Pres. Trump: 'Today we remember and honor the victims of Soleimani’s many atrocities, and we take comfort in knowing his reign of terror is over.”
But there are heightened fears now of an even greater threat to Americans and American interests after Iran vowed to retaliate for the death of the Quds Force commander, hailed as a hero and now a martyr in Tehran. Critics, including members of Congress, argued that Trump's decision had endangered more lives.
, whose prime minister denounced it as a violation of their sovereignty. A push by pro-Iranian politicians in Baghdad to expel U.S. forces could gain even more steam, as Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi called for an emergency session of parliament"to take the appropriate legislative measures in a manner that preserves the dignity, security and sovereignty of Iraq."
He said that Soleimani himself, who had just arrived in Baghdad when his motorcade was bombed by the U.S. late Thursday night, described it as"a big action" -- an indication of how strong U.S. intelligence around him was. Soleimani"was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region," the Defense Department said in a statement.
A source told ABC News that preparations for a strike on Soleimani began last week after the U.S. contractor was killed at an Iraqi base near Kirkuk, Iraq, last Friday. The Trump administration blamed that attack on Kata'ib Hezbollah , a Shiite militia group with direct ties to Iran's Quds Force and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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