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MarineCombatEngineer

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18. Or the Iranians are putting out propaganda and fake news.

Reply to Jit423 (Reply #16)

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 02:48 PM

Jun 17

I remember just yesterday someone posted a video of an Israeli F-35 Lightning shot down by Iran, turned out to be pure bullshit, so I tend to be quite skeptical of any thing coming of Tehran.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-dont-fooled-video-174600929.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA2rRF6foUNXCRoFLxV8zjBOMArGyhQNGp43MMoMRhzV-TSy-qAzvZbWBwI5jPOnhC0F_XJIsAIzKb40xQvvNuO_m-AN_OM2_4OMxLkjGQP_RGbBeLkyz975A1Q4VcV9J6j5_AZIKCCeoPq9vqs3wmb6E-GzcYazlkeh7xuZFTyn

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