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Search results for "Iran war lands 'triple blow' to flood-ravaged Sri Lankans"

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Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Sri Lanka’s president, Estonia’s prime minister and Ukrainian diplomats were arrested.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 12, 2022
Ron DeSantis stated on March 23, 2016 in a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing:
"Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years."
By Joshua Gillin• April 4, 2016
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
Ryan Sitton stated on November 07, 2017 in a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor:
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2017
Bloggers stated on January 30, 2017 in a blog post:
Says President Donald Trump "signs a visa-free travel policy" for Ghana and Malawi.  
By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2017
Mike Pompeo stated on January 05, 2020 in an appearance on Fox News:
"President Trump didn't say he'd go after a cultural site."
By Bill McCarthy• January 6, 2020
Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW:
"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026
Bloggers stated on June 16, 2023 in a blog post:
“Unprecedented UFO landing” in Las Vegas.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 21, 2023
Jim Webb stated on February 03, 2011 in a committee hearing.:
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
By Jacob Geiger• February 14, 2011
Instagram posts stated on November 14, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Iran sentences 15,000 protesters to death.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 15, 2022
Vicky Hartzler stated on October 30, 2017 in a news release:
"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."
By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• December 14, 2017
Instagram posts stated on October 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Biden is “funding every angle” of the Israel-Hamas war.
By Jeff Cercone• October 13, 2023
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 29, 2008
James Skeffington stated on February 10, 2015 in a radio interview:
Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."
By Katie Mulvaney• February 26, 2015
Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Israel War Room posted a helicopter emoji “minutes before the news of the Iranian President’s helicopter crash landing broke.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 20, 2024
X posts stated on January 15, 2024 in una publicación en X:
"Imágenes del ataque hutí al barco estadounidense porta contenedores M/V Gibraltar Eagle en el mar rojo"
By Madison Czopek• January 19, 2024
Facebook posts stated on September 02, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says an image shows a photo of hurricane-ravaged Abaco Island in the Bahamas.
By Daniel Funke• September 3, 2019
Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2019 in a campaign event:
The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel• May 30, 2019
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 25, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Sri Kulkarni attended “notorious desert drug parties” and was arrested for cocaine.
By Noah Y. Kim• October 6, 2020
Michael Reagan stated on March 06, 2014 in an op-ed on Townhall.com:
Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."
By Jon Greenberg• March 13, 2014

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