Center for Strategic Communication

Birmingham, a little light relief in tough times

by | Jan 13, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — all tweets guaranteed safe for the workplace ] . Steven Emerson made the mistaken claim on Fox News that Birmingham is an all-Muslim enclave — and has withdrawn his claim and apologized fulsomely in the aftermath. While Emerson is...

Paris, AQ and IS

by | Jan 9, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — just noting the apparent blurring of a significant distinction, although it’s still early to draw conclusions ] . Raffaello Pantucci tweets: French TV interviewed Cherif Kouachi who states clearly I was directed by AQAP and funded by...

DoubleTweet: equal-opportunity spoils of war

by | Jan 9, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — as their respective flags testify, both Sunni and Shia benefit from our involuntary largesse ] . We're selling 175 new Abrams tanks to Iraq to replenish for their losses to daesh. http://t.co/clPMWdAIQP pic.twitter.com/sJpkPcirtI...

Give me that Old Time Nuclear Fatwa

by | Nov 25, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — when is a tweet not quite a fatwa? when it’s a tweet! ] . Ayatollah Khamenei's decree on Banning WMDs http://t.co/xsTIenb4rJ #Iran #IranTalksOman pic.twitter.com/01VwBjjnoY — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) November 12, 2014...