The Turkish Ministry of National Defense has been recycling old footage to promote its new operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Ruptly Verification Unit revealed in a Twitter thread on June 15
The operation, dubbed “Claw-Eagle,” took place on June 15. Turkish warplanes and combat drones targeted a number of PKK positions in the Kurdistan Region.
Ruptly revealed that the Ministry of National Defense edited old combat footage and CG videos, and then used them to promote the operation in northern Iraq.
One of the many examples is the use of old promotion videos of Turkish drones. The video was originally published by Ismail Demir, President of Defence Industries, on May 8. The Turkish military reedited the footage, adding a green filter, and released them as an official video from Operation Claw-Eagle.
The video is a compilation of doctored footage and archive material, filmed in contexts unrelated to Operation #ClawEagle.
The first section of footage we examined is this sequence, which can be seen from 00:23-00:29 in the Ministry of National Defence’s video. pic.twitter.com/PsyBgVxFMJ
— Ruptly VU (@RuptlyVU) June 15, 2020
In the footage published by Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence, a green filter appears to have been added to the footage to give it the appearance of authentic nighttime footage. pic.twitter.com/pOVVSyFpoq
— Ruptly VU (@RuptlyVU) June 15, 2020
In another example, old footage of Turkish F-16 warplanes taking off from 2018 were reused by the Turkish military for the new operation.
This video clip frequently circulates on Turkish-language social media, with different contexts assigned to it each time it resurfaces.
The clip was shared as recently as February 29, 2020, with claims that it shows Turkish F-16s in the skies over Syria.https://t.co/V9FSQhxfxW pic.twitter.com/rDPDjApGwl
— Ruptly VU (@RuptlyVU) June 15, 2020
And before that, it appeared on Twitter on April 1, 2018, alleging to depict another operation against the PKK in northern Iraq.https://t.co/ZGqkB2oyFS pic.twitter.com/3RGvir62pA
— Ruptly VU (@RuptlyVU) June 15, 2020
Last week, SouthFront revealed that the Turkish military is reusing old footage to promote its defensive operations not only in northern Iraq, but also in northeast Syria.
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense came under fire several times recently for publishing inaccurate information. The ministry was even accused of fabricating videos on a few occasions.
What a stupid article! Ofcourse the intro is going to be reused. Here is the sattelite proof though. https://twitter.com/obretix/status/1272916480095551488?s=21
What proof
that you psychobarbars attack refugee camps calipHell is raising you, your shattering is fate
“Shattering”, is what happened to your kurdo friends.
nono honey the kurds show you “shattering” :*
Not surprised
We can expect nothing but bullshit military fakery from a NATO member nation.
Typical turkroach tactics, good on RT for calling them out on it, I’m really sick of turkey acting like it can do whatever it wants anywhere
The Kurds are complete cunts and need to be hammered. They are helping the Americunts occupy northest Syria and most of the Americunt weaponry goes through northern Iraq now, which neither Iran or Turkey are happy with. This latest attack to a team effort by both Iran and Turkey as they have set up a joint command.
yes, i will call them kurdroaches from now on lmao
Erdogan seem to be really stupid. This is third front Turkey has opened and it may led to disaster. SAA shoul see this as opportunity and attack Wahhabistani Orcs.
Let me give you ranting kids a whiff of reality, the Turks and Iranians have formed a joint command in Duhok in Northern Iraq to go after Kurd turds, who act as a Zionist proxy. FM Zarif and many Iranian generals have recently visited Turkey to coordinate attacks. First time in several months, IRIAF SU-24 escorted by Turkish F-16 attacked the PKK and PJAK cunts causing considerable damage. It would appear that Iran and Turkey are coming close to an agreement on Syria too.
Turkish and Iranian forces team during new operation in Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Turkish and Iranian armed forces teamed up on Wednesday to attack the positions of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northeastern and northern Iraq.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense published scenes on Wednesday of the airstrikes launched by their Air Force on the sites of the KurdistanWorkers Party, as part of Operation Tiger Claw. The Iranians coordinating with Turkey, launched their own attacks on Kurdish positions in northern Iraq.