Islamic State allies vow to kill Twitter workers for shuttering accounts

Terrorists tied to Islamic State say they’re going to kill any Twitter workers they find shuttering their social media accounts.

Vocativ first reported: “Twitter has been engaged in a prolonged game of whack-a-mole with ISIS, closing its accounts and those of similar organizations as they come to prominence, in an attempt to stifle their extremist propaganda and exhortations to violence. ISIS and other groups have consistently thwarted these efforts, now they’re going one step further, urging ’lone wolf’ actors to target Twitter employees.”

The Islamic State-tied terrorists sent out a series of tweets explaining their “assassination” policy, the Economic Policy Journal reported.

“The time has arrived to respond to Twitter’s management by directly attacking their employees and physically assassinating them!! Those who will carry this out are the sleepers cells of death,” @DAWLAMOON wrote, Economic Policy Journal translated.

The same Twitter account then sent out this message, again translated on Economic Policy Journal into English: “Twitter management should know that if they do not stop their campaign in the virtual world, we will bring the war to them in the real world on the ground.”

And yet another, from the same handle: “Every Twitter employee in San Francisco in the United States should bear in mind and watch over himself because on his doorstep there might be a lone wolf assassin waiting.”

One more, from @DAWLAMOON: “Employees is on the agenda of mujjahedeen and lone wolves who are across Europe.”

The @DAWLAMOON Twitter handle reportedly represents Al Nusra Al Maqdisia, or The Supporters of Jerusalem — a group that’s pledged loyalty to the Islamic State, the Economic Policy Journal reported.

And Twitter may have had the last word. The journal reported that Twitter actually suspended the @DAWLAMOON account after the threatening tweets were sent.

https://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/09/isis-linked-extremists-vow-to.html