uruk.net pushing DOD affiliated groups claims on SYRIA - Syria shuts off interwebs by John Leyden http://uruknet.com/?p=m78325&hd=&size=1&l=e

Infowar Monitor reported that Syria had recently established a team of pro-government cyberhackers, tasked with hacking and otherwise disrupting opposition websites.

[Infowar monitor is ran by Rafal Rohozinski at The SecDev Group http://secdev.ca/aboutsecdev.php   Our clients include the United Nations Development Program, OECD, '''''''US DOD'''''''  

...as far as article author,Leyden he works for ''the UK's ''Register'' LOL