President Donald Trump says the Iranian military commander who was killed by a U.S. airstrike in Iraq was “plotting to kill” many Americans.
The U.S. says that the airstrike was carried out to disrupt an “imminent” attack orchestrated by Soleimani. Iran’s supreme leader has vowed “harsh retaliation.”U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is asserting that the U.S. killed Iran’s top military commander to disrupt an “imminent” attack orchestrated by him.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a TV interview that there were no legal grounds for the strike. And U.N. human rights expert, Agnes Callamard, tweeted that the airstrike in Baghdad appeared to be “far more retaliatory for past acts than anticipatory for imminent self-defense.”
Before dawn in Washington on Friday, the State Department said Pompeo had spoken with the foreign ministers of Britain and Germany as well as China’s state councilor after Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed near the airport in Baghdad. Calls for restraint are growing after a U.S. airstrike killed Iran’s top military commander in Baghdad and Iran’s supreme leader vowed a “harsh retaliation.”
In a Twitter post Friday, Bolton adds that “long in the making, this was a decisive blow against Iran’s malign Quds Force activities worldwide. Hope this is the first step to regime change in Tehran.” Germany says the situation in the Middle East has reached “a dangerous escalation point” and that conflicts in the region can only be resolved diplomatically.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later on Friday appointed Soleimani’s deputy, Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani as the new commander of the Revoluionary Guard’s Quds Force. And “Iran may accelerate making a nuclear weapon now, even if it didn’t plan on doing it before,” Kosachev said.China says it is “highly concerned” and calls for all sides, especially the United States, to exercise “calm and restraint” after a U.S. airstrike killed Iran’s top general in Baghdad.
Hassan al-Kaabi says it is time to put an end to “U.S. recklessness and arrogance,” adding that Saturday’s session will be dedicated to taking “decisive decisions that put an end to U.S. presence inside Iraq.”
_Politics It all lies from Trump
Common and media! Don't take this guy at his word! Demand proof!
Liberals now were defending a terrorist who was killed Americans And many others in the past.
This is the same guy who gloats over firing generals and insulting the rest while others are sent to jail for helping him. So did he have an epiphany and listen to Intelligence for once? Doubt it!
The question isn’t whether Trump’s assertion is credible. Of course it is. Soleimani has been plotting to kill US soldiers continuously for two decades. The question is what *specific new threat* caused the US to pull the trigger. And why aren’t reporters demanding the answer?
Just wondering if any in the MSM are looking into any big stock sell offs just before the news broke 🧐
Trump is a liar.👎
I’m saying FOH. This guy lies with every EXHALE. If only he could spin himself into orbit.
Trump is a liar. He lies about big and small things. He needs to be removed.
It is important to understand that Soleimani was planning an imminent attack, where he would combat jump onto the North Lawn, rush the West Wing, and single handedly Rambo the place to the ground. Now that he's gone, his underlings definitely won't carry out any plans.
Press dosent care a crap about American or this country, they care about supoorting terrorist. Americans better wisen up to liberal press and stop supporting these terrorist supporters
Considering he is a pathological liar we will need a more credible source on this information, and not Pompeo.
Why would anyone believe Mr. “Biggest Inauguration Ever”? This is when his lying matters. Clown
Trump also has said, e.g.,: his inauguration attendance was the largest ever; that Mexico will pay for 'The Wall'; climate change is a 'hoax'; and he would love to release his tax returns, but can't because of audit. Skeptical? Even that 'blind squirrel' stumbles across a nut.
That’s his job. This was an act of war. He’s looking after Iran’s interests in the region they live. Iran has not committed any attack on us soil. We invaded Iraq.
I’ll believe that as much as when Bush claimed there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
What happened to the drone strikes on the KKK, an white supremacists. 🤔🤔
Thousands of Americans? Why didn't we hear about this genocide earlier?
I'd have to question this graphic. It *could* give someone (not aware of the geography of that region) the impression that Baghdad is not even close to Iraq. Might have been better to use the 'inset' method.
Where is the proof? potus? Where is the hard proof?.
Um. Yup
He’s a pathological liar lol
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...let’s just...pray for the safety of our young men & women serving this country. Also, hopefully Iran will retaliate DIRECTLY towards DC and nobody else 🤷🏽♀️. Maybe Donald “bone spur” Trump will finally do his military service that he dodged....FIVE TIMES.
Putin told him. TrumpsWar WWIII Soleimani
Trump is a known liar. Don't believe anything he says. He's a criminal.
Of course he was, Soleimani’s Master Plan was to kill Trump which he plays golf.
Huh. Never heard of him before he was killed.
StopWW3
Yea right! Now he will be calling on NATO. He'll be playing golf at Mar-a- Largo while Americans are dying over some crap he has no business to start.
LIES...Show us the proof! This was straight up murder.
Let's see the evidence of the plot. I don't believe one word Trump says. He is a liar and cannot be trusted.
