‘I Wish Iraqi Journalist Muntadhar Al-Zaidi a Very Pleasant Anniversary of the Time He Threw a Shoe at George W. Bush’ A screenshot of an alleged Twitter exchange involving Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi spread on social media in December 2022.
Tikrit Shoe Statue In May 2022, a popular post on Reddit purportedly depicted a "monument in Tikrit, Iraq" that memoralized the shoes thrown at former U.S. leader George W. Bush.
Officials Say United States Not Vacating Syria, Contradicting Trump: Reports The situation has created an information vacuum that will potentially be a major problem to forces in the region.
Did the United States Give Jordan $500 Million to Build a Wall on its Border with Iraq? On January 8, 2019, just after President Donald Trump addressed the United States on the matter of his intent to construct another border wall, the Facebook page “The American Dreamer” shared the following meme: Text overlaid on an image of a soldier standing next to a very tall concrete wall read: DID YOU KNOW THE U.S. […]
Wild Boars Kill Three ISIS Terrorists in Iraq-Truth! & Fiction! Three ISIS fighters were mauled by wild boars outside Kirkuk, Iraq, but other details of the account are unverified.
"John Is My Heart" Essay Written By Frank Schaeffer for the Washington Post-Correct Attribution! Frank Schaeffer's 2002 essay "John is My Heart," also known as "My Heart is on the Line," has been widely circulated since it was first published by the Washington Post in 2002.
Is This Soldier Covertly Showing He Was Coerced into Shaking Hands With Hillary Clinton? This rumor started circulating shortly after then-Senator Hillary Clinton made a Thanksgiving visit to the soldiers in Iraq in 2003. It includes a picture of a U.S. soldier shaking hands with Sen. Clinton. He is also crossing the fingers of his left hand, which the email says is a soldier’s sign for coercion. The Truth: There […]
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.