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The Story of Shami Witness
by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi • Dec 14, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Cross-posted from Syria Comment/Aymennjawad.org
https://jihadintel.meforum.org/121/the-story-of-shami-witness
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"Those of you reading this post will probably know by now of the latest viral story to hit social media: namely, the revelation of the true identity of the most prominent Islamic State (IS) fanboy on Twitter by the pseudonym of 'Shami Witness.' Originally using the name 'El Saltador' (Spanish for 'the jumper': a Western cultural reference that escapes my recall), he emerged on the Twitter scene around the beginning of 2013. At that time, he would often try to engage certain, more prominent Twitter users on issues related to the Islamic world, myself among them. For instance, one of his first tweets to me was to criticise a rather inane tweet I had written on a 'Bangladesh Spring' victory over Islamists..."
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