{"id":53839,"date":"2023-11-13T23:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=53839"},"modified":"2023-11-19T23:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:44:45","slug":"the-hoax-about-alleged-shooters-from-the-special-operations-command-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/11\/13\/the-hoax-about-alleged-shooters-from-the-special-operations-command-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"The hoax about alleged shooters from the Special Operations Command in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few hours, a hoax referring to the Special Operations Command (MOE) of the Spanish Army has spread on Twitter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/04\/02\/the-images-of-spanish-military-shooters-in-the-home-of-the-united-states-special-forces\/\">The images of Spanish military shooters in the home of the United States Special Forces<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/14\/the-black-house-of-the-emmoe-an-excellent-video-of-the-kill-house-of-the-elite-of-the-spanish-army\/\">The black house of the EMMOE: an excellent video of the 'kill house' of the elite of the Spanish Army<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Early this afternoon, a Twitter account called \"El Puntual 24H\" published <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Puntual24H\/status\/1724068519619236349\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a tweet<\/a> with the following text: <em>\"#URGENT <strong>The Ministry of Defense WILL DEPLOY a team of Precision Shooters from the Special Operations Command<\/strong> in the vicinity of Congress.\"<\/em> The tweet It did not include any link and did not indicate the source of that information. In fact, <strong>that account never indicates where the type of information it publishes comes from<\/strong>. The image included in the tweet showed a shooter from the Special Operations Group (GEO) of the National Police (recognizable by his peculiar camouflage uniform and maroon beret).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53329465842_7c361e55d9_b.jpg\" style=\"width:661px; height:auto; border:2px solid #7F7261;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This publication has already caused some followers of that account <strong>to wonder if the MOE is going to shoot down protesters who are going to demonstrate in front of Congress<\/strong>, as if our military were going to shoot unarmed civilians. Every day I am more amazed by the nonsense that some people say on social networks.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Undercover_Camo\/status\/1724106806329237964\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Undercover_Camo<\/a> has pointed out, <strong>that tweet is a clear example of disinformation<\/strong>. The MOE is not in charge of security tasks in the Congress of Deputies. <strong>These tasks are usually carried out by the GEO operators<\/strong> on special occasions such as an investiture session, <strong>or by the agents of the GOES<\/strong> (Special Security Operational Groups of the National Police), but not those of the MOE, especially when we are on anti-terrorist alert 4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is not the first hoax published by that Twitter account in recent days<\/strong>. On November 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Puntual24H\/status\/1721877622412738934\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\"El Puntual 24H\" stated<\/a>: <em>\" #URGENT <strong>The National Police WILL REMOVE the Tankette for the FIRST TIME in the demonstration today in Ferraz<\/strong>\".<\/em> As usual, there was no indication of where this information came from nor was there a link to any news. <strong>The photo that included the tweet was from years ago<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/11\/23\/los-blindados-de-la-uip-no-son-tanquetas-y-lo-criticable-no-es-tener-que-recurrir-a-ellos\/\">you could see it here in 2021<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53330565348_c4e4817ba0_b.jpg\" style=\"width:661px; height:auto; border:2px solid #7F7261;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few hours before the publication of this tweet, another Twitter account, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModoAlt\/status\/1721851886725206490\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\"Alt Right Spain\", published this<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Would it be nice to know if these toys that have been brought are to be used against citizens who are protesting?<\/strong> It would be nice if those from salary mortadella could clarify with some of their communications if you are going to use them today.\"<\/em> <strong>The image showed three BMR armored vehicles of the National Police.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53330343796_ba70bf3109_b.jpg\" style=\"width:661px; height:auto; border:2px solid #7F7261;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The photo shows the Police Intervention Unit (UIP) Headquarters in Moratalaz, Madrid.<\/strong> The presence of those three BMR in that facility has nothing special about it: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elindependiente.com\/espana\/2022\/01\/22\/la-policia-nacional-recibio-otras-cuatro-tanquetas-con-podemos-ya-en-el-gobierno\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\" _blank\">those three vehicles are attached to the UIP Headquarters<\/a>, which is based in that barracks.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone is wondering <strong>what interest some people have in spreading that misinformation<\/strong>, I personally don't know, but I guess it's an easy way to get notoriety and a lot of retweets. That's without going into other explanations.<\/p>\n<p>In case anyone asks, <strong>the main photo of this entry is not taken in Congress<\/strong>. It was published by the US Army at the beginning of April and shows a MOE shooter in an exercise at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in Fort Bragg, United States, a few months ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/04\/02\/the-images-of-spanish-military-shooters-in-the-home-of-the-united-states-special-forces\/\">You can see more images of that exercise here<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few hours, a hoax referring to the Special Operations Command (MOE) of the Spanish Army has spread on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,17021],"tags":[3180,17198,10557,11916,17685],"class_list":["post-53839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-special-forces","tag-bmr-600","tag-hoaxes","tag-spanish-army","tag-spanish-national-police-corps","tag-special-operations-command-moe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}