I'm monitoring the situation in Baghdad. There is going to be a lot of unverified and bad information shared, particularly on WhatsApp. If you're in a group that's being flooded with info, please DM or email me: jane.lytvynenko@buzzfeed.com
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Forgot to number previous debunks. Starting now. 4. There have been no official reports of the US marines arresting any members of the Iraqi parliament. The account that make this claim later said it was incorrect.pic.twitter.com/mKdutOIz1K
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5. Reports of troop deployment are starting to trickle in. Be mindful of falsehoods surrounding that.
https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/1213159734490124289 …Prikaži ovu nit -
6. Note that the reports of missiles hitting a US base are unconfirmed, stem from chat apps https://twitter.com/mustafa_salimb/status/1213167782692577282 …pic.twitter.com/D2FXwIGtDy
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7. This is not a video of the drone strike that killed Soleimani. This video is from at least 2017 (source: https://www.downvids.net/america-isis-has-a-really-bad-day-after-trying-to-attack-a-u-s-helicopter--1160121.html …) and it's of an attack helicopter, not a drone.pic.twitter.com/ewAQr51evT
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8. This graffiti has nothing to do with Soleimani's death either
https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1213876307123212288 …
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9. This video, spread by anonymous pro-Trump accts, is also not of the drone strike that killed Soleimani. It's from a 2014 iOS game called AC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Squadron (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clL9yZSbcE0 …)pic.twitter.com/HoX6pVGCGs
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That video has been used before in a false context by anonymous pro-Trump accounts.pic.twitter.com/AhVWEKjP2n
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10. This photoshopped image of Obama has been around since at least 2013 per Google Image Search
https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1214285040290586624 …
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In 2015, BuzzFeed News reported on the fake Rouhani-Obama image after it was used for a TV ad in the UShttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ilanbenmeir/anti-iran-deal-tv-ad-uses-fake-image-of-obama-meeting-irania …Prikaži ovu nit -
Gosar has responded defensively to reporters noting the inauthenticity of the image.pic.twitter.com/KqHbMPZVAO
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11. This account has been commenting on the situation in Iran and getting a lot of engagement. But last year
@theintercept reported that it's a fake persona: https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/ …pic.twitter.com/YRc60936f2
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12. No, Soleimani's daughter Zeinab is not a US citizen. Let's dig into this one a lil bit. This false claim is spreading across social platforms:pic.twitter.com/WZjaJBSXgJ
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VOA has *not* reported on this claim. It seems to have originated from this anonymously run site (archive:https://web.archive.org/web/20200105142218/https://www.dreshare.com/zeinab-soleimani/ …) which has since changed the post to say she is Iranian.
It's also the top site that pops up if you google "Zeinab Soleimani Wikipedia"pic.twitter.com/XiTpZIsWXg
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The website allows anyone "famous" to add a profile for $90 and proof of ID. Zeinab's profile doesn't have a byline, so we can't know how it ended up on the site. Although it's run anonymously, historic registration information via @DomainTools says it's based in Delhi, India.pic.twitter.com/C6dqxsaoLO
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12. Let's look at the claim that an $80million bounty was placed on Trump by Iran. Nuance needed. Yes, a eulogist said if ppl of Iran each gave $1, that bounty could be put on Trump. No, this "bounty" is not endorsed by Iranian government. Via
@snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/iran-trump-bounty/ …pic.twitter.com/pqL2B8ztLr
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If you're looking for a thread debunking disinfo around yesterday's attack on US military bases, it's here:https://twitter.com/JaneLytv/status/1214696336706166789 …Prikaži ovu nit
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