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    Does a video show "Turkish commandos" swearing to hunt down "USA/Israel's terrorists" in December 2024? No, that's not true: Lead Stories Turkish-speaking staff confirmed that the uniformed people shown in the footage did not mention the U.S. or Israel. The video was recorded in March 2023 following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, and shows personnel chanting what appear to be…

    • Dec 27, 2024
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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mosque Destroyed In China -- Earthquake-Damaged Minaret In Turkey Required Demolition

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    Does a video posted on X show a work crew in China destroying a mosque? No, that's not true: This scene has nothing to do with China because the video shows a mishap that occurred in Adana, Turkey where the minaret of the Gökoğlu Mosque sustained structural damage during the 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes which shook the country on…

    • Feb 13, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
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  • Fact Check: HAARP Does NOT 'Send A Billion-Watt Microwave' To Cause Disasters On Earth

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    Can the Alaska-based HAARP project, a former military research facility for studying the ionosphere, remotely initiate natural disasters such as earthquakes anywhere on Earth? No, that's not true: An "explanation" of its purported capabilities to manufacture disasters, posted on social media, contradicts well-established scientific facts. The manager of the HAARP project told Lead Stories that the facility "cannot create or…

    • Feb 24, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: HAARP Does NOT 'Send A Billion-Watt Microwave' To Cause Disasters On Earth Recycled Rumor
  • Fact Check: Video Showing 'Breaks In Earth's Crust' Is NOT Hatay Province In Turkey But Shanxi Province In China

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    Did an aerial video capture a deep and wide chasm in the Earth's crust in southern Turkey's Hatay province, part of the area hit by earthquakes in early February 2023? No, that's not true: This video footage does not show earthquake fault lines in Turkey. It shows China's Loess Plateau, which is a drainage basin for the Yellow River. The…

    • Feb 21, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Showing 'Breaks In Earth's Crust' Is NOT Hatay Province In Turkey But Shanxi Province In China Shanxi, China
  • Fact Check: US, Germany, Other Western Countries Did NOT Pull Their Envoys Out Of Turkey 24 Hours Before Quake

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    Did the United States, Germany and other Western countries pull their ambassadors out of Turkey 24 hours before the February 6, 2023, earthquake that killed tens of thousands there? No, that's not true: Diplomatic representatives from the United States, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands confirmed to Lead Stories that their ambassadors were in Turkey at the time of the quake.…

    • Feb 21, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: US, Germany, Other Western Countries Did NOT Pull Their Envoys Out Of Turkey 24 Hours Before Quake No Recall
  • Fact Check: Dog Howling In Viral Video Was NOT In The Region Of Earthquake Destruction, Though It Was In Turkey

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    Did a dog howl into the night trying to warn people in an eastern Turkish town of the coming earthquake disaster? While it's not possible to know why the dog was howling, and the date of the video has not been verified -- this video does not show eastern Turkey. It shows an intersection in the town of incesu Kızılören…

    • Feb 13, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Dog Howling In Viral Video Was NOT In The Region Of Earthquake Destruction, Though It Was In Turkey Undamaged
  • Fact Check: Turkey's 7.8 M Quake Was NOT Man-Made Or A HAARP Attack -- It Was A Natural Event

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    Was the devastating temblor that struck Turkey on February 6, 2023 actually a human-caused earthquake triggered by a weapon from an ionospheric research program called HAARP, in response to the Turkish president's move to block an expansion of NATO? No, that's not true: Experts that spoke to Lead Stories say the quake's occurrence is a natural event supported by scientific…

    • Feb 13, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Turkey's 7.8 M Quake Was NOT Man-Made Or A HAARP Attack -- It Was A Natural Event Quake Fiction
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Buildings Collapsing In Turkey After February 6, 2023, Quake -- Video Was Posted Weeks Earlier

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    Does this video show high-rise buildings in Turkey falling after the deadly February 6, 2023, earthquake? No, that's not true: The footage was originally posted on TikTok on January 3, 2023, more than a month before the 7.8 magnitude earthquake created widespread death and destruction in Turkey and Syria. Weather conditions in the video and other details such as what…

    • Feb 9, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Buildings Collapsing In Turkey After February 6, 2023, Quake -- Video Was Posted Weeks Earlier Not In Turkey
  • Fact Check: Video Of Puppies Rescued From Rubble Was NOT Filmed After Turkey Earthquake -- Years-Old Footage Is From India

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    Does a video on social media show a man helping a mother dog dig her puppies free from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the 2023 earthquake in Turkey? No, that's not true: This video is several years old and was posted on August 28, 2019, to the YouTube channel of an animal rescue organization from Udaipur, India.…

    • Feb 9, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Of Puppies Rescued From Rubble Was NOT Filmed After Turkey Earthquake -- Years-Old Footage Is From India Saved In India
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