But he doesn’t believe our intelligence agencies when they say Russia interfered in our elections 🤷♂️, but this is definitely 💯?
At this moment I am wondering about who may have ordered the strike on Soleimani: Donald Trump or Lindsey Graham!🤔🤔🤔Sen. LG has been licking DT's shoes too much in the last few years... there was definitely a reason why!
The 2020 'weapons of mass destruction' right here, folks.
Obama said the same thing about the guy sooooo...
There is no credible source where this can be believed.
Most Iraqis have no love for Iran and know Iran is meddling in their country. Note a UK outlet. It will be crickets from US outlets cuz 'orange man bad' I suspect:
Say the man who has over 15,000 documented lies to his name. Just pule this lie on top of all the others. Donald Trump has hit yet another grim milestone with his number of lies. via HuffPostPol
Propaganda, he had been trying to make a case for attacking Iran for awhile now. In any case you cannot unilaterally decide to attack a sovereign nation without presenting evidence & using the correct channels.Iraq was attacked under false claims of weapons of mass destruction
oh, cool. Surely, no Americans will die now.
We could say the same about our commanders. Can't we?
What’s our end game here?
It’s utterly shameful that we cannot believe a word out of the IILC and his administrations collective mouths, ever! Where’s the concern for military and diplomats; just an aside?
How are we supposed to believe where this POTUS got his info? From Hannity?
Still does not justify the actions taken. NoWarWithIran
MAGA
Don’t believe you
Just think if Clinton had the balls to take out Bin Laden when he had the chance. Perhaps 9/11 would have never happened .
Ask for documentation cause by now nothing he says is believable!
Just like WMD of the Bush years, I don’t believe it especially coming from this lying impeached man realDonaldTrump .
And Trump just stepped on a big pile of fire ants.
This is a distraction. Remember this is an election year.
Lies and claims without any evidence. Trump administration thinks that just because it is coming from the White House, people will just accept it as a fact. This escalation has all the hallmarks of warmongers, especially Israel. They have been at it for 3 years now.
When you lie thousands of times you will not be believed in a time if crisis. I don’t believe a word he says and I’m sure I’m not the only one. He has to be voted out.
Every time Trumps says anything it is later verified as a lie. Have you not learned?
Again... he knows wayyyy more than we do what’s going on.
Let's see the paper trail. Nobody believes him. Laughingstock.
Two world leaders both having been accused of malfeasance approve bombing of citizen of another country. What do you call it when great democracies are brought down by their leaders.?
We need to see the evidence Trump saw.
I didn’t need to kill a man and start a war to win RE-election...
Next up is Kim I hope
What do we do to people that plot and actually carry on the deaths of children, cages them and separates them from their caregivers? what can we do to them? They are real threats too, as much as those who believe selling guns to kids to carry masacres. Just saying!
Trump criticized Obama for wanting to do the same thing. See any hypocrisy?
And so are Kim and Putin... We going after them next?🙄
Since Trump lies unabashedly so regularly, how are we to trust him? TrumpLiesEveryTimeHeSpeaks TrumpsWar IMPOTUS45
his actions are Russian controlled. his brain was infected with biological particles enabled to receive wifi signals which subjects the victim to mind control and allows for infiltration. 9176034089, davestilmangmail
So we the USA can kill anyone without justifying.
Iranian military folks will think twice before they go into Iraq.
When was this said. He hasn't believed in his Intelligence team before now. What's changed? Oh right, he's is impeached. So is his kids going to be the first to sign up to fight? WWIII TrumpsWar
He’s of course lying.
It is absolutely shocking as I read how many Americans are defending a terrorist and questioning the President's motives. You people are sick.
Poor innocent iranian... he was in Iraq. Not Iran. Iraq, the country that Iran was in war for decades.
That's a lie
So Trump didn’t report this news to Congress? Oh but LindseyG new in advance.
More fabricated lies by the US regime!
A real president would address the nation give us reasons he has done what he's done he doesn't respect us he's clueless he doesn't understand the ramifications any blood will be on his hands.
And who might be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of Iranians and Iraqis killed by American drones and cruise missiles?
He also said he had a 30-day plan to defeat ISIS and was going to release his taxes.
It has brought iran society together . It harms us interests in the region the protests in lebanon and iraq in 2019 are going to be gone now that reflected pro us . It will energize yemen shia muslim rebel alliance, Bahrain shia muslim alliance will get stronger. Crazy decision.
Someone should check on JohnKerry - He's probably in mourning today.
President Trump does not take this seriously he is conducting foreign policy out of Mar-A-Lago he should be back in DC he's actually making money as he's sitting there with our military's lives in his hands.
Suleimani for Iran is Zhukov and Rokossovsky in one person, the winner of ISIS. He has a huge popularity among the people. The United States is no longer hiding on the side of murderers and bandits - the country is the number 1 terrorist in the World. Iran will retaliate..
