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2024-05-15 12:31:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 56CA6B3AC0378A5CD07B332C57204E6C415CE847D2CDDFE70B7EEE7439386BF2
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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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