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Experts warn of ‘an astounding escalation’ after major Iran leader Qasem Soleimani is killed on Trump’s orders (
Raw Storylink):
Iraqi TV reported Thursday night that
Qasem Soleimani, the leader of a special unit in
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, has been killed.
Iraqi militia commander
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was also reportedly killed.
While it was initially unclear whether the reports were true and who was to blame, the
Pentagon eventually confirmed that, at the direction of
President Donald Trump, it had carried out the strike. It said
Soleimani had been planning attacks on
U.S. diplomats and service members.
Trump himself tweeted out simply an image of an
American flag before the killing had been reported by the
Pentagon, which many observers had interpreted as confirmation of the
United States’ role.
“At the direction of the
President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect
U.S. personnel abroad by killing
Qasem Soleimani, the head of the
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated
Foreign Terrorist Organization,” the
Pentagon statement said.
Ahmed al-Assadi, an
Iraqi militia spokesman, told
Reuters: “The
American and
Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and
Qassem Soleimani.”
“The gloves are off,” warned
Karim Emile Bitar, a professor of international relations, said on Twitter. “This could trigger a major escalation in the entire region, the consequences could be devastating.”
“Senior
Iraqi politician tells me ‘apparently’
Soleimani is dead,” tweeted
Robin Wright, a joint fellow at
U.S. Institute of Peace“This is an astounding escalation between the
US and
Iran— which will ripple across the entire
Middle East.”
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