| Title: | Footage has circulated online since 2010 in posts about US and Iraqi forces retaking Iraqi shrine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32723NH |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | April 1, 2022 |
| Description: | After Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine, a video was viewed millions of times in multiple Facebook posts that claimed it shows fighting between soldiers from the two countries. In fact, the video has circulated online since 2010. A visual analysis of the clip found it corresponds with a raid by American and Iraqi troops on a shrine in Iraq in 2004. |
Footage has circulated online since 2010 in posts about US and Iraqi forces retaking Iraqi shrine
After Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine, a video was viewed millions of times in multiple Facebook posts that claimed it shows fighting between soldiers from the two countries. In fact, the video has circulated online since 2010. A visual analysis of the clip found it corresponds with a raid by American and Iraqi troops on a shrine in Iraq in 2004.
