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BigAlBrand I don't remember a night worse than tonight since February. Hell broke loose in #Homs. Shelling and shooting isn't stopping not for a second about 4 hours ago via Twitter for Android Retweeted by assuss and 51 others
AJEnglish Egypt protesters torch Shafiq's Cairo office aje.me/LZu2zR about 1 hour ago via SocialFlow Retweeted by assuss and 33 others
24 hours left in New York... and I just can't get myself to pack up. Debilitating nostalgia has already set in. about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
jenanmoussa This is huge. #Iran confirms Quds force's presence in #Syria: bit.ly/KX4XDW (@akhbar) about 9 hours ago via web Retweeted by assuss and 39 others
the regional proxy war begins. RT @martinchulov: Important admission from Iran 'Our troops are on the ground in #Syria' gu.com/p/38vxm/tw about 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
MUST-read #EgyElections "Fear of Islamists so deeply entrenched in Egyptian psyche, its obliterated the 18day uprising" bit.ly/JPcX4y about 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
jessradio Patrick Seale pins his colours to the wall in this @guardian piece: bit.ly/JIxiKL. Basically says oppn forced regime's hand in Houla. about 9 hours ago via web Retweeted by assuss
a final breakfast in the Park. #newyorkfarewell instagr.am/p/LLOd59QADr/ about 9 hours ago via Instagram
POWERFUL analysis "Fear of Islamists is so deeply entrenched in #Egypt.ian psyche, it's obliterated the 18day uprising" bit.ly/JPcX4y about 17 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
ramahkudaimi How Syrian Uprising Started, the "Rise" of Syrian National Council, and Role of Gulf Countries jadaliyya.com/pages/index/54… via @jadaliyya about 23 hours ago via Tweet Button Retweeted by assuss
@LailaLalami also pork and pirates. we should have a contest for the most creative sentences constructed using only flagged DoHS words! about 22 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to LailaLalami
LeilZahra Forgive me #Syria about 23 hours ago via web Retweeted by assuss
jenanmoussa Got hold of my contact in #Hama. Shelling continues. Scared ground forces might follow. I heard various explosion in background as we spoke 4:35 PM May 27th via web Retweeted by assuss and 15 others
BorowitzReport As violence escalates in Syria, CNN asks: "Did you watch Britney on X Factor?" 3:46 PM May 27th via web Retweeted by assuss and 307 others
HamaEcho explosions and gunfire still are shaking Hama and ppl are talking about new massacres that have happened, we dont know because hard to move 4:38 PM May 27th via Mobile Web Retweeted by assuss and 35 others
HamaEcho neighbours living in top levels in our building moving below to avoid the random shooting and shelling. lots of fears tonight. #hama 4:39 PM May 27th via Mobile Web Retweeted by assuss and 43 others
LeShaque While the UN was half-condemning Assad for the massacre his forces committed in Houla, another massacre was taking place in Hama. #Syria 4:24 PM May 27th via TweetDeck Retweeted by assuss and 29 others
Srebrenica. Sabra & Shatilla. My Lai. now #Houla. Cities no more. Infamous as places where the unspeakable happened. Under the world's gaze. 4:30 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone
"...vengeance rolled into town with a savagery rarely paralleled in the 15-month Syrian uprising..." #HoulaMassacre: m.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may… 4:13 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone
the Guardian's @martinchulov on the past 24 hours in #Syria and the #HoulaMassacre: "UN mission as insipid as ever." gu.com/p/37q5g/tw 4:06 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone

Name Assia Boundaoui
Location algiers - chitown - nyc
Web http://assia.post...
Bio algerian-american freelance journalist. audiophile. my positionality allows me to cross borders; standing on the margins Im uniquely positioned to observe.