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Search results for "betrayed the ceasefire again with a massacre of 300 death and thousands of injuries in Lebanon"

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Vladimir Putin stated on February 24, 2022 in an address to the nation announcing the attack on Ukraine:
Ethnic Russians face “genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.”
By Jon Greenberg• February 25, 2022
Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025
Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:
“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
By Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025
Donald Trump stated on October 16, 2019 in answering questions from reporters:
"The Kurds are much safer right now."
By Tom Kertscher• October 16, 2019
Viral image stated on November 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Close to hundreds” of people died at Astroworld.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 17, 2021
Hillary Clinton stated on January 25, 2016 in a CNN town hall:
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence stated on June 17, 2014 in a gun-control rally claim:
An average of nine children a day in the U.S. die of gunshot wounds.
By Ian K. Kullgren• June 27, 2014
Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 18, 2021
Mark Shields stated on December 21, 2012 in the PBS NewsHour:
Since 1968, "more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history."
By Louis Jacobson• January 18, 2013
Facebook posts stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies.
By Samantha Putterman• January 13, 2020
Sheila Oliver stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton:
"In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence."
By Caryn Shinske• March 31, 2013
Greg Abbott stated on April 05, 2023 in a tweet:
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
By Aarón Torres• April 24, 2023
Facebook posts stated on October 16, 2023 in a Facebook video:
“Egypt is now at war with Israel.”
By Sara Swann• October 16, 2023
William Barr stated on September 16, 2020 in a speech at a Hillsdale College event:
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."
By Jon Greenberg• September 22, 2020
TikTok posts stated on November 22, 2023 in a TikTok video:
“Fox News got caught” staging a video of Israel arresting a “crisis actor.”
By Jeff Cercone• November 28, 2023
X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts:
“iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.”
By Sofia Ahmed• September 20, 2024
Instagram posts stated on June 05, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT.
By Loreben Tuquero• June 9, 2023
Steve Adler stated on June 14, 2016 in an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM:
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2016
Stephen King stated on January 25, 2013 in a Kindle Single essay, 'Guns':
Says since Australia passed tough gun laws, "homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent."
By Becky Bowers• January 31, 2013
Frank Lautenberg stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "Top Line":
"Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
By Bill Wichert• June 28, 2011

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