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Not only that, but the original source of the photo on the Internet is the Pentagon's own imagery website. Google Images once again showed that the photo of the Soviet-made SA-6 missile battery was actually taken by an American military photographer in Baghdad in May, 2003 at Baghdad International Airport. The picture was accompanied the tweet "Heavy rockets spoils from Salahadeen battle #Iraq #ISIS #ISIL". Furthermore, a defense official said Thursday "We don't' have any indication that any military aircraft were seized in Mosul."īut by using Google the Pentagon quickly determined that the photo is several years old and been used repeatedly on the Internet by aviation enthusiasts though its original source is unknown.Īnother photo posted Wednesday on several ISIS twitter accounts showed an Iraqi missile battery supposedly taken that day from a base in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown. If genuine the picture would have been proof that the insurgent group had captured a major piece of American hardware used by the Iraqi military.īut a bit of research showed the picture was probably not real since the United States has not sold Iraq any Black Hawk helicopters. That was the case of a photo posted Tuesday on an ISIS twitter account that showed an American Black Hawk helicopter supposedly captured in Mosul by ISIS fighters from the fleeing Iraqi military. It turns out Pentagon officials used a Google image search engine to prove that some of the photos making the rounds on the internet were years old and simply "cut and pasted" onto Twitter and other social media platforms.Ī user can upload a photo or type in an Internet address onto Google Images to determine if the photo has been used before and possibly determine its original source. "Many of the photos that we're seeing on social media and other places are complete fabrications."Īsked how the Pentagon knew some of the pictures were fabrications, Warren replied "because we found copies of the pictures elsewhere on the Internet." "There has been quite a bit of ISIS propaganda," said Col. Oil Keeps Rising, Nears $107 on Iraq Fighting Obama: US Will Send Fresh Help to Beleaguered Iraq Wave of Iraqi Executions Feared in ISIS Takeover
Some of the photos showing seized Iraqi military Humvees and trucks captured from Iraqi military bases are genuine, but the Pentagon has found a few are old photos being re-circulated as propaganda by ISIS - the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
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