Thursday, August 15, 2013

Al Qaeda Using Hashtag “#Suggestions_to_Develop_Jihadist_Media.”, Hilarity Ensues

Not quite clear on the concept.
From BuzzFeed:

How To Successfully Ruin Al-Qaeda’s Day On Twitter
J.M. Berger, an analyst and consultant on al-Qaeda and extremist groups as well as author of the book Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam, successfully launched an effort to troll jihadists who were using a hashtag to solicit media tips on Twitter....MORE
It goes downhill pretty quickly as the trolls come out.
One example:
More cats in online video releases
This did not please the jihadis who resorted to frowny-face emoticons:


The geeks at Britain's The Register have much more:
Osama Bin Pwned: Al Qaeda mocked in Twitter counter-jihad