This time they were going to try something new. Israeli agents had also killed the Iranian general in charge of missile development and 16 members of his team.Д«ut the man Israel said led the bomb program was elusive.

Most of the scientists worked directly for Fakhrizadeh on what Israeli intelligence officials said was a covert program to build a nuclear warhead, including overcoming the substantial technical challenges of making one small enough to fit atop one of Iran's long-range missiles. Since 2007, its agents had assassinated five Iranian nuclear scientists and wounded another. It was also methodically picking off the experts thought to be leading Iran's nuclear weapons program. (Thanks to Slashdot readers schwit1 and PolygamousRanchKid for sharing this story.) Since 2004, when the Israeli government ordered its foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the agency had been carrying out a campaign of sabotage and cyberattacks on Iran's nuclear fuel enrichment facilities. Then last November 'they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present' using a 'souped-up, remote-controlled machine gun,' according to the New York Times: Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook.For 14 years Israel had wanted to kill Iran's chief military nuclear scientist and the father of its weapons program, who they suspected of leading Iran's quest to build nuclear weapons. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here.

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The screenshot comes from a satirical website and the image included in the post has been alteredВ from a 2014 photo of students at the Science and Engineering Fair at Washington State University. The claim that a 14-year-old built an atomic bomb as a science project is FALSE, based on our research. USA TODAY has previously debunked false claims that originate from the World News Daily Report.ДЇact check: Story about bull sharks in Arkansas river started as satire Our rating: False The photoВ of the girl holding the ribbon was combined with an image of aВ deaerator system, which dissolves gases such as oxygen in the boiler feedwater, according to Novatherm. The students won first place for their project that reduced gluten strength in bread, according to an article from Washington State. The image used in the article was edited using a photo from April 2014 of students at a science and engineering fair at Washington State University. It adds that any characters included in the articles onВ the site 'are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any person, living, dead or undead, is purely a miracle.' A headline at the top of the site also reads, 'Where facts don't matter.' The text and image seen in the Facebook memeВ matches the one included in theВ article.ДЄ disclaimer at the bottom of the site states that World News Daily Report 'assumes all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content.' The claim that a 14-year-old created an atomic bomb as her science project first appeared on the satirical site World News Daily ReportВ in an article with 358,000 Facebook shares. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook page andВ user for comment.ДЇact check: Claims of a conviction-free 'zone of death' in Yellowstone National Park need context Claim started as satire

Similar versions of the claim have been previously shared to Reddit and. The same meme was shared on March 28 to the Facebook group Zoom Meme for Self Quaranteens. The post also includesВ aВ meme of a disappointed man with the text, 'that boy who got arrested for making a clock that his school thought was a bomb.' '14-year old student builds an atomic bomb as a science project,' reads a March 28 Facebook post, with over 800 shares and almost 400 reactions, by the page Tech, Science & Innovation.Д«elow the text is an image of aВ girl holding a blue ribbon and posing in front of her purported science project. Watch Video: Meet the 7th grader who is fighting cancer with green tea The claim: A 14-year-old student built an atomic bomb as a science projectДЄ viral post on social media claims a 14-year-old student created an atomic bomb as her science project and was awarded a blue ribbon.

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