We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoPresident Trump blamed Qassem Soleimani for “the deaths of millions” as he defended his decision to assassinate Iran’s most celebrated commander in the face of international concern about all-out war in the Middle East. Mr Trump made the claim about the mastermind of Iran’s regional strategy in a series of tweets hours after missiles from a Reaper drone killed General Soleimani shortly after he disembarked from an aircraft at Baghdad airport. “General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time and was plotting to kill many more but got caught!” Mr Trump wrote. “He was directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of people including the recent large number of PROTESTORS killed in Iran itself.”

Source: The Times January 03, 2020 05:26 UTC