{"id":105092,"date":"2021-10-14T18:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=105092"},"modified":"2021-10-14T18:31:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:01:05","slug":"2012-video-shared-with-false-claim-thar-40-thousand-us-soldiers-threw-their-medals-afganistan-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2012-video-shared-with-false-claim-thar-40-thousand-us-soldiers-threw-their-medals-afganistan-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of US soldiers returning medals is from 2012; 50, not 40k participated in the protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of US army men coming on stage and throwing their medals while criticizing the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan is viral. It is being claimed that 40,000 American troops returned their medals in protest against the US&#8217;s involvement in war in the two countries. Twitter user Rais Mohammad tweeted this video with the same claim. It amassed 2,400 views at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211012094919\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/rais4u\/status\/1447082578742185985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">40,000 US soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, resigned and threw away their war medals in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. The accepted that \u201cthe war on terror\u201d was a fake war. They are apologizing from the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qxa5TfHBE2\">pic.twitter.com\/Qxa5TfHBE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rais Mohammed\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rais4u) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rais4u\/status\/1447082578742185985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Facebook user Mir Hamid also posted this video with the same claim. It has been viewed about 9,500 times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mirhamid01\/videos\/1090069878466539\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mirhamid01\/videos\/1090069878466539\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mirhamid01\/videos\/1090069878466539\/\">40,000 US soldiers who fought in #Afghanistan and #Iraq, #Resigned and #Threw away their war Medals in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>40,000 US soldiers who fought in #Afghanistan and #Iraq, #Resigned and #Threw away their war #Medals in #Solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. The accepted that \u201c#The_War_on_Terror\u201d was a Fake war. They are appologizing from the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mirhamid01\/\">Mir Hamid<\/a> on Thursday, October 7, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is widespread on <a href=\"http:\/\/c\/Users\/Alt%20NEWS\/Desktop\/2021-10-12%2015_09_20-40,000%20US%20soldiers%20who%20fought%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Iraq,%20resigned%20and%20threw%20away%20t.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=40%2C000%20US%20soldiers%20who%20fought%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Iraq%2C%20resigned%20and%20threw%20away%20their%20war%20medals%20in&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-105093 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-19.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-19.jpeg 351w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-19-129x300.jpeg 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video is also being circulated with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A5%9E%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%2040%2C000%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identical message in Hindi<\/a>. It has made its way to WhatsApp as well.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-105092 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2012-video-shared-with-false-claim-thar-40-thousand-us-soldiers-threw-their-medals-afganistan-iraq\/screen-shot-2021-10-12-at-12-20-10-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-12-at-12.20.10-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-12-at-12.20.10-PM.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-12-at-12.20.10-PM-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2012-video-shared-with-false-claim-thar-40-thousand-us-soldiers-threw-their-medals-afganistan-iraq\/screen-shot-2021-10-12-at-12-19-50-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-12-at-12.19.50-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-12-at-12.19.50-PM.jpg 782w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-12-at-12.19.50-PM-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-12-at-12.19.50-PM-768x453.jpg 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rel=\"noopener\">appear at the 8:20 mark<\/a>. According to the report, a group of American soldiers who fought in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan resigned in protest of the 2012 NATO summit and returned their medals while apologizing to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ctEQqlf2xw?start=498]<\/p>\n<p>Reuters also covered this on May 21, 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-nato-summit-veterans-idUSBRE84J0D520120520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the report<\/a>, about 50 American soldiers threw their service medals in the street in protest of NATO and the US-led fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. A soldier named Zach Laporte, who served in Iraq in 2005 and 2006, was quoted as saying that though the medals were supposed to be for acts of heroism, he did not feel like a hero or that he deserved them. It is noteworthy that the person sporting the red scarf around his neck identified himself as Jake Laporte in the Democracy Now report. Laporte also appears in the viral video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/life-over-war-us-veterans-return-medals-nato-summit-flna782729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/article\/iraq-and-afghanistan-veterans-return-medals-at-nato-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People&#8217;s World<\/a> reported that 40 to 50 soldiers had relinquished their medals with thousands of people having joined in this demonstration. The viral message exaggerates this number to 40,000.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, American military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan threw away their medals in protest of the NATO summit in Chicago in 2012. A video of this demonstration was shared as recent on social media with a false claim of 40,000 American troops returning the medals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of US army men coming on stage and throwing their medals while criticizing the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan is viral. It is being claimed that 40,000 American troops returned their medals in protest against the US&#8217;s involvement in war in the two countries. 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