{"id":34337,"date":"2017-11-14T18:35:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/14\/russian-ministry-of-defense-posts-video-game-screenshot-as-evidence-of-us-collusion-with-isis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:00:15","slug":"russian-ministry-of-defense-posts-video-game-screenshot-as-evidence-of-us-collusion-with-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/14\/russian-ministry-of-defense-posts-video-game-screenshot-as-evidence-of-us-collusion-with-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Ministry of Defense posts video game screenshot as evidence of US collusion with ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian Ministry of Defense posted a screenshot of a video games as \u201cirrefutable evidence\u201d of U.S. collusion with ISIS on social media Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The screenshot was taken from a video game called \u201cAC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Sqauadron.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several other pictures posted as evidence by the Russian MOD were taken from old screenshots of Iraqi and coalition forces destroying ISIS convoys in Fallujah, Iraq. In June, Iraqi and coalition forces decimated a convoy of nearly 700 ISIS vehicles as the militants attempted to flee Falujah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The post by the Russian MOD has since been taken down, but screenshots have been making the rounds on social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellingcat.com\/news\/mena\/2017\/11\/14\/russian-ministry-defence-publishes-screenshots-computer-games-evidence-us-collusion-isis\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" data-original-title=\"\">Bellingcat<\/a>, an investigative journalism outlet that specializes in open source intelligence analysis, was first to break the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian MOD claims the U.S. military helped provide cover to an ISIS convoy fleeing the Syrian town of Abu Kamal on Nov. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, responded to Russia\u2019s allegations, calling them \u201cabout as accurate as their air campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/15\/kremlin-downplays-russian-defense-ministry-blunder\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ISIS-convoy.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Kremlin downplays Russian Defense Ministry blunder<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Kremlin is downplaying the Russian Defense Ministry\u2019s blunder when it backed its allegations of the U.S. colluding with the Islamic State group in Syria with a screenshot from a video game.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has routinely alleged U.S. and ISIS collusion when facing major setbacks from its own campaign, Dillon explained to reporters during a televised press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russians have faced a series of setbacks. In Deir ez-Zor, Syria, both Russian and Syrian forces were beset by territorial losses from a large-scale ISIS counteroffensive in late September to early October.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/04\/russia-threatens-us-forces-calls-america-an-obstacle-to-defeating-isis-in-syria\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-528322618.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia threatens US forces, calls America an obstacle to defeating ISIS in Syria<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Russian Ministry of Defense release a statement Wednesday calling the U.S. an obstacle to defeating ISIS in Syria and threatened military action near a small American military garrison known as Tanf.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, the Syrian regime recently claimed to have liberated the town of Abu Kamal, and that is not true, Dillon told reporters. 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