Center for Strategic Communication

A flock, a gaggle of tweeters?

by | May 13, 2013 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — a testament to bewilderment ] . It is pretty clear, I think, that Craig Little (upper panel) is not a mujahid from Daphne, Alabama, now living or dead in Somalia. He first tweeted on 22 March, 2009, however, and hasn’t tweeted since...

Of Omar Hammami — and dying more than once?

by | Apr 26, 2013 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — dying more than once in hadith, in press reports, in Rumi and John of the Cross ] . The American mujahid in Somalia, Omar Hammami [see his Wikipedia bio], who has been tweeting back and forth with various “U.S. national security...

Prophecy, Poetry and Prediction

by | Jul 17, 2012 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — personal preference, gangs, Chicago, insurgency, Afghanistan, and admitting the uncomfortable ] . Albrecht Durer, The Blessed Virgin enthroned on the crescent moon ** Poetry, on the whole, has a liking for prophets. Thus Sylvia Plath...