2011年1月15日: チュニジア(5) #Tunisia #sidibouzid #jasminrevolt #OpTunisia
In #Tunis at airprt, army has taken over.Found taxi who says he can take us to city. We'll see.
2011-01-15 04:14:51Streets COMPLETELY empty on way from airport. Everything closed.Eerie. #tunisia
2011-01-15 04:15:58Driver is chainsmoking, talking on mobile with relatives in France. We only car on road. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 04:17:15Driver says "I'm gambling with my life. But everything will be fine." Very reassuring! #tunisia
2011-01-15 04:19:49Arriving at checkpoint. One APC one tank. They redirect us but don't turn us around$ Tunis is a ghost town. #tunisia
2011-01-15 04:22:50Soldiers ask us to get out we show papers they let us go. #tunisia
2011-01-15 04:28:47Several young men on their knees next to jeep. Arrested. Anyone out is being arrested #tunisia
2011-01-15 04:31:29Made it hotel. Front completely boarded up. Had to squeeze through. #tunisia
2011-01-15 04:46:42I can hear but not see what sounds like confrontations between army and youths in streets off habin bouqiba avenue #tunisia
2011-01-15 05:08:39Soldier I spoke with said he received training in Arizona. Asked if curfew lifted tomorrow, said "maybe yes maybe no."
2011-01-15 05:10:13Tense soldiers hardly seem eager to share in joy of Ben Ali's departure. New boss same as old boss? #Tunisia
2011-01-15 05:16:44Pattern in region has often-yaani almost always-been that army takes over to prevent real revolution. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 05:18:59Shooting on 7 Novembre Avenue. Security not allowing guests out of hotels. #tunisia
2011-01-15 05:27:55What I'm seeing is an army clampdown. The "Jasmine Revolution" is in danger of being trampled by jackboots. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 06:27:24All I can hear in central Tunis is cats fighting. An armoured personnel carrier is parked in the street below. Revolution or coup? #tunisia
2011-01-15 07:58:56Eerie Tunis quiet shattered by helicopters regularly flying over the city, occasional bursts of gunfire. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 08:07:08I hear raised voices and chants in 7 Novembre, what sounds like tear gas being fired. Helicopters nearby. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 08:31:57Young men rounded up arrested some being beaten with sticks, kicked. Near 7 Novembre #Tunisia. I can see it
2011-01-15 08:32:31Plainclothed policemen kicking, beating with sticks young man on ground. He is begging for mercy. Near Novembre 7. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 08:35:05Women among those detained, but they're aren't being beaten. Now I hear but can't see woman screaming. near Novembre 7. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 08:37:53This is what I'm seeing just from my hotel window. Just imagine what is going on in the rest of the country. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 08:39:23After beating up people plainclothed baton-toting policemen below my window having a good laugh. Can't make out about what. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 08:45:54125 AM in Tunis and I can hear chanting and shouting. It's not over. Yet. #Tunisia
2011-01-15 09:24:52Amidst Arab euphoria over Ben Ali's departure, it remains to seen whether Tunisians will settle for caretaker gimmick #sidibouzid
2011-01-15 16:08:25