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Carlos Gonzales

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Head of Research at Bellingcat Visual Investigations Former Open Source Analyst with BBCAfricaEye.

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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Morris Tidball-Binz's message was clear: protocols already exist, but implementation is what matters. Families have the right to information, victims deserve dignity. Preparation, not improvisation, is essential to reduce the human toll of future disasters in Venezuela and the Region
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Our partners spoke with UN forensic expert Morris Tidball-Binz about lessons from Venezuela's earthquake in the dignified management and identification of the dead. @bellingcat.com #AlianzaRebeldeInvestiga #Terremotos #PrevencionSismica #earthquakesresponse www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bi5...
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¿Qué hacer para reducir el impacto de los terremotos? #ConversaARIConLaLuz
YouTube video by EfectoCocuyo
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 14/07/2026
Our Colombian partner publication, Cerosetenta, has released the following statement after a court ruling on our story about alleged links between a political candidate and an international Neo-nazi group in Bogota cerosetenta.uniandes.edu.co/cumplimiento...
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Morris Tidball-Binz, destacado médico en ciencias forenses y especialista en derechos humanos responde a importante preguntas sobre impacto de los terremotos y sus victimas. En vivo con Alianza Rebelde Investiga y Efecto Cocuyo! 👇 📆 Lunes 13 de julio | 7:00 p.m. Carscas 🎥 YouTube, Facebook y X.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/07/2026
More than 3,500 deaths are confirmed since the earthquakes in Venezuela, the UN reports that the death toll could reach 10,000. Bellingcat has geolocated footage that appears to show several coffins placed in newly dug trenches. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07...
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Between Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela's Earthquake - bellingcat
Videos, pictures and satellite imagery show the challenges facing Venezuela as it tries to get to grips with huge fatality numbers in the wake of last month's earthquakes.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Experts stress that emergency burials are not automatically evidence of wrongdoing. In mass-casualty disasters, temporary collective burials can be used , but proper documentation, numbering, and preservation of evidence are essential so victims can later be identified
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Social media videos and media reports are showing coffins being laid out in rows within the trenches But is this wrong or against protocols ?
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The investigation found that the site appears to have been prepared after the earthquake, with land cleared and trenches dug in the days following the disaster. Venezuela President, Delcy Rodiguez, said "No one will go to common graves"
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This investigation wasa collaborative effort with our Latin American partners: Efecto Cocuyo, Alianza Rebelde Investiga (ARI)—comprising El Pitazo, Runrunes and TalCual—and the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP). Read the full Spanish version www.elclip.org/entre-fosas-...
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Entre fosas e incertidumbre: la gestión de los fallecidos tras el terremoto en Venezuela - El Clip
Bellingcat ha geolocalizado imágenes de redes sociales que parecen mostrar ataúdes colocados en trincheras recién excavadas tras los recientes y devastadores terremotos en Venezuela.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Beyond counting deaths, the management of human remains becomes a crucial humanitarian and forensic challenge — one that determines whether families can eventually find answers and closure. @bellingcat.com www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07...
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Between Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela's Earthquake - bellingcat
Videos, pictures and satellite imagery show the challenges facing Venezuela as it tries to get to grips with huge fatality numbers in the wake of last month's earthquakes.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Después del terremoto en Venezuela Conversando un poco con runrun.es acerca de imágenes satelitales y teledeteción y de cómo está ayudando a expertos, ONGs y civiles a analizar el fenómeno y evaluar lo daños causados www.youtube.com/watch?v=x72g... @bellingcat.com
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Una aplicación satelital para evaluar la magnitud del daño en La Guaira
YouTube video by RunrunEstudio
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Rescuers from around the world pushed Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela's massive quakes that killed bsky.app/profile/en.a...
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Rescuers from around the world pushed Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela's massive quakes that killed bsky.app/profile/en.a...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 30/06/2026
🇻🇪 Rescuers from around the world pushed Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela's massive quakes that killed over 1,700 people, with tens of thousands still unaccounted for. ➡️ u.afp.com/SK5r
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
But how fast did the Android earthquake alerts arrive to users? This baseball livestream appears to indicate that there were 30-35s between we hear the alarms going off and the strongest waves (billboards moving) www.youtube.com/live/6Sy5_gg...
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Marineros de Carabobo vs Senadores de Caracas | Estadio Universitario | LMBP (24/06/26).
