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Bloggers stated on August 05, 2020 in an article:
“Israel dropped a tactical nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut.”
By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2020
Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The Beirut bombing today was directly next to the Lebanon Central Bank, which is also owned by the most evil deep state family, the Rothschilds. There are no coincidences.”
By Bill McCarthy• August 6, 2020
Glenn Beck stated on March 19, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."
By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2015
TikTok posts stated on November 03, 2023 in a TikTok post:
A “B-2 stealth bomber seen over New York” means “Hezbollah may declare war on Israel.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 10, 2023
Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:
"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."
By Becky Bowers• November 23, 2011
Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in an image:
The Beirut explosion was linked to “human trafficking by HRC."
By Daniel Funke• August 7, 2020
Hillary Clinton stated on January 25, 2016 in a CNN town hall:
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016
Instagram posts stated on January 24, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows explosives disguised as food cans.
By Sara Swann• February 1, 2024
Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012
Viral image stated on October 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows protesters in Lebanon “storming the border with Palestine in support of Gaza” in October 2023.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 25, 2023
Viral image stated on August 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 7, 2020
Michele Bachmann stated on November 22, 2011 in a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.:
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
By Aaron Sharockman• November 23, 2011
Rick Perry stated on November 22, 2011 in the CNN Republican presidential debate:
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 23, 2011
Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:
Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:
"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."
By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2016
Bloggers stated on August 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Say “Sam Hyde identified as perpitrator (sic) of Beirut explosion”
By Jon Greenberg• August 5, 2020
Alan Grayson stated on September 07, 2013 in an interview with the "Washington Post":
In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."
By Louis Jacobson• September 11, 2013
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
By Jon Greenberg• August 24, 2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on November 08, 2023 in an ad:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “voted to send hundreds of millions to Iran” to bankroll “radicals like Hezbollah and Hamas.”
By Tyler Katzenberger• November 24, 2023
Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP debate.:
"The Chinese are there" in Syria.
By Linda Qiu• November 15, 2015

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