[New-imc] [DU-WATCH] Indymedia Iraq sets up - needs help

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Date:   4/22/03 2:38:46 PM Central Daylight Time    
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Dear all, this has come in from independent
journalists on the ground in Iraq, who are trying to
set up an Indymedia Iraq, with local students and
others who want to distribute the truth of what is
going on in Iraq. Please circulate this on your
network, 
cheers
davey (pandora project)


From: Ramzi Kysia [mailto:rrkysia at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 06:59 PM

> Dear Friends,
> 
> I've been able to locate 4 of the students who we
> worked with on the dialogue exchange: Haider, Hamza,
> Walid & Majed. All are very enthusiastic about
> starting a newspaper & setting up something like
> indymedia baghdad.
> 
> Over the next few days, we are going to: 
> 
> - locate a house to rent, that can serve as an
> office
> for the project, as well as office/living space for
> VitW & friends here in Iraq.
> 
> - compile a list of equipment we have on hand
> (computers, printers, cameras, office supplies,
> etc...)
> 
> - compile a list of equipment we *need* (computers,
> printers, cameras, office supplies, etc... LOL)
> 
> - locate a printing company that can print 10,000
> copies a week, of an Arabic/English newspaper that
> we
> are going to start.
> 
> We NEED from you:
> 
> - MONEY: start raising $$$ *NOW* - this project is
> going to need money to pay for rent, equipment,
> printing costs, and web costs, ASAP!!! We will work
> toward making it self-sufficient as soon as
> possible,
> but that, for sure, ain't right now! Voices is
> sending
> a small group of people here (one in a week, a
> couple
> of more soon after) - so we need to send in money &
> equipment with them. 
> 
> - EQUIPMENT: for a fact, I *KNOW* that we're going
> to
> need at least 2 more computers, 1 more office
> printer,
> 2 broadcast-quality video cameras, and 2 digital
> cameras. Another satellite modem & satellite phone
> would be nice too (as well as $$$ to cover the costs
> of the current sat modem over the next, several
> months).
> 
> - WEB HELP: we need help, from the outside, on
> setting
> up a website for the newspaper and/or indymedia
> Baghdad, where we can post text, pictures, & video
> produced here - English *AND* Arabic. Some of these
> kids are very web savvy, but the infrastructure is
> NOT
> in place for them to start doing web work from here
> right now. The war took out telecommunications in a
> *big* way - certainly for weeks, likely for months.
> 
> I (we, I hope!) are going to help out with advice,
> training, equipment & money - but this is going to
> be
> an Iraqi project, from top to bottom. These folks
> can
> finally speak for themselves - let's help them do
> that!
> 
> Please let me know how all of you can help, ASAP!
> Let's roll...
> 
> Love,
> Ramzi


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