diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.cpp
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+#include "FetchFriends.h"
+#include "../HTTPRequest.h"
+
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "FetchFriends")
+
+void FetchFriends::run() 
+{	
+	replyMsg = ""; 
+
+	success = twitObj->friendsIdsGet(twitObj->getTwitterUsername());
+	if(!success) return;	
+
+	twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+	std::vector<std::string> IDs = getIDs( replyMsg );
+	
+	success = twitObj->userLookup(IDs, true);
+	if(!success) return;
+
+	twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+	friends = getUsers( replyMsg );
+
+	HTTPRequest req;
+	req.init();
+	req.setProxy(twitObj->getProxyServerIp(), twitObj->getProxyServerPort(), twitObj->getProxyUserName(), twitObj->getProxyPassword());
+	
+	for(int i=0 ; i<friends.size() ; i++) {
+		std::string img;
+		friendAvatars.push_back("");
+		if(req.GET(friends[i].getProfileImgURL(), img)) friendAvatars[i] = img;
+		else {
+			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Warning: Couldn't fetch Profile Image for " << user << "'s friend " << friends[i].getScreenName())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void FetchFriends::finalize()
+{
+	if(!success) {
+		twitObj->getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << replyMsg)
+		callBack(user, friends, friendAvatars, replyMsg);
+	} else {
+		std::string error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);
+		if(error.length()) LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << error)
+		callBack(user, friends, friendAvatars, error);	
+	} 
+}