Saddest. Twitter entries. Ever

[rainbow4321]

From the university student twittering what he and his fellow dorm friends have been thru the past few days.
This was after the dorm was raided by Iranian officials (they raid the dorms each night now)
;( ;( ;(

http://twitter.com/Change_for_Iran



there is no need to hide their names anymore Mobina Ehtrami, Fateme Borati, Kasra Sharafi, Kambiz Shoaee & Mohsen Imani; all killed by ansar
about 7 hours ago from web

5 killed in the girl's dorm. we saw karoubi in person yesteday and told him about what happened. I guess we made a big mistake #IranElection
about 12 hours ago from web

basij is after us. slept in the streets last night. internet is down in most of the city
about 12 hours ago from web

[The empressof all]

1. I have developed a great respect for the twitter in the last few days

"140 chars is a novel when you're being shot at." #IranElection


A few of us have been posting updates and links in this thread...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5861777

[Number23]

5. Yeah, when it's not being used by bored, narcissistic college kids

detailing every millisecond of their banal existences, it is a very useful and effective application.

[subcomhd]

11. right on

I have gained respect for it. I have gotten so much more information from twiters than all the MSM. Now - warning, we are getting raw intelligence not edited by the MSM or the CIA. But seriously - remember the flaws of raw intel - don't become the Iraq Study Group seeking out the intel that prooves your point- but look for consistent patterns in what you are getting.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. "our lives are in real danger now - we are the eyes - they need to stop us -"

Oh God...this is heart rending.
It is like a thousand Anne Franks trying to be heard.

http://twitter.com/persiankiwi

[rainbow4321]

4. Pics of the destroyed dorms (taken/posted by the students)

http://picasaweb.google.com/iranonfire/KooyeDaneshgahTehranUniComplex#

[lamp_shade]

3. Oh God please help them.

[gmoney]

6. Notice how they all sound much more dignified than Chuck Grassley?

Even in their 2nd (3rd? 5th?) language, they at least communicate clearly with real words, and without petulance.

[roguevalley]

7. God save them. I wish I could. This is horrendous. They have started

something the government can't stop. Their parents are going to be hard to placate or scare after this.

[grantcart]

8. I saw Karoubi on BBC yesterday - - a lot of it is rumor

it also doesn't make sense that someone who was "in prison" yesterday would be able to twitter today.

[rainbow4321]

10. The student twittering never claimed to be in prison/arrested

Unless I missed one of his entries, the univ student who is tweeting these entries never said that he (the twittering student) was in prison/arrested yesterday.
There were rumors that Karoubi was under house arrest, but then it was denied at some point. It's not Karoubi who is twittering these entries.

[Wednesdays]

9. K&R

:kick:

[Kaleko]

12. Thank you for posting and keeping vigil.

These messengers are immediate victims of the coup in Iran.

I want them to know that Americans care about what happens to them.

[girl gone mad]

13. These twitterers are playing a dangerous game.

I hope they can find a form of communication a little safer from government spying.

[FourScore]

14. Tragic. k/r

[90-percent]

15. God bless the Iranian People

Courageous and brave people.

Risking their lives to gain freedoms and rights we Americans will now gladly sacrifice, possibly simply because we have taken our rights for granted for so long, we cannot see they may NO LONGER EVEN BE THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM.

I am saddened by all the death and fear there right now.

-90% Jimmy

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. Change_for_Iran and Persisn kiwi are

supposed to be 2 of the most reliable people. Change_for_Iran had apparently disappeared for a while. Glad he's back.