Lies by Taliban on Twitter, military reacts

I’ve been harping about the Taliban using Twitter for over a week now here and here, and despite all the all the news and clear violations of Twitter’s rules, Twitter has done absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately, for people who may come across the Taliban Twitter page including family and friends of those serving in Afghanistan, they might read information that is not only a lie, but would otherwise not be posted by the U.S. military or other forces serving in country due to black-out restrictions.

Because Twitter apparently has no problems with terrorists using its service, it’s forcing others to react.

Now, the Vancouver Sun is reporting that the chief of staff to the general commanding Canada`s combat forces has responded to a message posted on the Taliban’s Twitter page claiming it obliterated a Canadian vehicle in the Spin Boldak region.

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