Taliban Twitter War: Sure Beats Bullets…Or Does It?

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | October 26, 2011 | +

"In war-time, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of Tweets" -- with apologies to Winston Churchill

A wireless war of words has broken out in Afghanistan between the Taliban and the U.S.-Afghan alliance fighting them:

Bits of information – not just bullets and bombs – are in the thick of the fighting in Afghanistan. U.S. forces feared they were losing the information war to the Taliban and now are fighting back with Twitter – using those brisk 140-character messages to get out the other side of the story.

Check out the full dispatch on CNN’s Security Clearance blog.

Related Topics: Afghanistan, Military, National Security, Pentagon

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