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Responsible for planning special operations throughout the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, SOCCENT stirred confusion on Saturday after sharing a tweet that included the words “Afghanistan” and “Islamic State” in quotations.
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SOCCENT later deleted the tweet and released a statement blaming the incident on a hacker.
“In the past 12 hours someone hacked our unit’s official account and tweeted a misleading message,” @USSOCCENT tweeted. “We apologize for any confusion or insensitive content.”
In the past 12 hours someone hacked our unit’s official account and tweeted a misleading message. We apologize for any confusion or insensitive content.— US Special Operations Command Central (@USSOCCENT) April 25, 2021