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Jan 07 2020
Fact Check
Nikki Haley’s Pants on Fire claim that top Democrats are mourning Soleimani
Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations, baselessly accused leading Democrats of mourning the death of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani.
In an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News Jan. 6, Haley praised Trump’s actions to take out Soleimani with a drone strike of his vehicle near the airport outside Baghdad. While the world knows that he was "evil," Haley
PolitiFactDec 30 2013
Opinion
The year in misery: 2013
Totalized surveillance, civilian drone deaths, war crimes, racist policing and more. Happy Holidays, America!
SalonDec 04 2013
Candidate Stances
Double Take 'Toons: Sky High?
Amazon hopes to someday use drones to deliver packages. Mike Smith and Chip Bok swoop in.
NPR (Online News)Apr 12 2020
News
Does marijuana use heighten coronavirus risk?
Are marijuana users at an increased risk of suffering serious complications should they contract the novel coronavirus?
As the COVID-19 pandemic drones on, many are now aware that older adults and people with certain underlying medical conditions are at a higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19. The same is also true for cigarette smokers, according to the Centers for Disease
Fox News DigitalJan 12 2020
Analysis
Qasem Soleimani: Why his killing is good news for IS jihadists
The Islamic State (IS) group has welcomed the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force.
In a statement, it described the general's demise as an act of divine intervention that benefitted jihadists. However, it made no mention at all of the US, which carried out the deadly drone strike against Soleimani in Baghdad on 3 January.
President Donald
BBC NewsAug 29 2021
News
US airstrike takes out ‘imminent ISIS-K threat’ targeting Kabul airport
A US airstrike took out an “imminent ISIS-K threat” to the Kabul airport Sunday as officials race against the clock to wrap up evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, US defense officials said.
The drone strike successfully knocked out a vehicle packed with a “substantial amount of explosive material,” Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman for the US Central Command, said in a statement.
“U.S.
New York Post (News)Aug 26 2013
News
Left, right invoke Martin Luther King Jr. to their own ends
What would Martin Luther King Jr. think of gays, drones and Republicans? It’s anyone’s guess, of course.
PoliticoFeb 25 2021
News
US counterterrorism operations touched 85 countries in the last 3 years alone
Nearly 20 months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush stood on an aircraft carrier under a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner and declared “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” Nearly 18 years later, the U.S. is still entangled in military action in the Middle East and beyond.
After the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq following 9/11, much of the U.S. military
USA TODAYJan 04 2020
Opinion
The Mainstream Media Is a Cheerleader for War With Iran
In the aftermath of the United States’ latest war crime — the assassination-by-drone strike in Baghdad of Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — Fox News decided to educate its audience on the proper takeaway from the episode.
The upshot was not, of course, that the illegal killing was kind of a big deal or that the person who authorized
JacobinJan 04 2020
News
Safe with the base: Core Trump supporters back Soleimani assassination
President Trump may have been elected on a promise to extricate American troops from foreign wars, but his decision to kill Iran’s most powerful military leader will only strengthen support among his base, according to Republican strategists.
The president’s domestic opponents and global allies warned that the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike created a more dangerous
Washington Examiner