FACT-CHECK: Army’s video evidence for killing of ‘ISWAP media operator’ is seven years old
The video presented by the military as evidence that ISWAP acknowledged his death was produced approximately seven years before the operation, meaning it cannot, on its own, substantiate the claim that the footage was a recent obituary issued in response to his alleged killing.
However, PREMIUM TIMES’s findings have shown that the video cited by the military was produced about seven years ago, long before the operation in which it claimed Mr al-Barnawi was killed.
This corresponds to approximately 2019–2020 in the Gregorian calendar, indicating that the video was produced years before the Cross Kauwa operation in which the military said Mr al-Barnawi was killed.
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