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BBC Trending: The Fake Iraqi Battle That Got ‘Hijacked’ Online

Meet the man who made up a battle on social media, and fooled fans of Islamic State.

What happens when you make up war stories and publish them on Twitter? We meet the man who invented ‘the battle of the cheese bladder’ in Iraq, and fooled fans of Islamic State and the Shia militia alike.

Photo: Fake Stamp (Credit: Totallypic/Shutterstock) and Iraq-Conflict (Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/GettyImages)

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Mon 15 Jun 201516:20GMT
BBC World Service Online

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  • Mon 15 Jun 201516:20GMT
    BBC World Service Online