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War & conflict fact checks
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FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
"Never Forget--ISIS Terror Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Was Held at US Prison Camp Bucca in 2009 til OBAMA WH Agreed to Let Him Go."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Video shows recent violence in Israel and Gaza is “fake.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Says a photo of a tortured man is U.S. diplomat Chris Stevens, who was killed in the 2012 Benghazi attack.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactWar & conflict
“The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
It's not true that "250 people were killed at a concert" in Israel Oct. 7.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactWar & conflict
“Israel just bombed and destroyed” Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
"As you know, we captured 100% of the ISIS caliphate. When I took office, we had almost nothing."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
"Europe and other nations (need to) contribute to Ukraine. Because they’re not doing it. Just the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Vladimir Putin “released 35,000 children from tunnels and subway in Ukraine.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
White House document shows President Joe Biden authorized an additional $8 billion in military aid to Israel.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
Publisher’s rating: Blends three heroic events
PolitiFactWar & conflict
A video shows red flares and fireworks going off in Gaza.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Video shows “Israel Zionist blowing up people in hospitals” in 2023.
Publisher’s rating: False