Sunday, December 11, 2011

Al Shabaab vs The Security Dialogue: Let the Twitter War Begin!!



I'm not necessarily a person who goes "looking for a fight" but I do detest bullies.  Moreover, I hate it when people take something "good" and distort into something more perverse.  So when I had a chance to confront the Somali Al Qaeda franchise - Al Shabaab, I couldn't resist but to get a few good jabs in.

It all started, when I learned they had their own Twitter profile.  One could say, I went looking to start a fight:

http://twitter.com/#!/scrivenlking/status/144523301606260736

It would also be safe to say the boys from Al Shabaab were feeling the heat from all over the Twittersphere throughout Somalia (thanks Kenya):

http://twitter.com/#!/HSMPress/status/144465393409470464

It didn't help matters that I could have cared less:

http://twitter.com/#!/scrivenlking/status/144548956054093826

I was little worried they didn't want to continue this any longer until....

http://twitter.com/#!/HSMPress/status/145560239536746497

So naturally I said:

http://twitter.com/#!/scrivenlking/status/145581523423338496
The link I provided above is an article describing how
Al Shabaab has denied foreign aid access to Somalia's worst
hit famine areas.


I'm not sure how far I'll take my bantering with these guys.  All I know is they (the writer) is much more articulate with his English vernacular than I originally assumed.  For terrorists, they do seem to be a bit "thin-skinned".  I'm waiting for an actual tweet back from Al Shabaab.  I know they're busy waging jihad (shame it's the lesser jihad as pronounced by Muhaamad) but I'm beginning to wonder how they expect to win the propaganda war if they let something like my desire to pester them get in their way.  Stay tuned - this could get interesting.

For more on Al Shabaab, feel free to visit any of the links below:

  1. http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/al_shabaab.html
  2. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2009/08/20098432032479714.html
  3. http://www.meforum.org/2486/somalia-al-shabaab-strategic-challenge
  4. http://csis.org/files/publication/110715_Wise_AlShabaab_AQAM%20Futures%20Case%20Study_WEB.pdf
  5. http://csis.org/publication/al-shabaab
  6. http://csis.org/files/ts110524_Sanderson.pdf
  7. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/28/us-somalia-aid-idUSTRE7AR0N720111128

Here are some aid groups which do work in Somalia (I HIGHLY encourage you to check them out and DONATE):

  1. http://doctorswithoutborders.org/news/allcontent.cfm?id=68
  2. http://care.org/
  3. http://www.mercycorps.org/
  4. http://www.unicefusa.org/work/emergencies/horn-of-africa/?gclid=CKTynZ-2kKoCFQHu7QoddxOsxw
  5. http://www.icrc.org/
  6. http://www.edesiaglobal.org/
  7. Save the Children   
  8. The World Food Programme  
  9. World Vision  
  10. The International Rescue Committee
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