January 2020. When the US government killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was first announced, officials from the Pentagon up to President Donald Trump were careful to make clear the strike was meant to head off an imminent attack on Americans. That the strike, which took place last week without congressional approval or debate,… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Legal Arguments of the Qassem Soleimani Killing
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Jan 2020. Qassem Soleimani Part 1
January 2020. Fifty people have been killed and more than 200 injured in a stampede as Iranians gathered for the burial of a leading commander killed in a US drone strike. The deaths in Qasem Soleimani’s hometown of Kerman led to the ceremony being delayed. The burial is the last in a series of funeral… Continue reading Jan 2020. Qassem Soleimani Part 1
Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 4
January 2020. Iran’s most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport, along with other Iran-backed militia figures, early on Friday in a strike… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 4
Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 3
January 2020. Through the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s notorious commander of the Quds Force — the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ powerful foreign-operations arm — along with Iran’s main military man in Iraq, Abu-Mahdi Muhandis, the U.S. has clipped the wings of Iran’s expansionist regional policies. By the same token, this dramatic move has opened… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 3
Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 1
January 2020. The United States killed a high-profile commander of Iran’s secretive Quds Force with a drone strike in Iraq early Friday, the Department of Defence said. “At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad,” the department said in a statement announcing the death… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 1