Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 7:43 PM Pacific

In a campaign of false claims, the biggest false claim yet

Video footage from CBS News directly contradicts Clinton's story.

A few days ago, Hillary Clinton regaled us with a story of her heroic bravery:
"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." --Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008.

Just one problem. Her claim was completely untrue. As Michael Dobbs wrote in The Fact Checker column for the Washington Post, Clinton's story is not supported by the facts:

The Pinocchio Test

Clinton's tale of landing at Tuzla airport "under sniper fire" and then running for cover is simply not credible. Photographs and video of the arrival ceremony, combined with contemporaneous news reports, tell a very different story. Four Pinocchios.

In a campaign of false claims, the biggest false claim yet

Video footage from CBS News directly contradicts Clinton's story.

A few days ago, Hillary Clinton regaled us with a story of her heroic bravery:
"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." --Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008.

Just one problem. Her claim was completely untrue. As Michael Dobbs wrote in The Fact Checker column for the Washington Post, Clinton's story is not supported by the facts:

The Pinocchio Test

Clinton's tale of landing at Tuzla airport "under sniper fire" and then running for cover is simply not credible. Photographs and video of the arrival ceremony, combined with contemporaneous news reports, tell a very different story. Four Pinocchios.

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