Al Qaeda’s twitter account suspended

New York: Al-Qaeda’s Twitter account has been suspended, five days after it appeared on the social networking site, attracting over 1,500 followers.
In the ‘Twitter Rules’ section for the site, the company says an account can be shut down if it is being used to propagate “violence and threats” or is “in the furtherance of illegal activities.”

The State Department declined to confirm the validity of the account or say whether US officials suspect it is real.

The account, sent out 47 tweets since its launch. Most recently, the account appeared to justify terrorism.

Last week, a representative for the Somalia-based terror organization Al Shabab also set up a Twitter account, but that was also quickly shut down.