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After taking a picture of the meal with the phone, the app gives a calorie read-out almost instantly Full Article Caribbean rum maker looks to tap U.S. market Startup targets online vacation rentals Students use cameras, YouTube to reveal Misrata siege Tweet Share this By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Libyan students are using mobile phones, an amateur video camera and YouTube to offer a glimpse of the war in the besieged city of Misrata where journalists are prevented from reporting freely. Braving sniper fire,... Email Print Related News Libyan rebels say repel government offensives in Misrata Tue, Apr 12 2011 Libyan fighting goes on after peace bid fails Mon, Apr 11 2011 Rebels: pro-Gaddafi forces step up attack on Misrata Mon, Apr 11 2011 WRAPUP 10-African plan fails to halt Libya fighting Mon, Apr 11 2011 WRAPUP 5-NATO air strikes help break attack on east Libya town Sun, Apr 10 2011 Analysis & Opinion Why City + Airport = the Future Ivory Coast: so who is the incumbent now? Related Topics Technology » Media » By Joseph Nasr BERLIN | Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:50am EDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Libyan students are using mobile phones, an amateur video camera and YouTube to offer a glimpse of the war in the besieged city of Misrata where journalists are prevented from reporting freely. Braving sniper fire, indiscriminate shelling and advancing tanks, five students go out daily onto the rubble-strewn streets of Libya's third-biggest city to film the fighting between forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and rebels seeking his overthrow. "We want people inside and outside Libya to see what is happening here," group member Ghassan said by telephone from Misrata. They started uploading videos in late February, around the time Gaddafi's forces launched a brutal crackdown on the coastal city, now the rebels' last major enclave in western Libya. Under their Freedom Group channel, the group has posted some 130 videos, some of which include chilling footage of fierce street battles. Others depict a ghost town where residents cower indoors, often several families to a dwelling. Sounds of gunfire, explosions, and armed rebels chanting "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) reverberate against the backdrop of images of smoke billowing over residential areas, pro-Gaddafi snipers on rooftops, and buildings and streets scarred by the fighting. The channel has garnered half a million views since the first video was posted on February 25 showing graphic footage of bloodied bodies. A voice-over says they were rebels killed by Gaddafi loyalists. The site's popularity may stem from the dearth of independent accounts coming out of Misrata, which has been under siege for over a month and remains off-limits to foreign journalists. The government recently promised reporters a visit to central Misrata to demonstrate the city was under Gaddafi's control. They made it as far as a government-controlled neighborhood on Misrata's outskirts. NO FEAR Ghassan was a pharmacology student at Misrata University when the revolt erupted on February 17. Many of his friends joined rebel ranks but he and four other students, all aged between 20 and 25, chose to document the uprising instead. "At first I was scared. But when the fighting started to get ugly and some of our friends died I overcame my fear," 22 year-old Marwan, the group's main cameraman, said by telephone. Initially they focused on filming anti-Gaddafi slogans sprayed on walls in the city center but now they frequently accompany rebels to the frontline, even though pro-Gaddafi forces have intensified their attacks. "Sometimes we go out by foot. Other times we go to the frontline in civilian cars with the fighters. They all know us," said Marwan. "Our main goal is to show the outside world what is happening here. But sometimes our work helps the rebels." 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