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2024-03-24 16:40:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4F69DDC5F4B3E7FE7517FF371D2FAB29756F275DC1CC5F1B0CC0E5268032CB67
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Obama did not create ISIS. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-cia-isis-train/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/08/11/obama-founded-isis/ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2016-trump-claimed-obama-founded-172700227.html The shared video has been edited to alter the context. Explanation: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-isil-training/ ISIS began as al Qaeda in Iraq, founded by a Jordanian, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The group that became ISIS, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. https://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/trumps-false-obama-isis-link/
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