Top 10 scariest ISIS hoax stories flashed by a hyper Islamophobic media…
1. The $425 Million ISIS heist
The provincial governor of Nineveh, Atheel al-Nujaifi, in June 2014 shocked everyone with his claim said that the radical Islamists had lifted $425 million from numerous banks across Mosul as well as a large quantity of gold bullion. The Washington Post, International Business Times, Fox News, Mic, and Vocativ were fooled. The story was found to be bogus by both The Financial Times and US officials.
Why would the “Bank of Mosul” have $425 million in cash on hand? This is fishy! http://t.co/NWtD87YQ5b via @washingtonpost
— CJ (@Astra543) September 15, 2014
2. 1,800-year-old Church set on fire
The militants torched the 1,800-year-old Assyrian Christian church in Mosul in July 2014 after the deadline for Christians to leave Mosul ended and the last group of Christians made their way out. Human Rights Watch, The Atlantic, The Independent, The Times of India, and The Christian Post were fooled. Mosul never had a 1,800-year-old church. The original source, a Saudi-run website, used months old pictures from Egypt.
.@news_va_en says “a” church has been burned in Mosul, but also says that church is 1,800yo. There is no such one. http://t.co/Pn86zO3Neb
— Conflict Antiquities (@conflictantiq) July 22, 2014
3. Terrifying ISIS map showing 5–year expansion plan
The Islamic militant group purportedly published a map showing their plans for the next five years in June 2014. The Daily Mail, ABC News, International Business Times, and Breitbart were fooled. ISIS didn’t even make the map—a neo-fascist group circulated it.
Map shows #ISIS master plan for expansion. This looks impossible. Sensationalist? Source http://t.co/92EodOI64K@JFXMpic.twitter.com/ye1XI88n32
— Ashraf Hendricks (@AshrafRSA) September 3, 2014
4. ISIS’ Ebola terror plot
A senior Spanish politician in October 2014 claimed that ISIS was urging supporters in the West to kill civilians using Ebola as a chemical weapon and stabbing people with poisoned needles. Then there were reports in December that ISIS fighters in Iraq had contracted Ebola. The Daily Mail, Fox News, Mashable, and various right wing media were fooled. The Iraqi minister of health debunked the reports.
ISIS is JV of terror… Ebola is not easily transmitted… We leave no man behind… UH-OH! #PJNET#TCOTpic.twitter.com/lxyFmKzjXK — Judy Stines (@jstines3) February 18, 2015
5. Growing number of Americans joining ISIS
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in September 2014 hinted that more than 100 Americans had taken up arms with jihadi army in Iraq and Syria. The Daily Mail, NBC, Washington Post, and Al Jazeera were fooled. About 12 Americans were fighting in Syria, not 100, said FBI.
Your chances of slipping & falling in your bathroom are far far greater than % of American Muslims who fight w/ ISIS http://t.co/8VvLqsM2SS — Dawud Walid (@DawudWalid) September 26, 2014
6. Terrorists linked to ISIS enter Texas
A Judicial Watch report claimed that four ISIS terrorists were apprehended in October 2014 at the Mexican border in a span of just 36 hours. Fox News, Judicial Watch, and The Inquisitr were fooled. The US Homeland Security chief denied ISIS members crossed the Mexican border; he, however, admitted four Kurdish terrorists did slip across.
Leaked FBI doc supports my claim that no ISIS terrorists are known to have crossed into US from Mexico. https://t.co/lE2S8SNDi4 — Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) October 23, 2014
7. Female genital mutilation edict
The United Nations in July 2014 expressed ‘deep concern’ over the fatwa issued by the Islamic State that ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation. Time, Reuters, The Atlantic and BBC were fooled. The mandate was debunked as fake and hoax soon after.
#UN statement that #ISIS issued fatwa calling 4 FGM 4 girls is false residents of Mosul say includng a doctor, jourrnalist and tribal leader — Leila Fadel (@LeilaFadel) July 24, 2014
8. ISIS beheading Christian children
Mark Arabo, a Californian businessman and Chaldean-American leader, in an interview with CNN’s Jonathan Mann, called what’s happening in Iraq a Christian genocide and said, “Christianity in Mosul is dead, and a Christian holocaust is in our midst. Children are being beheaded, mothers are being raped and killed, and fathers are being hung. CNS News, right wing and Christian media were fooled. The news was horrific and disturbing — but fake.
true of false is #IS beheading children? or typical media #propaganda ? http://t.co/OPE5roG5jX — Stephanie (@bl0nd3y_cj) January 12, 2015
9. Proof of British teen joining ISIS
In December 2014, photo of a young man, dubbed ‘white jihadi’ holding an assault rifle in front of the ISIS flag, appeared on Twitter and immediately sent shock waves in London. Metro, The Daily Mail, and The Telegraph were fooled. Twitter user Abu Dawud – who posted the picture with the caption, “Meet Jonathan Edwards – applied for UCAS to [sic] late and wasn’t accepted in any university, so he joined the Islamic state” – gleefully claimed that the article was a hoax, adding that he had successfully “trolled” British media.
Takes 3 Daily Mail journos to try to rectify trolled white jihadi article fail, how many to change a lightbulb? http://t.co/qgk60DnWNr
— Emma Beals (@ejbeals) December 27, 2014
10. #AllEyesOnISIS Twitter Storm
The digital battle raged in June 2014 between supporters of ISIS, who Tweeted photos and messages with the hashtag #AllEyesOnISIS and opponents, who Tweeted #NoToISIS, #No2ISIS and #Yes2Iraq. The Daily Mail and McClatchy were fooled. The ‘twitter storm’ was simply a re-posting of weeks or months old tweets by an overzealous ISIS fanboi.
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