An organized, armed, and often a prolonged conflict that is carried on between states, nations, or other parties.
Questions tagged [war]
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Did pro-Israel Americans convince the U.S. to initiate the Iraq War?
In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq, which initiated the Iraq War.
I've seen several people claim that pro-Israel Americans pushed the US to initiate this war, all referencing a June 2005 article "War for Israel" on MiddleEast.org.
This article…
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Is the Indonesian army torturing and murdering civilians in West Papua?
I saw this on my Facebook today.
Herded up like cattle and led away onto Indonesian army trucks to be tortured and then murdered.
This is the reality of life in occupied West Papua. A land where over 500,000 people have been murdered by the…
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Has Russia invaded Ukraine?
The New York Times and many other media have reported that Russia invaded Ukraine:
A senior NATO official confirmed on Wednesday what Ukrainian military officials and monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have been…
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Why can't Japan have a navy?
According to: wiki.answers.com
Under the rules of occupation in 1945, Japan was ordered to comply
with US/Allied restrictions: War is illegal for Japan to engage in;
other than self defense. That is why the Armed Forces of Japan are now
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Was a tech support call made, mid-coup, to help unlock an armoury?
I'm trying to verify an urban tech legend I heard a few years ago.
Some poor SuperMac TechSport got a call from some middle level official...
from the legitimate government of Trinidad. The fellow spoke very good
English, and fairly calmly…
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Did France refuse to interview the Belarusian mercenary pilots which killed 9 French soldiers, even though France allegedly had the opportunity?
An old story regarding the 2004 French–Ivorian mini-war. During those events 9 French soldiers were killed by two Su-25 jets, allegedly piloted by Belarusian mercenaries.
According to Le Monde, one of the odd things about that is that despite the…
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Were some Russians killed in a fight with American forces in Syria in February 2018?
I just read a question on history stack exchange that linked to this Feb 2018 National Review article:
On the night of February 7, “pro-regime” Syrian forces reportedly launched an assault on a “known” American base. American forces defended…
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Did more Vietnam vets kill themselves after the war than died in it?
In his song 'Terrorist' the artist Lowkey asserts:
When more Vietnam vets kill themselves
After the war than died in it?
Is this true?
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Were many Ukrainian and Polish women raped by Soviet soldiers during the WWII?
This[1] site claims:
It's not that the idea of rape as a weapon of war is implausible. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian, Polish and most of all German women were raped by Red Army soldiers as they advanced through eastern Europe in 1944/45. The…
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Did NATO Air Forces start shooting down Russian fighter jets?
In the beginning of October, several news appeared claiming that Russian fighter jets intruded the air space of Turkey. They have been intercepted and escorted away from Turkish air space, but no fire was open.
On October, 10, British news agency…
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Did Nobel Peace Prize winner, Martti Ahtisaari, threaten to bomb Belgrade and kill half a million people?
In this article "Does Putin really need Nobel Peace Prize", it is claimed that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari had the following conversation with Serbian president Miloshevich during the Miloshevich-Ahtisaari-Chernomyrdin meeting…
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Did the US (ab)use the "deconfliction channel" with Russia to shoot the Syrian Su-22 plane?
I just read this piece of news:
... the American plane took off from a carrier (George HW Bush), flew over all of Russia's radar and missile sites in western Syria, shot down the Syrian Su-22 in Raqqa, and then flew right back over all the Russian…
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Is it true that every McDonald's branch had a bunker in case of war?
About 10-15 years ago, I heard rumors that in 20 century every branch of McDonald in America had a bunker in case of war with USSR. Bunkers are placed in this way so that they can easily be found by residents - as everyone is well aware of where the…
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Were 700000 Arab Palestinians forced out of their homes by Zionists?
Foreign policy says:
In the course of the war that ensued, Israel implemented a policy of
ethnic cleansing. 700,000 Arab Palestinians were either forced from
their homes or fled out of fear of further massacres,
Is this true? Is the number…
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Did Yasir al-Ajlawni declare that it is lawful to rape any "non-Sunni Syrian woman"?
This report claims:
Fides sources point out that, through social networks, the fatwa was
widespread in Syria produced by Yasir al-Ajlawni—A Salafi sheikh of
Jordanian origin, resident in Damascus—who declared lawful, for
opponents of the…
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