War and conflict
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“Now civil war will happen in Jihadi country A 12 Watch the latest video of the crowd of Imran Khan’s supporters in Islamabad. Never before has such an atmosphere been created against Pakistan’s army. These Jihadis will die fighting among themselves. Jai Sanatan”
“Photos of an apartment building in Kyiv are evidence the war in Ukraine “is fake.”
“Visuals of Khalistan terrorists chopping off hand of a man”
FACTLY says: These visuals are from an incident where three assailants chopped off the fingers of man, as an act of revenge for a murder. The incident reportedly took place in Mohali, on 08 February 2023. Further, the police did not…
“Biden probably told them to sound the sirens while he was in Ukraine so he would look brave. But he probably said, “Hey, is that the ice cream truck?”
“On what South Korea pays the U.S. to maintain American military bases there: "I had a deal for full payment to us, $Billions, and Biden gave it away.”
FactCheck.org says: Trump sought billions of dollars more from South Korea, but negotiations stalled in 2020 and an agreement was never reached.
“Video shows attack helicopter donated by Russia to the Philippines”
“BREAKING: @JoeBiden Announced The US #TaxPayers Will Now Be PAYING The #Pensions & #Welfare For The People Of #Ukraine.”
FactCheck.org says: Biden made those comments in April 2022, weeks before Congress approved the Ukraine aid package on a bipartisan basis.
“Putin decimates another adrenochrome warehouse in Ukraine.”
“Volodymyr Zelensky "calls for preventative nuclear attack against Russia.”
FactCheck.org says: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said NATO and its allies should use “preventive actions,” such as economic sanctions, against Russia.
“Look, there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan. They have said that this has all the characteristics — four, five former heads of the CIA, both parties, say what he’s saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody believes it except him and his good friend Rudy Giuliani.”
Washington Post says: The letter did not say this
“President Joe Biden said: “The idea that we’re going to send tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”
FactCheck.org says: Biden said sending weapons “with American pilots and American crews” would cause a world war.
“President Joe Biden said, “The idea that we’re going to send in tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”
PolitiFact says: A widely shared meme shortened President Joe Biden’s March 2022 quote to make it appear as if he said sending tanks alone to Ukraine would cause World War III.
“The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is "double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. spent $849B on war in Afghanistan and about $113B to support Ukraine since Russia invaded. But social media posts falsely claim aid for Ukraine is "double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan."
“Första och Andra Världskriget skapades av av judiska nationalister som försökte skapa Israel”
“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
PolitiFact says: The Biden administration did, indeed, lower the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its lowest level since 1983. But that's not the only thing Biden did to combat high oil prices. And it's inaccurate to say Biden "caused
“Putin destroys adrenochrome lab in Ukraine.”
“Latest news report of the ‘Republic Bharat’ channel informing the possibility of a ‘Dirty Bomb’ attack in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war”
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post was published by the ‘Republic Bharat’ news channel on 26 October 2022. The video is two months old and does not talk about recent updates on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war