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U.S. and Afghan forces killed four militants in Wardak province, the U.S. military tweeted on Monday. That’s right. The military “tweeted” the news, sending it worldwide on Twitter, the social networking site, hours before making the formal announcement to the media. The U.S. military is putting Twitter, along with Facebook and YouTube, into its arsenal of weapons for getting out its side of the Afghan story, reaching the online generation and countering the Taliban’s own fast-growing Web-site and text-messaging skills.
“Afghan & coalition forces killed four militants & detained two suspects in a Wardak Province operation targeting an IED-network commander,” said a military’s tweet Monday, coming in just under the 140-character limit for such messages. IED is shorthand for a roadside bomb. On the military’s Facebook page, http://tinyurl.com/nz3xam, launched on a test basis in April, you can talk to U.S. spokespeople, while its Youtube postings on http://www.youtube.com/usfora will feature original material such as video news stories.
“There’s an entire audience segment that seeks its news from alternative means outside traditional news sources, and we want to make sure we’re engaging them as well,” said Col. Greg Julian, the top U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan. But the limitations of military tweeting were quickly laid bare when it was announced Monday that four U.S. troops were killed in two separate roadside bombings. Those troops were under NATO command, which would have to approve an announcement on the U.S. military’s Twitter page.
Besides tweeting, the brass are also encouraging troops to post stories and photos on Web sites to portray daily life in Afghanistan and highlight development projects that may not have made the news. Julian described it as “an unfiltered opportunity” for public interaction with troops. Many military commands and individual troops already use social networking sites.
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U.S. Military Tweets News From Afghanistan
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