{"id":135559,"date":"2020-01-02T20:26:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T01:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=135559"},"modified":"2020-01-02T22:12:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T03:12:58","slug":"breaking-senior-iranian-military-leader-sulimani-deputy-chief-killed-in-airstrike-fingers-pointed-at-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-senior-iranian-military-leader-sulimani-deputy-chief-killed-in-airstrike-fingers-pointed-at-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Iranian Military Leader Sulimani Killed In U.S. Airstrike, Pentagon Confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAGHDAD — Qasem Soleimani, Iranian Major general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and his Deputy General, have been killed in a United States airstrike at the Baghdad International airport, the Pentagon confirms. An engineer was also among those killed.<\/p>\n

The Department of Defense said in a statement, “At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. <\/em><\/p>\n

General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.<\/em><\/p>\n

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.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Iranian military commander General Soleimani killed in Baghdad strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An unknown number of rockets struck at least two vehicles belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces that were transporting the high ranking officials.<\/p>\n

Initial reports say seven people were confirmed killed but the number could rise as the vehicles and bodies were badly charred.<\/p>\n

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Rockets Strike #Iraq<\/a>'s #BaghdadAirport<\/a>, #USMilitary<\/a> Choppers Spotted in Airspace. Three rockets landed on the edge of #Baghdad<\/a> International Airport , causing explosions but no deaths or injuries, according to local reporters.#IraqiProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fdEFmkTxpq<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ehab Al Obaidy (@Ehab8Alobaidy) January 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n