I think everyone around the world gets a laugh when they see others making fun of ISIS.
February 20, 2015, 4:32 PM
Twitter users laugh off ISIS threat to invade Rome
In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias, hold a demonstration in Benghazi. Libya, virtually a failed state the past years, has provided a perfect opportunity for ISIS to expand from its heartland of Syria and Iraq to establish a strategic stronghold close to European shores. AP PHOTO, FILE
ISIS threatened Rome. At least some Italians responded with Twitter jokes.
In its videotaped killing of Coptic Christians earlier this month, the Islamic State in Libya showed a masked fighter pointing across the Mediterranean towards Europe. "We will conquer Rome, God willing," he said.
That threat was echoed in social media accounts of the extremist group and its sympathizers, and flagged by a group that monitors terrorist activity online. Rita Katz, who heads SITE Intelligence Group, posted on Twitter that ISIS militants and their allies were tweeting threats to invade Rome under the hashtag#We_Are_Coming_O_Rome. (No word on why it's "O" instead of "To").
#ISIS linked accounts warn, "#ISIS to Rome, God willing"; create hashtags: #We_Are_Coming_O_Rome; pic.twitter.com/VjxSf93oHZ
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February 20, 2015, 4:32 PM
Twitter users laugh off ISIS threat to invade Rome
In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias, hold a demonstration in Benghazi. Libya, virtually a failed state the past years, has provided a perfect opportunity for ISIS to expand from its heartland of Syria and Iraq to establish a strategic stronghold close to European shores. AP PHOTO, FILE
ISIS threatened Rome. At least some Italians responded with Twitter jokes.
In its videotaped killing of Coptic Christians earlier this month, the Islamic State in Libya showed a masked fighter pointing across the Mediterranean towards Europe. "We will conquer Rome, God willing," he said.
That threat was echoed in social media accounts of the extremist group and its sympathizers, and flagged by a group that monitors terrorist activity online. Rita Katz, who heads SITE Intelligence Group, posted on Twitter that ISIS militants and their allies were tweeting threats to invade Rome under the hashtag#We_Are_Coming_O_Rome. (No word on why it's "O" instead of "To").
#ISIS linked accounts warn, "#ISIS to Rome, God willing"; create hashtags: #We_Are_Coming_O_Rome; pic.twitter.com/VjxSf93oHZ
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Twitter users laugh off ISIS threat to invade Rome - CBS News