Rick Moran - American Thinker: Terrorist sympathizers lionize Chattanooga killer on Twitter

Terrorist sympathizers lionize Chattanooga killer on Twitter

FBI DIrector James Comey recently accused Twitter of being the main recruiting weapon for Islamic State, calling the social media platform a "devil on their shoulder"::

“ISIL is reaching out, primarily through Twitter, to about 21,000 English-language followers,” Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee, using an acronym for the extremist group. “It buzzes in their pocket … a device, almost a devil on their shoulder, all day long saying, ‘Kill, kill, kill, kill.’”

 

Comey noted that the Islamic State’s recruitment techniques differ from al Qaeda’s, which invests more heavily in spectacular attacks against Western landmarks. The Islamic State’s message is “two-pronged: Come to the so-called caliphate … and if you can’t come, kill somebody where you are.”

 

“I cannot see me stopping these indefinitely,” he added.

We don't know if the alleged Chattanooga terrorist Mohammad Abdulazeez followed any of the dozens of Twitter and Facebook accounts that the FBI has connected to Islamic State. But we know for certain that there are some very disturbed, dangerous people who use those social media sites to recruit and inspire terrorists in the US. ...

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