CNN Erin Burnett OutFront April 26, 2013 23:26:00
Side of the argument. there's no doubt the ideas of the al qaeda or other organizations are on the same thinking, are spreading quickly and very rapidly. >> reporter: based around mali, al qaeda has gained 5.5,000 -- 5,500 twitter followers in a month. and in syria there's a massive twitter presence of more than 5,000 followers. down here in somalia, al shabaab, which the u.s. describes as a terrorist organization, was quick to react to the boston bombings on twitter. the day after the attack, it tweeted, "don't you just hate it when you can't make it to the finish line?" adding, "the casualti...