Al Qaeda terrorised on Twitter: Trolls bring down account asking for ideas on how to spread extremist message after bombarding it with mocking tweets

Security analyst urged others to hijack hashtag allegedly used by terrorists

Social networkers responded with barrage of satirical advice



An apparent al Qaida Twitter account which asked followers for PR ideas has been suspended after social networkers bombarded it with mocking tweets.



Security analyst J.M. Berger urged his followers on the site to hijack a hashtag allegedly used by terrorists to canvass suggestions for 'media ops'.



Social networkers responded with a barrage of satirical advice which included the proposal that al Qaida should release a film entitled Dude, Where's My Car Bomb?

A Twitter account asking for ideas on how to spread extremist ideas was bombarded with mocking tweets

Another user suggested: 'More cats in online video releases'.



Mr Berger launched his trolling' crusade earlier this week when he alerted followers to an arabic hashtag being used to 'solicit ideas' for a public relations campaign and urged social networkers: 'You should all send some.'



One user responded: 'al Qaida the movie: Dude, where's my car bomb?'

Another wrote: 'Open up a fast food restaurant called Jihad Joes' while social networker Mike Doran suggested al Qaida's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri should 'start "Martyrdom", AQ's brand of exclusive fragrances'.



Several suggestions made reference to the pornography allegedly found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan after he was killed by US navy Seals in 2011.



Chris Forewit wrote: 'My suggestion for al Qaida's woes: sell Osama's porn collection on eBay.'

Security analyst J.M. Berger urged his followers on the site to hijack a hashtag allegedly used by terrorists to canvass suggestions for 'media ops'

Other ideas included the suggestion from Calum Roberts: 'Jihadist's Got Talent: Western infidels vote for their favourite jihadi acts' and Herschel Jacobson's advice: 'More cats in online video releases.'



Mr Berger - whose own ideas included advising al Qaida to 'auction off the cabinet Osama bin Laden filmed his videos in front of' - later praised Twitter users for their work.



'Nicely trolled everyone, but keep it up,' he wrote, telling followers that their tweets helped to 'crowd out a sincere but dumb AQ idea'.



He later added: 'Thanks guys, couldn't have done it without you.'



A Twitter spokesman said the micro-blogging site would not comment on individual accounts.

