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Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. Open source investigator. Contributions: #BBCAfricaEye @nytimes. Usual caveats. Bluesky: @.johnmarquee.bsky.social
Sep 14, 2019 7 tweets 4 min read
A little over an hour ago reports started coming out of #SaudiArabia of a large explosion at an Aramco compound in #Buqayq. Videos of large fires in an industrial area with gunfire audible in the background soon emerged on social media.

[short thread] Several of these videos seem to validate the claim that the explosion happened at the Aramco compound. As of right now the cause of the explosion is still unknown.
Aug 20, 2019 42 tweets 34 min read
[THREAD]

Geolocating places of interest (mostly airstrikes) in #Syria:

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First, a few housekeeping items:

Some videos linked in this thread will be very graphic or otherwise difficult to watch. I will do my best to keep the gruesome stuff out of my pictures but will provide a link to the source material whenever possible.

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