Terrorism on Twitter

The militant group of Somalia, Shabab has opened a Twitter account. They are bragging recent attacks and taunting their enemies. They reject all the western practices like movies, haircuts and even blocked western aid for the famine stricken areas of Somalia. On the contrary, they have embraced Twitter. Twitter terrorism is the increasing trend and many groups of Al Qaeda are using social media sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter. This helps them recruiting more people and raising funds.

There seems to be a Twitter war between the Kenyan army majors and Shabab's leaders. “Your inexperienced boys flee from confrontation and flinch in the face of death,” the Shabab wrote in a post to the Kenyan Army. The Kenyan army majors have are replied to them in a sarcastic manner quoting their use of donkeys for carrying weapons. Living up to their guerrilla spirit Shabab is not following anyone on Twitter.


The American government is extremely concerned about Shabab's account on Twitter. They might pass legal orders to shut their Twitter account.