Attackers Tweet As They Assault UN Development Program Compound

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Attackers Tweet As They Assault UN Development Program Compound

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 20, 2013 @04:55AM from the live-tweet-hardly-seems-the-term dept.

Koreantoast writes "In another interesting example of the increasing use and sophistication of social media by non-governmental organizations, the Somali-based Islamic insurgency al-Shabab live tweeted their latest attack, a suicide assault against a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) facility in Mogadishu which left 15 dead. During the event, they denounced UNDP, tweeting during the attack that the UN is 'a merchant of death & a satanic force of evil, has a long inglorious record of spreading nothing but poverty, dependency & disbelief' and proceeded to mock newly appointed UN Representative Nicholas Kay who is to arrive in Somalia later this month. Also of note is their initiation of communications with various press entities including the AP, BBC and IHS Janes through Twitter. Hat tip to Foreign Policy magazine for the story."

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Given the UN's track record in Africa... by intermodal · 2013-06-20 04:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

I have to say, I can understand how they would view the UN in such a way. The UN's policies are pretty firm in their pushing of dependence, which is unsurprising given the way the wealthier and more influential nations are able to control it.

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1. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by Sponge+Bath · 2013-06-20 05:03 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  It's clear the spreading of disbelief is the real motivator here. Kill in the name of God.
2. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-20 05:41 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  many use the ancient writings of a madman in a holy book to use as their justification to kill.
  Come on, the words of Adam Smith or Karl Marx aren't that old to be called ancient.
3. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by PRMan · 2013-06-20 05:56 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  It's clear the spreading of disbelief is the real motivator here. Kill in the name of God.
  Exactly. When I read this: "a merchant of death & a satanic force of evil, has a long inglorious record of spreading nothing but poverty, dependency & disbelief", for a moment I thought they were talking about their brand of radical Islam.
  
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4. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by Antipater · 2013-06-20 06:21 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  All "holy books" call for violence. Except for one, Buddah does not call for it in any instance.
  And yet, Buddhists have committed and still commit violence in the name of their religion. People are funny creatures, aren't they?
  
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5. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by gmuslera · 2013-06-20 06:38 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Is easier to believe in gods or devils than that complex multinationals controlling governments and international organizations to make money from them, or in intangible things like having a future or freedom.
6. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by gmuslera · 2013-06-20 06:44 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Why not starting at home? Someone had no tolerance for their beliefs, their way of life and their resources, and are invading them, with armies, global economy or/and factories. They just fight back the best they know, after the damage was done. But at home you have your big quota of religious extremists and people in power that see foreigners as tools with no rights, that even push their own governors on them to get easier to become even richer.
7. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by gsgriffin · 2013-06-20 06:53 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  You are mistaken. The Bible records violence (ancient...thousands of years ago), BUT the guidance it gives for followers of Christ (which is in the New Testament) is DEFINITELY not violence. The overwhelming guidance, instruction and command is to LOVE. It goes so far as to command "LOVE YOUR ENEMY". Unfortunately, too many followers of Christ don't fully understand this and fall into an Old Testament view of how they should behave.
  
  If people really studied what the New Testament is calling people to do, you wouldn't find anything objectionable. It is all about, love, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, self-control, forgiveness, repentance, humility, etc... What is wrong with any of that? Nowhere in the New Testament (again, the instructions for followers of Christ today) does violence upon anyone even come into the picture. Read it before making blanket statements.
  
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8. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2013-06-20 07:42 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  People are complicated, but the delusions are simple. Anyway, you don't punish people for having delusions; you treat them.
  
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9. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by OzoneLad · 2013-06-20 08:37 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  They don't seem to want to play nice with the rest of the world, and frankly isn't everyone about to start getting tired of going out of our way to be some tolerant of those that show absolutely no tolerance to anyone different than they are?
  For a second there, I thought you were talking about Congress.
10. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by Hatta · 2013-06-20 08:56 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  When is the rest of the world, going to finally have enough of these 'pease loving' American asshats and just start stomping them...HARD? They don't seem to want to play nice with the rest of the world, and frankly isn't everyone about to start getting tired of going out of our way to be some tolerant of those that show absolutely no tolerance to anyone different than they are?
  Do some counting. Americans have killed a lot more innocent muslims in the middle east than muslims have killed innocent westerners. You are far more evil than those you claim to hate.
  
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11. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by ultranova · 2013-06-20 09:07 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  You know...when are we in the western world, going to finally have enough of these 'peace loving' islamic asshats, and just start stomping them...HARD?
  
  Hopefully never, since the stomping won't stop there. Once you have your jackboots on, everything starts to look like a human face.
  
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12. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... by odigity · 2013-06-20 09:10 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  I can't believe I'm seeing genocide advocated on slashdot... and up-voted.
  Do you not understand that western governments, and particularly the U.S. and U.N., have been fucking with the entire african and mid-east region for centuries? Colonization, genocide, propping up dictatorships, mass-depopulation, stealing resources, military occupations, institutionalized rape and slavery...
  How the hell do you justify your "fuck these guys, they're annoying me, kill them all" attitude to yourself? You want them to leave you alone? It's really simple. Leave *them* the fuck alone.
  I don't know how much more of this world I can stand. The ignorance and stupidity and *immorality* of even the intellectual elites of modern society disgust and frighten me.
I am now immune to dystopic fantasy by paiute · 2013-06-20 05:08 · Score: 4, Interesting

I am pretty sure that tweeting that you are suicide bombing a 'merchant of death' requires the OED to make a new notation on the irony page.

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1. Re:I am now immune to dystopic fantasy by oodaloop · 2013-06-20 05:17 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  That's about as ironic as it raining on your wedding day.
  
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How it probably went down in tweets by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-20 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

starting 2 attack un compound lol #somaliinsurgency
just killed another 1! he wont go home 2 his family 2nite lol
guns empty, got 2 reload in the middle of fight #thirdworldproblems
bullet just smashed through bffs skull! wtf assholes #thirdworldproblems
just collected friends brain matter from wall, going 2 sell on ebay lol
just took bullet 2 arm lol eww feel blood running down past elbow
going in for suicide attack lol! brb
Re:Why... by BitZtream · 2013-06-20 05:15 · Score: 5, Interesting

And the people who live there aren't doing a fucking thing about it are they? Do you think they don't know who it is?
Why is it they I'm guilty for standing aside and watching a crime against humanity, but they are absolved?
If they had such a problem against it, they'd do something about it. They do not. They are only slightly different than the ones actually perform the bombings.

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Followed by ThatsNotPudding · 2013-06-20 05:21 · Score: 5, Funny

I assume they're already being followed by @ObamaDrone.

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