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Search results for "US conducts strikes on Iran after attack on cargo ship"

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Social Media stated on April 19, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows the United States’ April 19, 2026, strike on an Iranian cargo ship.
By Loreben Tuquero• April 20, 2026
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
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A map shows “all the cargo ships backed up by the Suez Canal. Get ready for shortages and prices to skyrocket.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 31, 2021
Social Media stated on March 01, 2026 in social media posts:
Videos show Iranian missiles struck and damaged the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 2, 2026
Byron Donalds stated on April 12, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The U.S. Navy was created "to free international waters from the Barbary pirates."
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 14, 2026
Viral image stated on October 02, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Dockworkers went on strike because “they hear screaming children inside shipping containers!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 7, 2024
The Gateway Pundit stated on June 01, 2021 in a blog post:
Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 17, 2021
Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2026 in a press conference:
Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2026
X posts stated on June 22, 2025 in an X post:
Video shows protesters “outraged” over U.S. attacks in Iran.
By Gabrielle Lazor• June 24, 2025
Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II."
By Samantha Putterman• July 29, 2019
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy."  
By Tom Kertscher• January 15, 2020
Andrew Tate stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post:
The ship that struck a Baltimore bridge “was cyber-attacked.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 26, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”
By Sara Swann• April 2, 2024
David Perdue stated on April 15, 2015 in press release:
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
By Nancy Badertscher• April 24, 2015
Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview:
The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that."  
By Tom Kertscher• June 29, 2018
Instagram posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The movie “Leave the World Behind” predicted the Baltimore bridge crash.
By Grace Abels• March 27, 2024
Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a campaign speech:
Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."  
By Tom Kertscher• January 16, 2020
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:
A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
By Gabrielle Settles• November 5, 2021
Barack Obama stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview with the 'New York Times.':
"Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion."
By Jon Greenberg• April 9, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on November 19, 2015 in a speech at Georgetown University:
"Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen."
By Linda Qiu• November 24, 2015

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