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Ted Cruz: “Many of the IEDs that in Iraq were used against our…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 08:44

And they killed a lot of Americans. Yeah. Iran is responsible. The IRGC is responsible for a minimum of 593 murders of American servicemen and women. The IEDs they manufactured, Many of the IEDs that in Iraq were used against our servicemen and women [were manufactured in Iran]. If you have friends that served in combat in Iraq, if you know people that lost limbs to IEDs, that lost legs, that lost arms, that lost eyes, the odds are overwhelming that the IED they encountered was. (08:44–08:53)

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Asserts that many IEDs used against U.S. forces in Iraq were made in Iran.

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