{"id":51936,"date":"2025-08-25T04:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/over-a-decade-old-video-from-sri-lanka-civil-war-resurfaced-as-myanmar-conflict\/25\/08\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T04:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:33:54","slug":"over-a-decade-old-video-from-sri-lanka-civil-war-resurfaced-as-myanmar-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/over-a-decade-old-video-from-sri-lanka-civil-war-resurfaced-as-myanmar-conflict\/25\/08\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a decade old video from Sri Lanka civil war resurfaced as Myanmar conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A video clip depicting an aircraft flying over a remote area while firing missiles was shared as the junta&#8217;s attack on ethnic rebels stronghold in Myanmar&#8217;s Rakhine state as the wartorn region struggles with hunger from conflict and blockade.However, a journalist who flimed the video told AFP that it was filmed in northern Sri Lanka in 2009 which marked the end of the country&#8217;s decades long civil war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;military attacking AA base in Minbya. The video was posted by an AA soldier,&#8221; reads the caption of the Burmese-language <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250819053543\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2181099515739328\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook post<\/a> shared on July 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The video, which has been shared for more than 400 times on Facebook, shows a military aircraft firing rockets and machine guns into a wooded area.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Screenshot taken on August 25, 2025 of the false post with an X marked by AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Arakan Army (AA) are an ethnic minority rebel group battling Myanmar&#8217;s ruling junta in western Rakhine state and now control 14 of the 17 key towns in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The region has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/myanmar-ethnic-armed-group-claims-control-of-western-town-f042fb72\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:emerged;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">emerged<\/a> as a key front in Myanmar&#8217;s highly fractured civil war, pitching a myriad of ethnic minority rebels and pro-democracy fighters against the junta that seized power in a 2021 coup (<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/TM7G-UFL6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:archived link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The UN had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20250815-desperate-myanmar-villagers-scavenge-for-food-as-hunger-bites\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:warned;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">warned<\/a> in August, 2025 that the region&#8217;s more than 2 million residents face immenient danger of hunger from the conflict and aids cut by the US government (<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/M2C2-QMCL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:archived link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The video <a href=\"https:\/\/mvau.lt\/media\/a6b7f64e-4241-4213-a3ab-b59f6d930ee2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:circulated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">circulated<\/a> online with the same claim on multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/mvau.lt\/media\/08c90a57-66a8-4f6d-8300-f6865d4ea7b3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook post<\/a> as the junta&#8217;s forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/myanmar-junta-captures-key-town-expanding-election-writ-d5cc2da5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recaptured;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recaptured<\/a> keys towns under the controlled of rebels group in other part of the country (<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/9FXM-D254\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:archived link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the video is at least more than a decade old and was filmed during the Sri Lanka civil war in 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reverse image search of one of the keyframes from the video on Google found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3iJJ2Ruvh0&amp;ab_channel=AmalSamantha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the same clip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the same clip<\/a> in a longer YouTube video shared on January 25, 2025. &#8220;SL Army entered Chalai and Tiger&#8217;s boasts,&#8221; reads the title in Sinhala language (<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/KTX8-7F79?type=standard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:archived link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"&lt;span&gt;Screenshot comparison of the video from the false post (L) to the YouTube video&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"333\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/VgTKCB2biarPjoZc6NNDiw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTMzMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/afp_factcheck_us_713\/12e0c86ecb660ccc3dab222111e6374c\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Screenshot comparison of the video from the false post (L) to the YouTube video<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sri Lankan journalist,\u00a0Amal Samantha, shared the video on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@amalsamantha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:YouTube channel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">YouTube channel<\/a> where he archives his previous work and can be seen speaking to the camera at 1:37 minute mark in the video (<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/KQ4Q-5H43\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:archived link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is my video. Sri Lanka Air force MI 24 Helicopter Gunship attacks LTTE terrorist bunker line in northern Sri Lanka in war period 2009,&#8221; he told AFP in an email on August 19, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sri Lanka&#8217;s 26-year civil war <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/sri-lanka-massacres-that-triggered-civil-war-haunt-40-years-later-c9c927c1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:killed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">killed<\/a> about 100,000 people and set development back by decades, ending only after the Tamil rebels fighting for autonomy were massacred in 2009. The operation was condemned internationally for the indiscriminate bombardment of civilians (<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/TD55-ZLX4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:archived link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">AFP has previously debunked misinformation related to Myanmar unrest <a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/list\/Myanmar-unrest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/over-decade-old-video-sri-081448674.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video clip depicting an aircraft flying over a remote area while firing missiles was shared as the junta&rsquo;s attack on ethnic<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/over-a-decade-old-video-from-sri-lanka-civil-war-resurfaced-as-myanmar-conflict\/25\/08\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/8GBVSgHRyEXdUSN9kbv4vA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD00MTY7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/afp_factcheck_us_713\/12e0c86ecb660ccc3dab222111e6374c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}