Fake news causes Pakistan talk nuclear war against Israel

[Johan]

Pakistan minister issues nuclear warning to Israel after 'being tricked by fake news site'


Pakistan's defence minister has threatened to retaliate in kind to any Israeli nuclear strike after apparently being tricked by a fake news site into a confrontation on social media.

Khawaja Asif was responding to an invented story published on the website AWDNews and headlined: "Israeli Defense Minister: If Pakistan send ground troops into Syria on any pretext, we will destroy this country with a nuclear attack."

The Pakistani minister tweeted on Friday: "Israeli def min threatens nuclear retaliation presuming pak role in Syria against Daesh (Islamic State). Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too".



His missive prompted a clarification from Israel's Ministry of Defense, which responded to him on Saturday:

"@KhawajaMAsif The statement attributed to fmr Def Min Yaalon re Pakistan was never said," adding: "KhawajaMAsif reports referred to by the Pakistani Def Min are entirely false".

Israel has a policy of ambiguity in relation to its nuclear arsenal, neither confirming nor denying its existence, but is widely believed to be an atomic power.

Pakistan, which conducted its first nuclear test in 1998, is believed by analysts to have around 120 nuclear weapons and the fastest-growing stockpile.

Pakistan, which is predominantly Muslim, has no diplomatic ties with Israel.

Asif was widely mocked for his blunder.

"Our nuclear program is too serious a business to be left to Twitter-addicted politicians", said prominent television journalist Nusrat Javeed.

Wow ! One fake news on a website could have ignited nuclear war. Scary, very scary...

 

[Will E Worm]

Even if this was fake or a false flag. You can't blame others for being tricked.


Your intelligence agency has to be better educated.

 

[meesterperfect]

I'll find out more about this.
It seems pretty fishy.
I did find out so far that website is out of Germany but other than that everything is hidden.
That usually means its owned by the GOV.
Looks like another israeli psyop.

 

[bodie54]

Even if this was fake or a false flag. You can't blame others for being tricked.
Your intelligence agency has to be better educated.

So does out president elect, who has not only been fooled by fake news but has gone on to further publicize it.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/22/politics/donald-trump-black-crime-police-retweet/

 

[Will E Worm]

So does out president elect, who has not only been fooled by fake news but has gone on to further publicize it.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/22/politics/donald-trump-black-crime-police-retweet/

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/440361/

 

[bodie54]

....

The stats Trump retweeted were wrong. Not all of them, but many of them. And at least two outrageously so. All you need to do is check the FBI's crime statistics to confirm that.

 

[LunaMo]

Sounds like a good storyline for a film

 

[RJS13]

I just hope Pakistan understands the implications.