The NFL Invokes Pat Tillman’s Name at the Super Bowl — But Ignores How He Died
The former pro football player’s death was the subject of a disinformation campaign.
Afghanistan
Taliban ‘Hanging from Blackhawk’ Video
Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted an unverified video of the Taliban hanging an interpreter from a Blackhawk helicopter.
Flight Out of Afghanistan
A gripping image of an intensely crowded flight out of Kabul spread on social media on August 16 2021.
Did a Republican Party Webpage Praising Trump’s Afghanistan Deal Disappear?
The former United States president now says that the U.S. leaving the country in September 2021 was too soon.
U.S. Military Dogs Being Evacuated From Afghanistan
Images showing American military dogs getting flown out of Afghanistan were virally popular on social media.
‘U.S. Quietly Slips Out Of Afghanistan In Dead Of Night’ Onion Story
A viral tweet purportedly shows an eerily prophetic headline in satirical site “The Onion” about the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Prayer Request for Navy SEALs Shot Down in Helicopter
Thirty Americans, including fifteen members of the famous SEAL Team 6, were killed when a helicopter transporting them was downed by a rocket propelled grenade in Afghanistan in August 2011. The story resurfaced in September 2017 and again in November 2018, and many who mistakenly believed that it had just taken place issued prayer requests …
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Did Hillary Clinton ‘Cut in Line’ for Thanksgiving Dinner with Troops in Afghanistan?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s November 2003 visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan was spun into a fanciful tale of liberal pique online, framed in some iterations as a concerned email from an actual veteran. Clinton, who was a senator representing New York state at the time, did indeed visit Bagram Air Base on …
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Did a Teenaged Former Cheerleader Turned Sniper Kill a Taliban Bomber?
A forwarded email with a photo of an unnamed 19 year old former cheer leader who is now U.S. Air Force Security Forces Sniper. The email says that she shot a Taliban dead in his tracks from 725 yards away while he was trying to plant an improvised explosive device.