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War & conflict fact checks
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PolitiFactWar & conflict
Video shows troops at the Ukraine-Russia border on Jan. 27, 2022.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Photo shows a toilet after “some Hezbollah operative blew up.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
“Ukraine has been shooting residents of Donetsk and Lugansk just because they wanted to speak Russian.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
“Putin has the gall to say he’s ‘de-Nazifying’ Ukraine. It’s a lie."
Publisher’s rating: Experts Agree
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Video shows helicopters in Ukraine “being picked off in ambush - Short range air-to-air missile”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
Photo posted March 22 on Facebook shows an American fighter jet intercepting a Russian bomber near Alaskan airspace.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Video shows “Egyptians delivering food and water to Gaza” in October 2023.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
"My wife who — I think, I’m not sure of this — may be the only first lady or second lady to go into a war zone — an active war zone."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Photo shows the U.S. Pentagon “is under attack.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Tulsi GabbardWar & conflict
Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida."
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
"I’m pleased to inform you: The American people should be extremely grateful and happy no Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime."
Publisher’s rating: Initial Reports Were Wrong
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
Ukraine military ordered all women ages 18 to 60 to “report for duty” as of Oct. 1.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
Claimed he was at ground zero "the next day" after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Publisher’s rating: Exaggerates
FactCheck.orgWar & conflict
Cited the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project to "push back" at "leftists" who claim that last year's protests were “mostly peaceful."
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
Maldita.esWar & conflict
El Estado Islámico quema vivas a 19 chicas en Mosul
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactWar & conflict
Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.
Publisher’s rating: False
