{"id":58739,"date":"2020-02-14T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T14:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=58739"},"modified":"2020-02-14T19:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T14:16:28","slug":"car-bomb-explosion-in-iraq-revived-as-cctv-footage-of-pulwama-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/car-bomb-explosion-in-iraq-revived-as-cctv-footage-of-pulwama-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Car bomb explosion in Iraq revived as CCTV footage of Pulwama terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, 2020 marks one year since the Pulwama terror attack took place. Over 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in the attack. Several people have shared a CCTV video which shows a convoy of vehicles in the distance before a huge explosion takes place. This is claimed to be from the Pulwama terror attack in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>A Twitter user posted the video and wrote, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">RIP<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">: <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">We<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">remember<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">always<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">14<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Feb<\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#PulwamaAttack<\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#NationSalutesCRPF.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RIP: We remember always 14 Feb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PulwamaAttack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PulwamaAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationSalutesCRPF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationSalutesCRPF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ICJ8VET9W\">pic.twitter.com\/0ICJ8VET9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fayaz (@Faiyaz_kashmiri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Faiyaz_kashmiri\/status\/1227501963618603010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenson_gk\/status\/1228018176287440896\">tweeted<\/a> the 1:19 minute video with the Hindi text, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0936\u0939\u0940\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u091a\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0939\u0930 \u092c\u0930\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0932\u0947! \u0935\u0924\u0928 \u092a\u0947 \u092e\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0906\u0916\u093f\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u093f\u0936\u093e\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e!! <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#\u092a\u0941\u0932\u0935\u093e\u092e\u093e<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u0939\u0940\u0926 \u091c\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b \u0915\u094b \u0936\u0924 \u0936\u0924 \u0928\u092e\u0928 <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#PulwamaNahinBhulenge.&#8221; This video uses 10 seconds of the viral CCTV video. It was retweeted 100 times. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the images on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\">official mobile application.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Old video from Iraq<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News broke the video into keyframes and reverse searched one of them on Google. The result suggested that this video is of an explosion which took place in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28251 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/cctv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"535\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/cctv2.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/cctv2-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News found that the earliest instance of this video on YouTube is of March 5, 2008, when it was uploaded with the title \u2018Truck Bomb\u2019. All the descriptions of the video that we found online said that the incident took place in Iraq. The video is more than 10 years old and is obviously in no way related to Pulwama.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Truck Bomb\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yfvd7q7UkSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Therefore the social media claim that the viral video is related to Pulwama is false. Last year, two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/car-bomb-explosions-in-syria-and-iraq-passed-off-as-pulwama-cctv-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">videos went viral<\/a> with a similar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, 2020 marks one year since the Pulwama terror attack took place. Over 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in the attack. Several people have shared a CCTV video which shows a convoy of vehicles in the distance before a huge explosion takes place. 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