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On 11 April 2017, the military satire web site Duffel Blog published an article saying that the U.S. government had awarded United Airlines a government contract to take out Syria's president. The article came one day after a controversy involving United Airlines' forcible removal of a passenger from a flight: The article was just another spoof from Duffel Blog, a site that deals exclusively in military-related satire. Unlike many fake news sites that claim to be satire, Duffel Blog genuinely aims to amuse (not befuddle) their audience — members of the armed forces and their families: Although fans of the Duffel Blog are aware of its nature, the subtlety of its satire is sometimes lost on civilians unfamiliar with it.
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