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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2013
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