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NY Times Calls Attackers Of U.S. Embassy ‘Mourners.’ They Get Ripped.

Hank Berrien
NY Times Calls Attackers Of U.S. Embassy ‘Mourners.’ They Get Ripped.
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On Tuesday, the New York Times issued a tweet in which they labeled the attackers of the United States Embassy in Baghdad, who support the terrorist group Hezbollah, as “mourners,” triggering a flood of angry responses across social media. The Times also painted the scene unsympathetically toward the United States, referring to the “deadly airstrikes” the U.S. launched against the Iranian-backed groups stationed in Iraq, leaving out the preamble to the airstrikes: the attacks by Hezbollah forces on Iraqi bases that harbor American troops.

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