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9 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
.@swilliamsjourno this is an interesting and evocative report, redolent in history. But it is also rather old and out of date now. A lot has happened since. Are you going to do an update?
The story has a strong focus on Eritrea and in that context this tweet which points to your sources will I think raise alarm bells among many.
Particularly the involvement of Tronvoll, Plaut and Rashid Abdi, who are all rabid TPLF supporters and who are engaged in a significant anti-Eritrean information effort that predates this conflict for some time .
This is not to take away from your reporting though. But this is something that you need to know.

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In this thread I will post a bunch of relevant historical videos which relate to the #TigrayInsurgency.

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Interesting development regarding SAHAN's social media team leader @RAbdiAnalyst (the account is gone) his alternate account @RAbdiAnalyst_ is still here, albeit with a fraction of the reach.
Do we think the account was cancelled by Twitter? Or is this a tactical retreat from the information war?

There was a list of pretty hateful tweets circulated for a reporting campaign. If this was @Twitter.... good on them Twitter should not be used for war and hate promotion.
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