YouTube video by LMBP TV
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Up to 40 cm surface displacement in the radar line-of-sight of satellite and along the Puerto Cabello- La Guaira Axis after major earthquake in Northern Venezuela gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/home/... Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech Team, NISAR Operations Science Team
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Using Sentinel-1 satellite radar, this data NASA estimates approximately 58,870 buildings were likely damaged or destroyed across the affected region, as of the most recent satellite pass. Credit: Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University. gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/apps/...
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Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University. 
Sentinel-1, ESA, Copernicus, NASA
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
While international rescuers continue to arrive in Venezuela, the threat of aftershocks remains. Reuters also reports that engineers fear many buildings that remain standing could be vulnerable and are requesting an audit of state housing. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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The construction failures and risky geography behind Venezuela's quake tragedy
Engineers are urging the government to swiftly audit public housing that is still standing.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
the U.S. Geological Survey said that aftershocks of Wednesday's earthquakes in Venezuela are expected to continue. According to the latest USGS forecast, there is a 6% chance of an aftershock larger than 6.0 in the days after the main quake. There have been tremors every day above 4.3 in magnitude.
Credit: USGS
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Recent reporting from Effecto Cocuyo says the hundreds of bodies have now been moved over to an area in the city’s port. efectococuyo.com/sucesos/los-...
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Los Silos, una morgue improvisada tras la cantidad de fallecidos en La Guaira – Efecto Cocuyo
Una fuente señaló que solo dos patólogos se encuentran en el lugar, mientras las familias esperan para reconocer a las víctimas
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
One sign of the high death toll is visible in the satellite imagery over a parking lot area behind the hospital where a large white area appeared after the earthquake. Graphic videos and photos confirm this.
Planet Labs imagery from September 22 2025 and June 27 2026 show the Hospital José María Vargas in La Guaira before and after the June 24 2026 twin earthquakes. The open area behind the hospital is filled up with white shapes in the June 27 imagery. Graphic social media video shared on Instagram showed hundreds of bodies in the same area. 
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DaDlUXKR94V/
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
However, Early warnings are not a guarantee of safety. Although users have described receiving potentially valuable seconds of warning, the extent to which such alerts reduce injuries or save lives remains difficult to measure.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In other CCTV videos we found, the time elapsed between the alert sound and the strongest wave appears to be at least 30 seconds. www.instagram.com/p/DaAv0TURNs6/
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
But how fast did the Android earthquake alerts arrive to users? This baseball livestream appears to indicate that there were 30-35s between we hear the alarms going off and the strongest waves (billboards moving) www.youtube.com/live/6Sy5_gg...
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Marineros de Carabobo vs Senadores de Caracas | Estadio Universitario | LMBP (24/06/26).
YouTube video by LMBP TV
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Millions of Android users in Venezuela received earthquake alerts before the first shaking was felt. elpais.com/tecnologia/2...
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Así usó Google los móviles para detectar el terremoto y avisar a millones en Venezuela
El gigante tecnológico emplea desde 2021 los sensores de los teléfonos Android para generar avisos tan rápidos y precisos como los de los sistemas oficiales que emplean sofisticadas redes sismológicas
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Up to 40 cm surface displacement in the radar line-of-sight of satellite and along the Puerto Cabello- La Guaira Axis after major earthquake in Northern Venezuela gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/home/... Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech Team, NISAR Operations Science Team
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Sentinel-1 shows ground displacement after Venezuela earthquakes
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Using Sentinel-1 satellite radar, this data NASA estimates approximately 58,870 buildings were likely damaged or destroyed across the affected region, as of the most recent satellite pass. Credit: Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University. gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/apps/...
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Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University. 
Sentinel-1, ESA, Copernicus, NASA
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage Bellingcat has received satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC that shows one the worst affected areas in the country, including a large number of collapsed buildings and apartment blocks in La Guaira. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
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Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage - bellingcat
Satellite imagery provided to Bellingcat shows one of the areas worst impacted by the Venezuela earthquakes.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The answers from Trump's administration and the U.S Army on the Minab strikes are absolutely shambles news.sky.com/video/iran-s...
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The US answers on Iran school strike are always the same
In Minab, Iran, more than a hundred women and children were killed after an airstrike hit a school at the beginning of US military action in the country.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 17/05/2026
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Yes, as you heard: Active Cñub Bogotá,A group of Colombians, sons and daughters of indigenous and african ancestors celebrating Hitler's Bday with swastikas cupcakes and connected with active local politicians.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 09/04/2026
Latest: Bellingcat has found close to 800 Hungarian government emails and associated passwords online, which in some cases have exposed confidential data of military personnel and civil servants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...
