Pictures have surfaced on the internet showing the location where a US drone killed General Commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Qaseem Soleimani.
Tension between the United States and Iran escalated on Friday after a US air raid killed the Iranian General.
Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force unit, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), were among those killed in the attack at Baghdad International Airport early Friday morning.
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The killing of Qasem Soleimani is very important because the General was regarded as an Iranian hero and Iran has declared three whole days of mourning for the deceased, the attack was confirmed by The Pentagon. According to them, the order was directly from the President.
President Trump took to Twitter to defend his decision to kill Soleimani, claiming the Quds Force commander was behind the deaths of “millions of people”, including US citizens and his Iranian compatriots.
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According to Within Nigeria, the Republicans have supported Trump, saying he acted in the best interest of American lives while Democrats have criticized Trump’s actions saying more Americans lives have been put in danger by the action as Iran will surely retaliate.
See pictures below:
