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Israel has continued bombarding Gaza’s south despite telling 1.1 million people in the north of the besieged enclave to relocate there ahead of an expected ground offensive.

“We were displaced from Tal al-Hawa to Rafah at the request of the Israeli army, and this is what happened to us. My son is a 3-month-old martyr,” the father of a child killed in an attack in Rafah told Al Jazeera.

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[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People absolutely saw Iraq as retaliation for 9/11 too. The bush admin repeatedly lied about Iraq having ties to Al Qaeda.

[–] Arrakis@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those pesky weapons of mass destruction hidden all over Iraq just had to be destroyed! Evidence? What evidence? We don't need evidence!!

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weapons of mass destruction

We ma-de ... it up?