{"id":55612,"date":"2020-01-07T21:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=55612"},"modified":"2020-01-08T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T10:10:16","slug":"video-game-footage-viral-as-us-forces-taking-down-iranian-major-general-qasem-soleimani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-game-footage-viral-as-us-forces-taking-down-iranian-major-general-qasem-soleimani\/","title":{"rendered":"Video game footage viral as US forces taking down Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is doing the rounds on social media <\/span>with the claim that it shows the attack that killed the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Meena Das Narayan, who is followed by PM Narendra Modi, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeenaDasNarayan\/status\/1214203413291888645\">tweeted<\/a> the video\u00a0with the caption<em> &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Amazing video of Sulaimani\u2019s end&#8221;.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Amazing video of Sulaimani\u2019s end <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3aOdiUCy8l\">pic.twitter.com\/3aOdiUCy8l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meena Das Narayan (@MeenaDasNarayan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeenaDasNarayan\/status\/1214203413291888645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was also played by\u00a0<em>ABP News\u00a0<\/em>during a broadcast on US attack on Iran.<em> &#8220;Since the last few days, a video is massively viral on social media. It is being said that the video is of the American airstrike.&#8221;<\/em> The channel then goes on to describe the visuals &#8211; <em>&#8220;six vehicles targetted with air missiles, some try to escape but are caught in the fire&#8221; &#8211;<\/em> but adds at the end,\u00a0<em>&#8220;ABP News does not vouch for the authenticity of the video which is the only base for the claim.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>This was a part of the channel&#8217;s 10:00 AM broadcast on January 8.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ABP News uses video game footage during broadcast on US forces taking down Qasem Soleimani\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/383477894?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The clip\u00a0is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Amazing%20video%20of%20Sulaimani%E2%80%99s%20end%20&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55615 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1649\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged.png 1649w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-300x97.png 300w, 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src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-1024x395.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-768x296.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-1536x592.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-2048x790.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-990x382.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/merged-req-1320x509.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check: Video game<\/h2>\n<p>A reverse image search of a keyframe from the video led us to multiple sites that said &#8220;AC 130 Gunship Simulator&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55619 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/g-ss-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/g-ss-1.png 753w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/g-ss-1-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A keyword search led to the same video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=clL9yZSbcE0&amp;t=15s\">YouTube<\/a> posted by <em>Byte Conveyor Studios<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byteconveyor.com\/\"><em>Byte Conveyor Studios<\/em><\/a> is an independent game development studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The description of the YouTube video says that it is a preview of the game &#8220;<em>AC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Squadron<\/em>&#8220;. On the top right of the corner of the video, the words &#8220;Development footage. This is a work in progress. All contents subject to change&#8221; can be read.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55642 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/ss-clear.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/ss-clear.png 654w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/ss-clear-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same video was earlier viral with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gizmomedic22\/status\/890610490866450432\">claim<\/a> of ISIS killing its targets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just in case you&#8217;re wondering how that ISIS killing is going:<br \/>\nWarning: Graphic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HhgL3zqPmH\">pic.twitter.com\/HhgL3zqPmH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MIKE J. (@sowtrout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sowtrout\/status\/889643354752995328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video does not show US forces taking down Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. It is a video game footage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that it shows the attack that killed the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Meena Das Narayan, who is followed by PM Narendra Modi, tweeted the video\u00a0with the caption &#8220;Amazing video of Sulaimani\u2019s end&#8221;. 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