President Trump said his decision to kill Major-General Qassem Soleimani, one of the most powerful men in Iran, was not meant as a provocation
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON - Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East.
“Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel but we caught him in the act and terminated him,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.Trump said the United States was not seeking regime change in Iran, but that Tehran must end what he called its aggression in the region, including the use of proxy fighters.
However, many Iraqis criticized Washington for killing the men on Iraqi soil and possibly plunging Iraq into another war. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said with Friday’s attack Washington had breached Iraq’s sovereignty and violated a deal for keeping U.S. troops there.Two Iraqi security sources said the attack followed an intelligence operation in which inside sources recruited by the CIA revealed the timing of Soleimani’s arrival in Baghdad and his convoy leaving the airport.
Israel put its army on high alert and U.S. allies in Europe including Britain, France and Germany voiced concerns. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for “maximum restraint”. FILE PHOTO: Combination photo of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces. REUTERS/Stringer/Thaier al-Sudani‘STICK OF DYNAMITE’
After being briefed by U.S. officials in Washington, House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a Democrat, questioned why Trump chose to act against Soleimani now, when previous administrations decided such a step would increase the risks in the region.
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