79 Osa anti-tank rocket launcher.

The New York Times followed up his discovery, claiming American intelligence officers had helped Arab governments procure weapons from Croatia.

Amnesty International told Channel 4 News that the Brown Moses blog was vital in proving the Syrian regime was using ballistic missiles, they were then able to use his information to send a research mission to Syria.

"The information is out there if you know where to look for it, he’s can wade through dozens and dozens of YouTube channels, spending hours doing this quite obsessively. He’s got that eagle eye."

video here:

http://bcove.me/8vj7toym

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political car tune
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Between him, sean smith, and grover (the best home engineer on the planet) goons truly are the ubermensch
#3
Mike Nelson here.
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good on him for being successful in his own way
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There's a D&D poster called golzinbulx who bragged about being friends irl with Luis Posada Carriles and a bunch of other Cuban exile terrorist groups.
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Kurdt
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lol if u dont know posada
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hi
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MadMedico posted:

There's a D&D poster called golzinbulx who bragged about being friends irl with Luis Posada Carriles and a bunch of other Cuban exile terrorist groups.

he used to post in LF too.

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YUNG JIRO AKA SHOWA STUNNA AKA
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gyrofry posted:

lol if u dont know posada



he owe me a hundred favors

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Lol I just saw "Brown Moses" on the front page of CNN and was gonna cum here to discuss. Looks like HK beat me to it.
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Mike Nelson here.
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tpaine posted:

i guess they never took vilerat's name off the d&d moderation list because for the last few months or so he's been the best mod the forum ever had

actually he died in september, tpaine.

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D.C.
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His reporting is good. All the unemployed 'zone shut-ins should be inspired by his example
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D.C.
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His neurotic compulsion with watching 8+ hours of youtube videos a day just scored him a job at a leading British intelligence contractor. Now he's plotting a kickstarter campaign to fund his blot and inspiring thousands of self described tumbler activists with his example
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YUNG JIRO AKA SHOWA STUNNA AKA
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Not only can Brown Moses give you "the skinny" on weapons in Syria, but he also posesses vital intelligence on all of the best Let's Players. Now that's paper
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jiroemon1897 posted:

Not only can Brown Moses give you "the skinny" on weapons in Syria, but he also posesses vital intelligence on all of the best Let's Players. Now that's paper



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