The Pentagon has confirmed that a missile strike near the Baghdad airport that killed the head of the Quds Force, an elite unite of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Qasem Soleimani was carried out at the direction of President Donald Trump, APA reports citing TASS.
"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 statement said.
General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region, the Pentagon said. "General Soleimani also approved the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that took place this week."
"This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world," the Pentagon stressed.
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