Fact Checker Archive: Iraq
Rumsfeld's flight of fancy on Iraq
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld claims that Saddam Hussein kicked out weapons inspectors for the "second or third or fourth time" before the Iraq invasion. He's not even close.
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Glenn Kessler
| February 9, 2011; 6:00 AM ET |
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4 Pinocchios, Iraq
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The Great Bracelet Debate
An Obama spokesman accused a Fox News host of "making things up" in the controversy over a bracelet honoring a fallen Iraq war soldier. We sort out what happened.
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Michael Dobbs
| September 30, 2008; 9:54 AM ET |
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Iraq, MSM Watch
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The Pot and the Kettle
Scott McClellan says that the American media failed to do its job properly during the run-up to the Iraqi war. The Fact Checker agrees.
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Michael Dobbs
| May 29, 2008; 3:20 PM ET |
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Geppetto's Checkmark, History, Iraq, MSM Watch
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Paying for the Iraq War
Hillary Clinton says that George Bush is the first American president to fail to pay for a war launched on his watch. She is partly correct.
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Michael Dobbs
| April 18, 2008; 6:00 AM ET |
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1 Pinocchio, Candidate Watch, History, Iraq
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Still no light at the end of the tunnel
A rare Geppetto checkmark to General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker for acknowledging that there is still no "light at the end of the tunnel" in Iraq. The three remaining presidential candidates have been less honest about the flaws in their own Iraqi exit strategies.
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Michael Dobbs
| April 9, 2008; 1:55 PM ET |
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Barack Obama, Candidate Watch, Geppetto's Checkmark, Iraq
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McCain's '100-year war'
Barack Obama continues to claim on the campaign trail that John McCain wants to fight a 100-year war in Iraq. Both he and Hillary Clinton have twisted McCain's words.
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Michael Dobbs
| April 2, 2008; 6:00 AM ET |
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Barack Obama, Candidate Watch, Iraq
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