President Trump ordered an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport that killed Qasem Soleimani, a key Iranian military commander, the Pentagon confirmed
Baghdad President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport that killed Qasem Soleimani, a key Iranian military commander, in a"decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad" that was intended to deter"future Iranian attack plans," the Pentagon confirmed Thursday.
Soleimani -- the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force unit -- and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis -- the deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces -- were among those killed in the attack early Friday morning local time, according to a statement from the PMF, which said the pair"were martyred by an American strike.
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