Reporting on international security and terrorism

2012 Global Security Seminar, Istanbul, Nov. 12-14

3rd & 7 37yd

Al-Shishani: Journalists are not peace builders. Their role is to convey the news and let the people decide. #gss_2012

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 10:28:55 AM
Anas: when Bin Laden joined us in '84, he had no media savvy. But we had jihadist magazines and the like. #gss_2012

by Andy Carvin via twitter 11/12/2012 10:31:05 AM
Murad Batal Al-Shishani on reporting jihadist groups -it's a "fine line between justification & explanation" #GSS_2012 twitpic.com/bckjwq

by Guruchat via twitter 11/12/2012 10:32:14 AM
Former mujahadeen Anas talking about #OBL and how he was not initially media savvy. #gss_2012

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 10:32:21 AM
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by Trust Media via twitter 11/12/2012 10:32:36 AM
OBL was not a man who could focus on the media when I first met him in '84- says former mujahid Anas. Things changed post 9/11 #GSS_2012

by manupubby via twitter 11/12/2012 10:32:36 AM
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by Julie Mollins via twitter 11/12/2012 10:32:37 AM
Abdullah Anas: Osama was not really media savvy. It was Abdullah Azzam - he would write 1000s of words a day for jihad magazines. #GSS_2012

by mujmash via twitter 11/12/2012 10:33:00 AM
Abdullah Anas introduces the possible religious implications and complications of using the word "jihadist." #GSS_2012

by kaudriye via twitter 11/12/2012 10:33:25 AM
Jihadist vs. Mujaheed: al-Shishani: Jihadist has negative connocations as opposed to mujaheed. #gss_2012

by nuhyilmaz via twitter 11/12/2012 10:35:27 AM
Now discussing the various interpretations of the word "Islamist." #gss_2012

by Andy Carvin via twitter 11/12/2012 10:36:13 AM
Other panelist disagrees with Anas, says a jihadist means an Islamist who takes up arms. #gss_2012

by Andy Carvin via twitter 11/12/2012 10:37:08 AM
Language matters: "Islamist" "jihadist" "terrorist" "insurgent" "rebel".. Little consensus on meanings & much debate. #GSS_2012 #journalism

by Michelle Shephard via twitter 11/12/2012 10:37:45 AM
Il liveblog di @trustmedia per #gss_2012 cominciato oggi a Istanbul: http://trustmedialive.trust.org/Event/Reporting_on_Security_and_Terrorism_Seminar_2012

by Marina Petrillo via twitter 11/12/2012 10:38:31 AM
Anas: when you put labels on people, it's seized by politics. Words like liberal or Islamist gets used to recruit others. #gss_2012

by Andy Carvin via twitter 11/12/2012 10:39:19 AM
Abdullah Anas: Words like "Islamist" and "liberal" are labels used for recruitment, not indicative of Islamism, liberalism. #GSS_2012

by kaudriye via twitter 11/12/2012 10:40:06 AM
Islamist, Jihadist, Mujahid are terms used for recruitment by the politically motivated, says Abdullah Anas #GSS_2012

by manupubby via twitter 11/12/2012 10:40:08 AM
Language matters: "Islamist, jihadist, terrorist, insurgent, liberal, rebel" Little consensus on meaning, much debate. #GSS_2012 #journalism

by Guruchat via twitter 11/12/2012 10:41:21 AM
Al-Shishani: mujaheed is to jihadist as Muslim is to Islamist. Discussing the language of covering terror. #gss_2012

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 10:41:27 AM
Attendee: my first name is "Jihad" yet I'm actually a Christian Arab. Not unusual in the Levant. Names can be misleading. #gss_2012

by Andy Carvin via twitter 11/12/2012 10:41:44 AM
Language matters: "Islamist, jihadist, terrorist, insurgent, liberal, rebel" Little consensus on meaning and much debate. #GSS_2012 #Media

by Guruchat via twitter 11/12/2012 10:42:06 AM
Same participator adds: That is why, Palestinian group İslamic Jihad had to add 'islamic' to its name #gss_2012

by nuhyilmaz via twitter 11/12/2012 10:46:22 AM
#GSS_2012 Reporting on Security and Terrorism liveblog available for syndication via @Scribblelive #journalism http://trustmedialive.trust.org/Event/Reporting_on_Security_and_Terrorism_Seminar_2012

by Trust Media via twitter 11/12/2012 10:46:40 AM
#gss_2012 giving a great summary of the global security journalism conference in Istanbul. Debating semantics the order of the day so far.

by Emma Jane via twitter 11/12/2012 10:48:59 AM
KILL ALL ARABS AND TAKE THEIR OIL. THAT IS THE SOLUTION ;) #gss_2012

by CaferKocbasi via twitter 11/12/2012 10:50:33 AM
Instambul ospita oggi il #gss_2012 Strana e ipocrita scelta, probabilmente pochi denunceranno che la Turchia è il... http://fb.me/28eH8GWnJ

by mazzettam via twitter 11/12/2012 10:53:34 AM
Istanbul ospita oggi il #gss_2012 Strana e ipocrita scelta, probabilmente pochi denunceranno che la Turchia è il... http://fb.me/1ZzgYtuiv

by mazzettam via twitter 11/12/2012 10:55:46 AM
#GSS_2012 VIDEO: Social media geotags can pose security risk for journalists - http://youtu.be/eMcLRvYwLvA via @jmollins

by traceyyyz via twitter 11/12/2012 2:33:32 PM
I am about to speak on #Somalia now at #GSS_2012, with Jack Christofides of #UN peacekeeping and Shukri Gesod of #Oxfam.

by mary_harper via twitter 11/12/2012 2:43:08 PM
Live coverage of the 2012 Global Security Seminar from Istanbul (Nov. 12-14) available at http://ow.ly/fdt0J via @trust_media #GSS_2012

by scribblelive via twitter 11/12/2012 2:44:35 PM
Live coverage of the 2012 Global Security Seminar from Istanbul (Nov. 12-14) available at http://ow.ly/fdt0J via @trust_media #GSS_2012

by traceyyyz via twitter 11/12/2012 2:47:49 PM
Check latest alumni blog: Subsidies Without a Value Chain Formula is a Flop http://www.trust.org/trustmedia/blogs/trustmedia-alumni-blog/subsidies-without-a-value-chain-formula-is-a-flop/#.UKEL6lSAPqE.twitter

by Trust Media via twitter 11/12/2012 2:47:52 PM
U.N.'s Jack Christofides: combined naval ops, industry efforts, increasingly effective prosecution are reducing Somali piracy #GSS_2012.

by MarkJTrev via twitter 11/12/2012 2:52:58 PM
"Somalia: What happens when states fail, armed groups and warlord-criminals compete for power, and climate stress grows" #GSS_2012

by IstanbulPolicyCenter via twitter 11/12/2012 2:53:51 PM
#Somalia session now at #GSS_2012. Near & dear to my heart. Wonderful @mary_harper joins @Oxfam's Shukri Gesod & U.N.'s Jack Christofides.

by Michelle Shephard via twitter 11/12/2012 2:53:59 PM
U.N.'s Jack Christofides: combined naval ops, industry efforts, increasingly effective prosecution are reducing Somali piracy #GSS_2012.

by MarkJTrev via twitter 11/12/2012 2:57:59 PM
“@mary_harper: Speaking on #Somalia now at #GSS_2012, with Jack Christofides of #UN peacekeeping and Shukri Gesod of #Oxfam.”

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 2:58:34 PM
#GSS_2012 Extreme #Somalia reporting. From scary failed state to happy, go-lucky beach resort? Both dangerous portrayals says @mary_harper

by Michelle Shephard via twitter 11/12/2012 2:59:53 PM
@ Mary_Harper: Media went from covering Somalia as worst place on Earth to a land of people frolicking on beaches. #gss_2012

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 3:01:07 PM
Shukri Gesod talking on #Somalia youth's struggle to change it's international image #GSS_2012

by mujmash via twitter 11/12/2012 3:07:07 PM
Shukri Gesod shows pix of friend on Mogadishu beach. "She's rocking it," Gesod says about normalcy returning. #gss_2012

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 3:08:41 PM
Shukri Gesod of Oxfam: The battle is not over marginalization in general but between Diaspora youth and Somali youth. #GSS_2012

by kaudriye via twitter 11/12/2012 3:13:07 PM
Shukri Gesod: Continuous marginalization of youth is key problem in #Somalia. #gss_2012

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 3:13:31 PM
Oxfam's Somalia expert Shukri Gesod: Decline of Al Shabab due to famine, which exposed it as not caring for its people #GSS_2012

by MarkJTrev via twitter 11/12/2012 3:17:12 PM
Day 1 in Istanbul closing with insightful commentary on #Somalia. #gss_2012 # Thinking of you #triciaCNN

by Moni Basu via twitter 11/12/2012 3:17:18 PM