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The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed early Friday in a drone strike

at Baghdad International Airport, authorized by President Trump.

An American MQ-9 Reaper drone fired missiles into a convoy leaving the airport, killing

Major General Qasem Soleimani and several officials from Iraqi militias backed by Tehran.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper explained the action.

General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.

General Soleimani and his CUDS force were

responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans and coalition service members and the

wounding of thousands more. He had orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the

last several months, including the attack on December 27th, culminating in the death and wounding of additional

American and Iraqi personnel. General Soleimani also approved the attacks on the U.S. Embassy

in Baghdad that took place this week.

Who was Qasem Soleimani?

Qasem Soleimani was an Iranian Major General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Since 1998, he commanded the Quds Force, responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deemed Soleimani equally as dangerous as Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

In April 2019, the State Department announced that Iran was responsible for killing

608 American troops during the Iraq War. They deemed that 17% of all U.S. personnel deaths in

Iraq from 2003 to 2011 were orchestrated by Soleimani.

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