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‘Snoopy’, ‘Adolf’ and ‘Password’: The Hungarian Government Passwords Exposed Online - bellingcat
Hundreds of Hungarian government email addresses and passwords are circulating online, revealing vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved in sensitive work.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 08/04/2026
Bellingcat is pleased to announce our work has received six Emmy award nominations. The winners will be announced in May. Here's a short thread on the work that we're proud to say has been highlighted 🧵
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/04/2026
With widespread internet blackouts in Iran and new restrictions on certain satellite imagery of the region at the request of the US government, Bellingcat is launching a tool to help estimate the damage in Iran and the wider Gulf region. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat
Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool — called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map — focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .
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FRONTLINE @frontlinepbs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
One month into the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, what's the status of Iran's nuclear program? Watch an updated presentation of "Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question" starting tonight at 10/9c on PBS and online: to.pbs.org/45aC3xf
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Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch FRONTLINE's documentary in collaboration with The Washington Post, Evident Media & Bellingcat investigating Iran’s nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 30/03/2026
Videos of explosions have fueled misunderstanding and misinformation in the conflict with Iran, with munition types incorrectly identified amongst claims of “mystery” weapons. What can types of explosions really tell us? Read @easybakeovensz.bsky.social‘s latest: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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Explosive Misinformation: A Guide to Mushroom Clouds, ‘Sonic Weapons’, and Disintegration - bellingcat
Explosives test in Canada. Source: Defence Research and Development Canada.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 31/03/2026
Bellingcat found 31 posts with AI-generated imagery shared on social media by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam and West Bengal in December that appeared to meet the United Nations’ definition of hate speech. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech
Bellingcat found 31 posts by the BJP that appeared to feature AI-generated images, along with either anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim hate speech, in Assam and West Bengal within a month.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
We analyzed more details about the events of the February 28 strike on an IRGC facility and a nearby primary school in Minab, Iran. The evidence suggests the area was struck in at least two distinct waves of attacks.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 27/03/2026
Two new videos have emerged showing the deadly strikes that hit an IRGC compound, as well as an adjacent girls’ school, in Minab, Iran. By geolocating and verifying the footage, Bellingcat found two waves of attacks, occurring hours apart. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal More Details About Iran Girls' School Strike - bellingcat
Analysis suggests there were at least two waves of strikes carried out in the area around the IRGC complex and adjacent girls' school.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
1/8 NEW: @bellingcat.com has geolocated and verified two new videos showing the deadly strikes that hit an IRGC compound — and an adjacent elementary school — in Minab, Iran on Feb. 28. Here's what we found. 🧵 www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal More Details About Iran Girls' School Strike - bellingcat
Analysis suggests there were at least two waves of strikes carried out in the area around the IRGC complex and adjacent girls' school.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike at www.justsecurity.org/134350/legal...
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When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike
The law of armed conflict demands that we take the Minab school strike seriously to learn, to reform, and to prevent the next failure.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In this particular case the watch helps us to Geolocate a Munition Remnants Pictured at Site of Deadly Chad Strike . The Munition Match A Weapon Previously Used by Sudan’s RSF www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Munition Remnants Pictured at Site of Deadly Chad Strike Match Weapon Previously Used by Sudan’s RSF - bellingcat
Munition remnants pictured at the site of a strike in the town of Tiné, Chad, appear to match a weapon previously used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Never forget to check the watches worn by people in videos/images you analyze. It is always of tremendous help for verifying footage and be able to geolocate by understanding shadows , timelines and more. @bellingcat.com
Picture featuring Ali Ahmat Aghabache, Chad Minister of Public Security and Immigration. We used the time in his watch as an approximate time of capture of the set of images at the remnant site. Credit: Ministère De La Sécurité Publique Et De L'immigration. Facebook
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
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Trump blamed Iran for a school strike. News investigations suggest the U.S. was responsible - Poynter
Open-source analyses by Bellingcat and major newsrooms challenge the president’s claim as the military investigates what happened
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 12/03/2026
De Telegraaf, the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, recently published an interview with a woman promoting €1,600 seats on private evacuation flights from Dubai. Bellingcat found that her image was likely AI-generated, and flight data suggests no such plane took off. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - bellingcat
A Dutch newspaper published a story about private evacuation flights from Dubai, but the photo shows signs of AI generation and the flights appear never to have existed.
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Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Click the arrows in the map below to view the verified Tomahawk missile sightings in Iraq last week, including the original footage and geolocation analysis. bellingcat-embeds.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2026-march-t...
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Tomahawk Flight Map
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