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6 October
10:26 pm

Tehran has funded Beirut in killing hundreds of marines. And have killed thousands of our countrymen.

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John James, at Michigan Governor General Election Debate (WOOD TV8)

10:26 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific claims about Iran's role in killing hundreds of Marines and thousands of Americans — the figures and causal attribution are verifiable and, if overstated, would materially mislead on U.S.-Iran history.
What we foundIran's funding of Hezbollah in the Beirut bombing that killed hundreds of servicemembers is supported by multiple court findings, but the claim that Iran has killed 'thousands' of Americans is overstated — credible tallies range from several hundred to just over a thousand, depending on attribution methodology.
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