Speaker Pelosi says President Trump carried out the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq without the consultation of Congress.
Graham said in a statement that Suleimani"had American blood on his hands" and welcomed what he called Trump’s “bold action against Iranian aggression."Suleimani and the Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans and other coalition forces and orchestrated attacks on bases in Iraq within the last several months, including a Dec. 27 attackRep.
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, called the U.S. strike an"act of international terrorism" and an assassination. He said in a tweet that it was an “extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation.”The US' act of international terrorism, targeting & assassinating General Soleimani—THE most effective force fighting Daesh , Al Nusrah, Al Qaeda et al—is extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation.
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