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2024-03-24 15:03:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E2330A283E4769BB884CE282DE251D6DBE7FE248B85E86FDABF3B951CA5E462C
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Original Note:
The individual in the image shown is not US senator Tom Cotton. [1] The gold in the image was confiscated from smugglers by US forces and returned to the Iraq Central Treasury [2][3] [1] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/senator-tom-cotton-gold-pile/ [2] https://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/South/05/27/sprj.irq.iraq.gold/index.html [3] https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2003-05-27/gold-bars-pique-173rd's-interest-at-checkpoint-1906928.html
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