Austin Tice

#USMC infantry vet, #Georgetown Law stdnt, freelance #journalist. Currently in #Syria. Gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

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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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@azelin Could you follow me plz for DM?

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RT @A22523 Russian general denies being killed in Syria attack http://t.co/oxmx7iTf (Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated...)

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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): http://t.co/kQz6lc8P "He who warns, is excused."

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.@cjchivers: Strong but inconclusive evidence of surface-to-air missiles in Aleppo. http://t.co/9UjQl26S

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Sporadic shelling happening now in Artouz.

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On "The Takeaway" radio program earlier today, starting at 3:00, after great report from Paul Wood: http://t.co/WFhTBBJY

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My friend James Duggan is competing in DC's FotoWeek competition. Vote for his great pic of Bahraini protesters: http://t.co/5gD6Qi5k

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Darraya, Syria: After finishing the street cleanup, residents hold an impromptu anti-government demonstration: http://t.co/Ge4zlJJZ

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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. http://t.co/k5SVamaF

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Residents remove rubble from a cemetery after a Gov armored vehicle bulldozed a wall covered in revolutionary graffiti: http://t.co/skiLNNuT

[Jenan Moussa @jenanmoussa]

Here my stamp to enter #Syria. #FSA actually stamps passports and takes names of every1 getting in and out. @akhbar