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‘Things happen’: How Vance’s comment on Iran wedding strike fits US pattern
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Al Jazeera [en] · Middle East
From My Lai to civilian killings in Afghanistan, Iraq, the US has often denied role before later quietly acknowledging.
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