Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-24 23:58:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 48CD79A3287CCF0CED982253E009CB08BA7EC5F7E436BC22496D726AA64FE1C1
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This picture of "a woman recruit for the Somali army" was taken in 1978, three years before Ilhan Omar was born in 1981. This is not a picture of her. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/04/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-ilhan-omar-al-qaida-training-camp/ https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-omar-photograph-idUSKCN20K27X https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/woman-in-viral-photo-misidentified-as-rep-omar/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/14/fact-check-ilhan-omar-wasnt-photographed-al-qaida-training-camp/5391831002/ https://apnews.com/article/us-news-north-dakota-ilhan-omar-mn-state-wire-politics-82a4459c28614325a23f8a470e5b04a0
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