Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration’s response to the spreading coronavirus and faced contentious questions from Democrats about an airstrike that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani. CBC | World News
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Parsing the political equation behind Trump’s decision to kill Soleimani
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Read More »U.S. to hit 52 Iranian sites if Tehran retaliates on Soleimani, Trump tweets
President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks any Americans or any U.S. assets in response to Friday’s U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. CBC | World News
Read More »‘US entitled to defend itself’ Britain backs Trump over Iran strike that killed Soleimani
BRITAIN has come out in support of US President Donald Trump, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Defence Minister exclaiming the US is “entitled to defend itself” following air strikes that killed Iranian military General Qassem Soleimani. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Donald Trump Ordered Death Of Qassem Soleimani Based On ‘Razor Thin’ Evidence, ‘NYT’ Correspondent Reports
On Friday, a top United States State Department official told reporters that he has seen “very solid intelligence” that top Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks against American diplomats and our armed forces.” That intelligence, the State Department says, is why Donald Trump ordered the drone strike that killed Soleimani late on Thursday. But according to reporting ...
Read More »‘Dynamite into a tinderbox’: Democratic presidential hopefuls weigh in on Soleimani killing
The killing of a top Iranian military commander via a U.S.-ordered airstrike has been met with resounding criticism by the Democratic presidential hopefuls aiming to prevent the man who ordered the operation from winning a second term. CBC | World News
Read More »SAS bid to assassinate Iran’s Qasem Soleimani ‘blocked’ by David Miliband in 2007
AN SAS plan to assassinate Qasem Soleimani back in 2007 was blocked by Labour foreign secretary David Miliband according to reports. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Donald Trump Was ‘Not Required’ To Alert Congress Of Soleimani Strike, Says Mark Levin
Donald Trump‘s authorization of a drone strike that killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani has led to pushback from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said the president did not receive the go-ahead from Congress and kept Democratic leaders in the dark. Conservative radio personality Mark Levin took to Twitter to suggest that Trump was not obligated to seek authorization from Congress, ...
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