Via @mpoppel
Also, follow Evan Fleischer on Tumblr for some impressive blogging about simultaneous events happening around the world right now.
See also Fleischer’s previous post
A plume of smoke emerging from Gaza. One tweet suggesting Israeli forces moving past Khanyounis. Gunfire in Taiz, Yemen. Gunfire in Kabul might have ceased, though there are still “a lot of black hawks in the air.”
(Source: evanfleischer)
In the past half hour, twitter has spoke of the following — an assault on Gaza, two suicide attacks in Kabul (where the target is either — apparently — the UNAMA office, the British Consul, or the VP’s barracks), and clashes in Yemen.
(Source: evanfleischer)
Stay classy, Andy Carvin.
I looked at their little argument. I think both sides were being a bit childish.
And from there, he is tweeting and re-tweeting the situation in Tahrir Square incessantly.
From the Drudge Retort: “Weiner Denies Tweeting His Weiner”
And that’s all I’ll post about that.
Mullah Omar dead? Good God, there’s a TON of news tonight. BBC is also reporting this.
If this is true, I hope (naively) that his death doesn’t justify further drone strikes anywhere. The majority of those killed have been civilians due to the very nature of the process of carrying out UAV missile strikes.
Report: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issues apology to the citizens of Egypt, asks for amnesty.
He says that he thinks the source is Al Arabiya, and that the statement was given in audio form.
Israeli protests get deadlier: ”FLASH: Death toll in Lebanon-Israel border shooting rises to 10, more than 100 protesters wounded - Lebanese security sources.”
(NOTE: Newsflick recommends The Guardian’s liveblog on the Nakba protests to keep an eye on a quickly-developing story.)
(Source: shortformblog)
Twitter reports that 100 members of the elite Republican Guard joined protesters in Sana’a today. Photograph taken and tweeted by @ronaldoyemen.
A lot of fresh Bin Laden news on @Reuters right now. Once we see these videos out in the wild, we’ll post them.
