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DISINFO: US Senator John McCain is a supporter of Daesh
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Laivaslaikrastis.lt ( archived) *
  • Date of publication: December 29, 2016
  • Outlet language(s): Lithuanian
  • Countries / regions discussed: US
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NATO Daesh John McCain

DISINFO: US Senator John McCain is a supporter of Daesh

SUMMARY

US Senator John McCain is a supporter of Daesh.

RESPONSE

No evidence given to support this claim and a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative that either the US or the West is behind the creation of ISIS/Daesh.This message is part of a broader conspiracy theory alleging that the United States has established many terrorist organizations and controls global terrorism. See similar messages here, here and here. US Senator John McCain among others visited Lithuania on 29 December 2016. On the same day disinformation about the senator was spread in order to compromise him in the eyes of the Lithuanian people.

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