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Sienna_J commented on the blog post Egyptian Activists Expose Torture Tools and Files, Tied to US Renditions
A correction on context of above tweets from Egyptocracy. There were TWO simultaneous protests –
occuring at 2 DIFFERENT Amn Dawla State Security complexes
both in the greater Cairo region.One was at the “6th October City” Amn Dawla State Security complex.
(hashtags #AmnDawla and #October)The other was at “Naser City” Amn Dawla State Security headquarters.
(hashtags #AmnDawla and #Nasr or #NasrCity)Protesters in the two locales were reading one another’s tweets as their separate actions were progressing. Occasionally someone would “re-tweet” what someone else had said, so as to rebroadcast the information to someone who might need to know.
“RT” = re-tweet.The person known as “Egyptocracy” was in the “Nasr City” headquarters.
The person known as “mosaaberizing” was in the “6th October City” complex. You can see that by his #October hashtag. Egyptocracy was simply publically retweeting what mosaaberizing had said to her, so that others could know what was happening over at 6th October City.
Egyptocracy retweeted two of his posts beginning with
RT@mosaaberizingEgyptocracy retweeted another post of his, beginning with
6thOctober RT@mosaaberizing
This indicates that Egyptocracy handtyped in the words “6thOctober” at beginning of the retweet, for clarification puposes, as he had forgotten to put the October hashtag.The burning took place at “6th October City” Amn Dawla State Security — the smoke was obvious, which was why the protesters had gone there first, to try to salvage whatever evidence was left, to be used for future trials.
Then some the protesters realized they should go over to Nasr City (which wasn’t that far away), and try to get inside to gather evidence BEFORE anyone started burning it. When they arrived, much was shredded, but there was not a current fire going on. (no way of knowing if items had been inconspicously burned earlier, or totally removed).
There are many Amn Dawla State Security complexes throughout Egypt. There are protesters storming each one.
The one in the city of Alexandria was stormed by protesters on Friday March 4th.
There are many others that have been recently visited by protesters, or where protests are happening right now, or will happen soon.
They are all #AmnDawla, so that makes it confusing to read simultaneous tweet-feeds.
Especially if people re-tweet what someone else already said several hours ago, it takes clear seeking to determine when the first person orginally said it, to find the true timeline.
Furthermore, when inside these complexes, the atmosphere is tense, when facing army, or military police, or regular police, or being in fear of the hated Special Security forces. And of course there is the horrors of the torture chambers, etc, and the urgency of seeking the missing political “detainees”. When inside these areas, people tweet what they can, but it’s hard to remember to put in all the specific hashtags.
How do I know all this? From following the tweets of reputable bloggers who were there in person documenting what they saw, and by following the tweets of others who claimed to be in the same buildings at the same time, and comparing their accounts for verification. When you have hundreds of people tweeting about the same event simultaneously, you can track down who is just spouting rumors and who is reporting objectively.
For more information about the protest at 6th October City complex, you can read Zeinobia’s other post here. This is where she tells the story of the protest at 6th Oct, and then, at the end, she tells of how the protesters are now beginning at Nasr City.
http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/03/fall-of-state-security-kingdom-in-egypt_05.html-
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