Baghdad

Do Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan get welfare payments for up to four wives? No, that's not true: The claim was made up to support the argument that Sharia law is gaining a foothold in the state by catering to Muslim immigrants who practice polygamy. The State Department only allows one spouse per immigrant accepted into the United States and Michigan's…

Did a flight crew take a knee, walk off and leave the New Orleans Saints stranded on the runway in their plane? No, that's not true: several Macedonian fake news websites copied an old satire story from a liberal site that tries to get conservatives and Trump supporters angry or exited enough so they like and share their made up…

Satirical site Daily World Update published a story on March 11th 2018 titled "BREAKING: Captured ISIS Leader Had Obama On Speed Dial" (archived here) which opened: When Russian forces delivered Asam al Alasam, the ISIS Supreme Leader in Iraq, to the American airbase as promised, he had an item with him they did not expect. Al Alasam had a nearly…

Fake/satire website Freedum Junkshun posted an article titled "Flight Crew Takes A Knee And Walks Off, Leaving New Orleans Saints Stranded On Runway" which opened: The New Orleans Saints made the mistake of once again disrespecting our veterans, our country and our flag. After an embarrassing opening to a game with the worst ratings in Saints' history, the players and…

Fake news website World News Daily Report came out with another hoax titled: "Terrorist who hid grenades in anus dies of internal bleeding at Iraqi airport". Nothing in the story is true. The gist of the article is in the opening paragraphs: Baghdad | An Iraqi terrorist who tried to smuggle two grenades in his backside at Baghdad International Airport…

A fake news website is claiming Trump's recent executive order on immigration has lead to the capture of a terror suspect named Rasheed Muhammad. The article opens like this: Terror suspect, Rasheed Muhammad, was arrested on Tuesday, January 30, at approximately 1:32AM EST at John F. Kennedy International Airport. This marks the first successful story following President Trump's executive order…