Military's new Twitter feature: Body counts

Smart people in the Pentagon realize one of the main challenges in Afghanistan is getting ahead of the "strategic communications cycle" of the insurgency. It's the military version of winning the news cycle. USFOR-A -- which is separate from the NATO International Security Assistance Force -- seems to be using its Twitter page to post a tally of enemy dead. According to the tweet, six militants responsible for attacks in the province were killed in an operation in Wardak Province.

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