Terrorists out-tweet the enemy

Terrorist groups are outmanoeuvring international strategists by using the newest mass communications to gather support in Muslim nations, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

Prakash Mirchandani, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, said terrorists such as Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, were adept at using technology such as bytes, tweets, digital images and social networking forums as weapons in their warfare and diplomacy.

... "The two terrorist masterminds, bin Laden and al-Zawahiri, are conducting virtual state visits deep into the heartlands of their enemies through their video messages.

''Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations increasingly use the internet and new media technologies to spread their message, and are doing so with speed, impact and at little cost."

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