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truffs1010
05-13-2011, 10:41 AM
The Taliban has done away with its traditional contempt for modern technology and embraced microblogging by joining Twitter.

Despite a history of ignoring television and stereo systems while it was in government, the group has realised the importance of being heard by a global audience and has started tweeting in English and Pashtu.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – as the Taliban likes to call its shadow government - posts several tweets each day on its feed @alemarahweb, mostly announcing strikes against "infidel forces", the Guardian reports.

Most messages link to news stories on the IEA website, as the Taliban's shadow government likes to style itself.

"Fifth US tank obliterated in Nawzad," says one tweet, while another reads: "11 US-NATO invaders killed."
The Taliban has more than 1,000 followers, a number that is swiftly rising.

It has chosen to follow some unlikely twitterers. Among them is a charity supporting British troops in Afghanistan and a person who describes himself as a US Air Force logistics officer working for the Afghan army.

"It appears they want to improve their outreach," Bartnett Rubin, Senior Fellow at NYU's Center for International Cooperation, told The New York Daily News. "Mobile phones are very widespread in Afghanstan, but computers are not. Hence this makes a lot of sense."
The IEA ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001.

justinrudwick
05-13-2011, 05:19 PM
I'm going to send hate mail, Why the hell would twitter let these bitches on there.

CrookedSmirk
05-13-2011, 07:15 PM
It's probable that this twitter account isn't even owned by the Taliban as an organization -- or even a Muj grunt.

It's easily imaginable that somebody just made the account as a joke, played the role well and is now getting noticed.

fiestybean
05-14-2011, 03:02 AM
lol they are terrorizing twitter......what about facebook? I know they dont use myspace....how really does anymore? :P dumbass terrorists

shatto
05-16-2011, 10:19 PM
I think them going open and public on all the 'social media' is the best thing that can possibly happen.

Islam is like Communism; built on false premises, fear and lies (ever hear of a Muslim questioning the teaching from the Koran?) and all people have to do is have free access to what they are teaching to see that it doesn't jive with what they have already experienced in their life.

For every nutcase they recruit they will turn-off hundreds or maybe thousands who will reject the message.