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Search results for "Iran shot down an Apache helicopter carrying two crew members near coast of Oman"

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Fact-checks (20805)

Julian Assange stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report":
"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
By Robert Farley• April 14, 2010
Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."
By Robert Farley• April 12, 2010
X posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a videos, articles and screenshots:
Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.”
By Daniel Funke• October 14, 2020
X posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post:
“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”
By Sofia Ahmed• January 30, 2025
Facebook posts stated on June 06, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“United States Navy Seal Team ... helicopter was shot down yesterday in Afghanistan and they lost 30 members of the team.”
By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2020
Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:
FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights.
By Jeff Cercone• October 7, 2024
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows a “US-owned cargo ship was just hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen!”
By Madison Czopek• January 16, 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
Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post:
The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”
By Sofia Ahmed• February 3, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.”
By Loreben Tuquero• January 31, 2025
Viral image stated on January 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden "murdered U.S. Navy Seals."
By Ciara O'Rourke, Samantha Putterman• January 10, 2020
Stew Peters stated on November 09, 2023 in a post on X:
“Footage from Israeli helicopter shows the IDF killing many people at October 7 concert in Israel.”
By Madison Czopek• November 17, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video:
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025
X posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a post:
Photos show bodies of people who died in the helicopter crash with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 21, 2024
Instagram posts stated on February 06, 2025 in an Instagram post:
A ‘60 Minutes’ clip shows Kamala Harris lying while cameras roll. “
By Sofia Ahmed• February 11, 2025
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2024 in Facebook posts:
The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2024
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010
Social Media stated on April 05, 2026 in social media posts:
Photos show rescues of U.S. F-15 airmen from Iran in April 2026.
By Maria Briceño• April 6, 2026
Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image:
Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.”
By Tom Kertscher• August 23, 2021
Facebook posts stated on August 01, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden leaked the names of SEAL Team 6’s families to al-Qaida and that he "cannot be trusted."
By Samantha Putterman• August 12, 2019

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By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2024

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By Loreben Tuquero• June 23, 2025

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