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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 11:47 AM Feb 2013

Gawker Writer Creates Faux ‘Friends Of Hamas’ Site In Dig At Breitbart Reporter



DAVID TAINTOR 9:55 AM EST, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2013

As part of the ongoing fallout over "Friends of Hamas," Gawker writer Max Read has created a website for the group, which almost certainly does not exist. The site is a dig at Breitbart News reporter Ben Shapiro, who wrote an article on the group, purporting that the shadowy organization might have given money to defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel.

Read announced the new site on Twitter Wednesday morning:

max read @max_read

welp i just registered http://friendsofhamas.com
1:20 PM - 20 Feb 13


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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gawker-writer-creates-faux-friends-of-hamas-site

Link to "Friends of Hamas"
http://www.friendsofhamas.com/
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Gawker Writer Creates Faux ‘Friends Of Hamas’ Site In Dig At Breitbart Reporter (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2013 OP
Bwahahahahaha MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #1
Best thing is, it was revealed that Sen. Inhofe actually IS a Friend of Hamas, or at least TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #2
I can haz jihad! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2013 #3

TwilightGardener

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2. Best thing is, it was revealed that Sen. Inhofe actually IS a Friend of Hamas, or at least
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 11:52 AM
Feb 2013

thinks they're just like "the Salvation Army with guns".

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