Twitter Weaponized: Al-Shabaab and the Latest Offensive in “Social” War

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Twitter Weaponized: Al-Shabaab and the Latest Offensive in “Social” War – Reading The Pictures

For the moment, at least, it’s worth noting how Al-Shabaab has used social media and the photo to further undermine any “rules” of engagement while expanding the field of asymmetrical warfare.

via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2013/01/twitter-weaponized-al-shabaab-and-the-latest-offensive-in-a-social-war/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29

What the militant’s are attempting to leverage through the digital medium is that emotional terror algorhthym in which perception becomes reality. Along those lines, it’s an extremely effective photo, right down to its caption:

A return of the crusades, but the cross could not save him from the sword.”