Mohammad Dahlan Is (Not) on Twitter

As an ambivalent, though occasionally avid, Twitter user -- Goldblog readers can follow me here, though I'm not sure why you'd want to do that -- I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Mohammad Dahlan, the former chief of the Palestinian Preventative Security apparatus in Gaza, is now following me. I haven't seen him in some years, and I thought this would be a great way to catch up. Then I looked at his tweets. I know I might sound overly cynical here, but I think this might not actually be the real Dahlan at all:

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