Houthi Rebels Claim Attacks on USS Eisenhower Amid US-UK Airstrikes
TL;DR
A disinformation campaign falsely claimed that Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, using doctored images and videos that were widely shared on social media by pro-Chinese and pro-Russian accounts. The U.S. Navy confirmed the aircraft carrier was not attacked and remains operational. The fake footage, some of which was linked to the video game Arma 3, was quickly debunked by fact-checkers and community members.
Topics:worlddisinformation#disinformation#houthi-movement#russia#social-media#united-states-military
- Disinformation campaign uses fake footage to claim attack on USS Eisenhower CBS News
- US Navy carrier strike group fighting Houthi missiles stays in Red Sea Business Insider
- Houthis claim attack on US aircraft carrier after American, UK strikes said to kill 16 The Times of Israel
- Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed and 42 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen The Associated Press
- Houthi Rebels Claim a Second Attack on Carrier USS Eisenhower The Maritime Executive
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