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Hamas’s #AskHamas Twitter campaign is being mocked and it hasn’t even started yet
Washington Post ^ | Mar 12, 2015 | Adam Taylor

Posted on 03/13/2015 2:02:07 PM PDT by posterchild

According to a number of reports, the media wing of Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, announced a social media operation aimed at Europeans on Thursday. One feature: The group would set up an English-language Twitter account (@HamasInfoEn) and allow senior members of the group to take questions via the hashtag #AskHamas.

What could possibly go wrong?

A lot, obviously. According to social media analytic company Topsy, there have already been over 3,000 tweets with the hashtag #AskHamas in the last three hours and almost all appear to be negative. Incredibly, the campaign isn't even due to begin until Friday.

Here's a small selection of the (less offensive) tweets:

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: hamas; hamastweets; hamastwitter

1 posted on 03/13/2015 2:02:08 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: posterchild
They advertise it as "Truth from the mouth of the horse". They seem to have misidentified which end of the horse Hamas announcements come from.


2 posted on 03/13/2015 2:11:02 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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@AskHamas - How does it feel knowing your benefactors are willing to incinerate you so they can destroy Israel? Doesn’t that make you Iran’s sacrificial b*tche$?


3 posted on 03/13/2015 2:11:32 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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Hamas — aren’t they the shoot rockets at civilians guys?


4 posted on 03/13/2015 2:20:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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@AskHamas, “is it true goats are the best lovers?”


5 posted on 03/13/2015 3:31:01 PM PDT by dynachrome (Government can't give us anything that it doesn't first take away)
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To: posterchild

What color suicide vest do you recommend for spring colors?

When training children to be martyrs is it OK to use candy treats as a reward?

Is it good etiquette to sharpen your knife before beheading an infadel?

What is the best way to make sure children are still recognizable when used as human shields against Israeli retaliation?


6 posted on 03/13/2015 3:35:26 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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Do you want home fries with your pulled pork sandwich?


7 posted on 03/13/2015 3:39:51 PM PDT by Rocky (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwel)
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To: posterchild

#thanksobama


8 posted on 03/13/2015 6:12:28 PM PDT by BrowningSweet16
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