Quick note — tweet and riposte
[by Charles Cameron — on warfare and social media ]
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Al-Shabaab‘s media wing now has a twitter interlocutor from the Kenyan Army…
as the Islamic Emirate (Afghan Taliban) does from the ISAF Press Office:
Is this just “silliness”, as @Rory_Medcalf tweeted — or is there something fresh and with potential going on? I’m thinking of richer social media initiatives, like Leah Farrall‘s conversations with Abu Walid, here, too…