An organized, armed, and often a prolonged conflict that is carried on between states, nations, or other parties.
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Did a group meditation in Delhi (1988-1990) influence the world peace?
Snippets from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8SYlV3ihl4 at https://www.unify.org/
The concept of morphic resonance was widely promoted by banning the TEDx talk by Rupert Sheldrake:…
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Was the bombed Barzah scientific research centre inspected by OPCW in Nov 2017?
Was the bombed Barzah scientific research centre the same as the " Barzah facility" in this 23 March 2018 OPCW report stating (section 11):
the second round
of inspections at the Barzah and Jamrayah facilities of the SSRC was concluded on
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Does the GRU-43/B "Massive Ordnance Air Blast" weapon cost $US16 million?
I read in the past for the existence of the so called "Mother Of All Bombs" and for some reason I still thought it was a fuel-air or thermobaric bomb. However after the first operational use (here) I went back to re-read its technical aspects.
It…
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Did the Syrian government use chemical weapons in Khan Shaykhun?
Since April 4th 2017, reports have been released about a chemical attack that is supposed to have occurred in a Syrian town called Khan Shaykhun.
According to the BBC, "[t]he UK's foreign secretary, a rebel commander and a weapons expert all said…
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Did the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee's report say NATO's intervention in Libya was based on "lies"?
GlobalResearch.ca reports:
Specifically, a new report from the bipartisan House of Commons
Foreign Affairs Committee – based on interviews with all of the key
British decision-makers, review of documents, and on-the-ground
investigations in…
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Is the Stuxnet worm a government facade?
I just read about Stuxnet, which is allegedly a computer worm that silently infected thousands of computers and eventually sabotaged Iran’s nuclear program. I find it difficult to believe that so many hoops were jumped through without ever being…
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Can PTSD be a factor in causing one to plagiarize?
On BreitBart.com the following claim is made:
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Sen. John Walsh of Montana said Wednesday his failure to attribute conclusions and verbatim passages lifted from other scholars' work in his thesis to earn a master's degree from…
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Did Pakistan supply any military aid to Azerbaijan during the second Karabakh war?
Pakistani troops fighting in Azerbaijan against Armenia, says report
Pakistani troops fighting in Azerbaijan against Armenia, says report
According to the above links, Pakistan sent soldiers to fight against Armenians.
Pakistan denies its army's…
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Have 200+ Pakistani military personnel been killed in the past 6 months by "insurgents crossing the border"?
In an Aug 12 story, AP reported the claims of some Pakistani officials that
Pakistan has its own concerns, accusing Afghanistan of harboring militants opposed to the Islamabad government. Pakistani security officials say their country’s rival India…
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Does the US Army move tanks in bulk to Ukraine?
I know the site I am sharing is mostly fake news. For instance their latest claim (excerpt below) is not supported by any link to external source. But still, the claim was really alarming and I am not sure how to fact-check it.
The video shows…
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Was there a chemical attack in Syria in April 2018 and was Bashar al-Assad responsible for it?
Trump said in a tweet on April 8, 2008:
Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President…
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Did no genocide occur in Kosovo?
British Member of Parliament Llew Smith filed a motion in 2004 which is being talked about today because one of the MPs who signed in support of it was Jeremy Corbyn, now leader of the opposition of the United Kingdom. It included the claim that…
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Can USA's president launch nukes whenever/wherever?
Many people complaining the current (or former) president of USA mention the fact that "he has the ability to launch nukes wherever and whenever he wants", "he has all the launch codes of the nukes", etc.
Their fear is that someone not…
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Did Syria use chemical weapons (in the recent April 2017 ordeal with 30+ civilian casualties)?
My Apple News Feed blew up regarding the missile strike on the Syrian airbase in response to the "Chemical Weapon Attack" - which I put in quotes because while all the major news outlets in my news feed reported it as such, it seemed odd that they…
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Does this photo depict the Sabra and Shatila massacre?
The wikipedia entry about The Sabra and Shatila massacre contains an assertion with this dead link:
The Sabra and Shatila massacre (warning: offensive)
Bodies of victims of the massacre in the Sabra and the Shatila refugee camp
But this blog post…
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