_Politics Trump said? You claim to be a news source. You can report these as fact as they are widely known.
lie after lie
Every interview I have heard since last night have stated that Gen. Qassem Soleimani was responsible for “hundreds” of American deaths. Not thousands.
Sorry, you mean Trump who has MURDERED Qassem Soleimani. Where are the tests?...today, they’re still looking for the weapons of mass destruction of Saddam Housein.
And what a shame that prezydent trump is a proven pathological liar and nothing he says can be believed. TrumpLiesEveryTimeHeSpeaks
Said the liar.
Sure; just as transcript read of a perfect call; who could proof otherwise; belief is an entirely different notion; if there can be quid pro quo’s, firings, end around diplomacy; there can be assassinations too; where King, Emperor, Consul, Sheik and President are absolutists;
Trunp gives no evidence on his claims on iran revolutionary guard leader. Thing is us treats iran revolutionary guard like isis and al qaeda. The responses you see of people says that. I also feel us mainstream anti iran is a clear factor on decision .
He killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans who were just minding their own business in America? That bastard! I missed the Iranian attack inside our homeland. Should've made the news. Oh - WE'RE the invaders. That doesn't materially change the nature of these claims. /s
Why don’t you quote him directly instead of “using quotes” to describe what he said?
Well we all know Lying Trump didn't get the intel from any U.S. intelligence agencies, since Lying Trump has already stated he doesn't believe U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
He was. But, he is still dead. And, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! 🇺🇸
Lies
15,000 lies and counting. But this time he was tell the truth. What the hell has happened to the 4th estate?
What would happen if Iran responded to US/Trump's killing of Soleimani & his aide by airstrike in Iraq with targeted killing of a US honcho & his aide traveling in another country? Might world largely estranged by Trump view it as 'proportional' rather than leaping to defend US?
I have zero confidence in our government. worldwar3 Soleimani
If Obama had done this (good on him BTW for taking out Bin Laden) you, Hollywood, and all the other media elites would be singing his praises.
Soleimani may’ve been the devil. His assassination, however, was anything but taking action against an ‘imminent threat’. This is barely a fig leaf.
Is there any evidence to support this claim. It is certainly possible that the .org targeted by this attack were meeting to discuss inciting violence against the US, but it is ALSO entirely possible that they were meeting to discuss reducing tensions with the US.
The Iranians are celebrating his death, MSM in America is upset because realDonaldTrump did something other then try to pay them off. Don’t stop now, world will be a better place if Irans leadership & MSM become extinct.
Imagine if anyone in this administration had any credibility we might believe them. But no one does and we don't.
Tension prevails inspite of police bandobast TheEconomist
NObody would be plotting to kill us, if we weren't occupying their countries and refusing to leave. Also you're plotting to kill hundreds of thousands.. so where does that put you?
Wondering what we would do if one of the US generals plotting against Iraq or Iran had been taken out in a targeted strike
_Politics
Trump also said these
_Politics And this President has never, ever lied to the American people, right AP? So no need at all to point that out given how critical it is right now for the American people to have accurate information about what the fuck is going on in the Middle East.
Trump was right
I’m sure he had plenty of WMD’s too
With loss of hegemony in the world the USA becomes more aggressive, unpredictable and dangerous. Trump will do everything to prevent impeachment.
He has to say that to justify not getting Congress approval
Thank you realDonaldTrump
Hey , and....?!!
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. Albert Einstein Soleimani was a bad character in the world like Kim & Putin, but with Donnie, Americans cannot trust him for the truth.
Trump 2020
Yeah, we are starting a war with Iran to deflect from Trump's Senate trial and impeachment.
Trump is a pathological liar, so who knows what to believe.
Still waiting for those tax returns you promised.
Why did you put 'plotting to kill' in scare quotes? Oh yeah, now I know....
As if Trump is believable
MartaSerranox 🥴🥴
... and still ... the impeachment show goes on
In don’t believe a fucking word that liar says, Trump is trying to start a war to distract from his wrong doings.
The entire US administration needs to be removed from power immediately.
Wow, if trump said it, it must be true.
Has already killed many Americans...also, he was an Iranian terrorist leader. Fixed it.
And now trump will be the one responsible for the deaths of 1,000s of Americans because donny doesn't like to be outdone. Because he's don trump.
How can we trust anything Trump says? He lies about everything. Whenever he opens his mouth he lies. He started a war to win the election. He has a bad temper. He’s mad about impeachment. So…rally the troops.
This is the same military and intel community Trump claimed lies and set him up but trusts them when talking about Iran? The cognitive dissonance by Trump is staggering, but failing to note how Trump is buying what they're selling re: Iran - and media just regurgitating is worse
He also did great damage to terrorist groups liek ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
Except trump is a pathological liar
He is fucking cray Trump he wants to take us to third world war
When you go to work as a journalist covering the White House, did you ever think all you’d be doing was disseminating tweets?
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