Footage has circulated online since 2010 in posts about US and Iraqi forces retaking Iraqi shrine

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Title: Footage has circulated online since 2010 in posts about US and Iraqi forces retaking Iraqi shrine
URL: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32723NH
Publisher: AFP
Date published: April 1, 2022
Description:

After Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine, a video was viewed millions of times in multiple Facebook posts that claimed it shows fighting between soldiers from the two countries. In fact, the video has circulated online since 2010. A visual analysis of the clip found it corresponds with a raid by American and Iraqi troops on a shrine in Iraq in 2004.