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Pakistan's defense minister threatened Israel that his country could use nuclear weapons after a fake news report that his Israeli counterpart had threatened "nuclear retaliation" for Islamabad's role in Syria against Daesh, highlighting the serious problem proliferation of fake news poses.
A report in the New York Times said a fake news story prompted Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif to threaten to go nuclear.
In a post on Twitter, Asif lashed at Israel after a false report - which the minister apparently believed - that Israel had threatened Pakistan with nuclear weapons.
"Israeli def min threatens nuclear retaliation presuming pak role in Syria against Daesh," the minister wrote on his official Twitter account. "Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too."
Israeli def min threatens nuclear retaliation presuming pak role in Syria against Daesh.Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too AH
- Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) December 23, 2016
Scary when the defense minister of a nuclear-armed country resorts to threats based on his reading of fake FaceBook news#Pakistan https://t.co/kTeclbxzBUThe NYT report said Asif appeared to be reacting to the fake news article published on awdnews.com, which was titled 'Israeli Defense Minister: If Pakistan send ground troops to Syria on any pretext, we will destroy this country with a nuclear attack'.
- Mohammad Taqi (@mazdaki) December 23, 2016
Classic example, why some politicians are not trusted!#Pakistan Defence Minister threaten #Israel over fake newshttps://t.co/8NZxeRwj8g pic.twitter.com/8DnmENYJNd
- Naveen Agrawal (@agrawalnaveen) December 25, 2016
One should always check facts. https://t.co/WKR0csYHT7
- Pakistan Defence (@defencepk) December 25, 2016
The #Pakistan def minister issued a nuclear threat to #Israel-in response to a fake news story?? Ah, only in this zany fiction-is-truth era.
- Michael Kugelman (@MichaelKugelman) December 24, 2016
Dear @KhawajaMAsif, This is very dangerous for a Nuclear State to act like a little child who's eager to push that Big Red Button@MoDIsrael pic.twitter.com/Rabdt1KA71
- (((FishelBenkhald))) (@Jew_Pakistani) December 25, 2016
@KhawajaMAsif not a real story: Israel did no such thing. But if it was you'd be in your rights with this response so eh
- Lev Novak (@LevNovak) December 25, 2016
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