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Assad Backers Hack al-Jazeera

Hackers slam news agency for 'spreading lies'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 4, 2012 4:54 PM CDT

(Newser) – Al-Jazeera's website got hacked today by loyalists to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists say. The hackers posted a Syrian flag on the site, blaming the Qatar-based news agency for backing "armed terrorist groups and spreading lies and fabricated news." The website...   Read full story »

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Syria • Qatar • hackers • hack • al-Jazeera • Bashar al-Assad

 
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