{"id":75493,"date":"2020-01-03T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75493"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T07:06:17","slug":"10-00-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75493","title":{"rendered":"US Killed Top Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>US Says It Killed Top Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad Air Strike<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Reuters and Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Photo: Fars News Agency via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, was killed early on Friday in a US air strike on his convoy at Baghdad International Airport, the Pentagon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was also killed in the attack, a militia spokesman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans,\u201d the Pentagon said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran\u2018s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed in a statement that Soleimani was killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahmed al-Assadi, a spokesman for Iraq\u2019s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the umbrella grouping of Iran-backed militias, blamed the United States and Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Strikes had been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday, US officials earlier told Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iraqi paramilitary groups said on Friday that three rockets hit the airport, killing five members of Iraqi paramilitary groups and two \u201cguests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The rockets landed near the air cargo terminal, burning two vehicles, killing and injuring several people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local militia commander Abu Muntathar al-Hussaini told Reuters:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaj Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were riding in one vehicle when it was struck by two successive guided missiles launched from an American helicopter while they were on their way from the arrivals hall on the road that leads out of Baghdad Airport.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the second vehicle was carrying bodyguards from the PMF and was hit by one rocket.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe American criminals had detailed information on the convoy\u2019s movements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Oil prices were up $2 on the news.<\/span><\/p>\n

The high-profile assassinations are seen as a massive blow to Iran, which has been locked in a long conflict with the United States that escalated sharply last week with the storming of the US embassy perimeter in Iraq by pro-Iranian militiamen following an American air raid on an Iraqi Shi\u2019ite militia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soleimani, who has led the foreign arm of the Revolutionary Guards and has had a key role in fighting in Syria and Iraq, acquired celebrity status at home and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was instrumental in the spread of Iranian influence in the Middle East, which the United States and Tehran\u2019s regional foes Saudi Arabia and Israel have sought to keep in check.<\/span><\/p>\n

He survived several assassination attempts against him by Western, Israeli and Arab agencies over the past two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soleimani\u2019s Quds Force, tasked with carrying out operations beyond Iran\u2018s borders, shored up support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad when he looked close to defeat in the civil war raging since 2011 and also helped militiamen defeat Islamic State in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soleimani became head of the Quds Force in 1998, a position in which he kept a low profile for years while he strengthened Iran\u2018s ties with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government and Shi\u2019ite militia groups in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n

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