Claim(permalink)
During the 1987 Iran-Contra hearings, Oliver North warned Congress that Osama bin Laden was "the most evil person alive" and that "an assassin team [should] be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
Factors
veracity
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Sentiment
Date published
2001-11-03
Entities
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