Did Clinton Launch Airstrike on Iraq Amid Impeachment Proceedings?
Posted on AllSides January 5th, 2020
From The Left
FACT CHECK
On Jan. 2, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on airstrike at an airport in Baghdad that killed Iran’s military general Qassem Soleimani (variant spellings of the name may appear in reporting by other news organizations):
The following day, an image supposedly showing a newspaper clipping featuring a 1998 story published in The New York Times headlined “Impeachment Vote in House Delayed as Clinton Launches Iraq Air Strike, Citing Military Need to Move Swiftly” started to circulate on social media. This picture was widely shared by those who argued that...
