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- The claim states that during the Moro Rebellion, which occurred in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, Pershing used bullets dipped in pig's blood to kill groups of Muslim insurgents because, in the Islamic faith, ingesting pork is a sin. There is no evidence that this ever happened.
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The ethnic Moro population of the southern Philippines resisted both Spanish and American colonization. The Moro areas of Western Mindanao have been the most rebellious areas in the Philippines along with Samar Island and Bicol Region.
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- The Story, as Trump Told it, Is False & There’s No Proof it Happened. Trump began telling the story in February 2016, while on the campaign trail, as an example of how to deal with “radical Islamic terrorists.”
- The Story Has Its Roots in Pershing’s Tenure as Governor of the Philippines’ Moro Province After the Philippine-American War. The story has its roots in Pershing’s tenure as the Governor of the Moro Province in the Philippines, as Snopes explains.
- Pershing Wanted to Avoid Inspiring Religious Fanaticism, but There’s Evidence That 1 American Commander Threatened to Bury Muslims With a Pig. Pershing also wanted to avoid inspiring religious fanaticism.
- A Chicago Newspaper Report From 1927 Claimed Pershing Did Use Pig’s Blood, but Didn’t Shoot Blood-Dipped Bullets at Muslims. Author William Lambers wrote in February 2016 that there was a story about Pershing using pig’s blood, but it was published in a Chicago paper 14 years after Pershing left the Philippines.
Aug 20, 2017 · In fact, while American soldiers occasionally responded to the Moro insurgency by burying the tribesmen they killed with dead pigs, Pershing thought the practice was, at best, a deterrent; he...
Aug 18, 2017 · In the fable, the legendary U.S. General John J. Pershing once ended a wave of Muslim terrorism in the Philippines by executing prisoners with bullets dipped in pigs’ blood.
Aug 17, 2017 · During a February 2016 campaign stop in South Carolina, Mr. Trump claimed that Pershing captured “50 terrorists” and shot all but one with bullets smeared in pig’s blood.
Feb 19, 2016 · Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels.
