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Terror Networks
Al Qaeda Opens First Official Twitter Account
2013-09-29
[FreeBeacon] Move seen as bid to halt division among jihadists over Syrian rebel split
A taste:
An official al Qaeda website that is restricted to members of the terrorist group opened its first Twitter account this week in what U.S. officials say is an effort to resolve a major split over Syria's Salafist tough guys.
Shhhh... It's a secret. No infidels allowed.
The Shamukh al-Islam website, used as an official clearing house for al Qaeda members to communicate and issue propaganda statements, started its first Twitter account on Tuesday.

The first posts on the account focused on divisions between two al Qaeda rebel groups in Syria, al Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The account, @shomokhalislam, issued 29 tweets, followed one account, and attracted 1,532 followers as of Friday afternoon. U.S. officials said among its followers are several high-profile digital jihadists.

Counterterrorism analysts view the new account as another indicator that terrorist groups are stepping up their use of social media over traditional Internet sites.
Posted by:trailing wife

#10  They did indeed, newc. According to the Daily Mail:

o The suspension comes less than a week and fifty tweets after the account went live
o It also comes only hours after a media report saying Twitter refused to comment Saturday on why the account was still live
o Followers were mostly journalists and curious onlookers
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-09-29 23:43  

#9  They pulled the plug on it.
Posted by: newc   2013-09-29 23:37  

#8  Sniff, sniff, IS THERE NO LOVE IN AL-QAEDA FOR THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ + SHAM???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-09-29 23:23  

#7  So what is it called now, a hashishari tag?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-09-29 17:58  

#6  #DYEJ
Posted by: Zebulon Henbane1966   2013-09-29 12:13  

#5  #ThatsSo20thCentury
Posted by: gorb   2013-09-29 11:02  

#4  #sand
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-09-29 10:30  

#3  #ThanksfortheLibyanweapons
Posted by: Frank G   2013-09-29 09:44  

#2  The account, @shomokhalislam, issued 29 tweets, followed one account, and attracted 1,532 followers as of Friday afternoon. U.S. officials said among its followers are several high-profile digital jihadists.

Hopefully Fred has approved the NSA overtime requests.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-09-29 04:23  

#1  @WhiteHouse 'Ima in yer interwebz LOL!'
Posted by: Raj   2013-09-29 00:25  

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