The tweet that led to the suspension of a Pentagon Twitter account (photo from The Duffel Blog, "The American Military's Most-Trusted News Source.")
A Twitter account maintained by the US Department of Defense has been suspended for an "inappropriate" post about the explosions that hit cinemas in SM City and Gaisano Mall in Davao City Monday.
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little confirmed in a tweet on his official account @PentagonPresSec Thursday: "I just directed the suspension of the @JIEDDO twitter account following inappropriate and offensive tweets. Plainly unacceptable."
Screencaps of the JIEDDO tweet showed that the person manning the account of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization said: "Were they re-showing Gigli? Bomb explosions occur at 2 movie theaters in the Philippines. The IED is a global threat."
Gigli is a 2003 romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez that bombed and is often cited as among the worst films of all time.
The JIEDDO tweet linked to the Philippine Information Agency article, "IED materials found in twin cinema blasts."
Though not many were able to reply to the tweet, those who did expressed disgust at the "bad taste" with which the "joke" was made.
JIEDDO was established to respond to "escalating" use of IEDs in Iraq, according to its website.
Authorities say the Davao blasts were caused by explosives packed in beverage cans and were not intended to harm since they did not contain shrapnel.
Five moviegoers at the Gaisano theater, which also suffered some damage, complained their hearing had been affected by the blast.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/71127/pentagon-twitter-account-pulled-for-joking-about-davao-blasts
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