Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

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Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on September 10, 2014 a broadcast on MSNBC
Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014
Michael Hayden
Michael Hayden
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."  
True
By Steve Contorno • September 14, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 31, 2014 an interview with WFAA-TV
ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014
Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz
stated on August 24, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 19, 2014 stories
Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.  
Pants on Fire!
By Derek Tsang • August 19, 2014
David Gregory
David Gregory
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."  
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • August 13, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2014
James Woods
James Woods
stated on August 5, 2014 a tweet
"The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 16, 2014 a post on Facebook
"For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"
"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014
Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro
stated on June 14, 2014 a broadcast on Fox News
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."  
Mostly True
June 19, 2014
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on June 12, 2014 a Facebook post
Says a picture he posted on Facebook of a man posing in front of five decapitated human heads is "one of the subhuman mongrels our president set free."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"
By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 3, 2014 comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 5, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2014
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on January 13, 2014 an interview with NPR
On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement
"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."  
True
September 29, 2013
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