Iran’s state television reports that 10 people were killed in the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport and five of them were members of the Revolutionary Guard.
Iran’s state television is reporting that 10 people were killed in the U.S. airstrike Friday morning and five of them were members of the Revolutionary Guard.
The secretary of state did not say where or when the attack had been expected to take place. He told Fox that in the attack “there would have been many Muslims killed as well, Iraqis, people in other countries as well.” American experts say the legal justification for the killing of Soleimani is relatively straightforward under U.S. and international law. There is a well-established doctrine of “anticipatory self-defense” that has been used by Republican and Democratic presidents in recent decades, said Jeff Addicot, a law professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law in Texas.
Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, “is responsible for the death of American citizens and many other innocent people. He was planning more such attacks.” The minister of state for foreign affairs in the United Arab Emirates, which sits across the Persian Gulf from Iran, called for rational engagement and a “calm approach, free of emotion.” Anwar Gargash in a tweet added that the issues facing the region are in part due to a “lack of confidence” among the various stakeholders.
Germany currently has 130 soldiers in Iraq. Defense ministry spokeswoman Christina Routsi said the troops “will have a restriction ... no movement outside military facilities in Taji and Baghdad.”Germany has a long-standing warning against travel to most of Iraq. On Friday it said the situation in the Middle East has reached “a dangerous escalation point” with the killing of elite Quds Force chief Gen. Qassem Soleimani and vows of retaliation from Iran.
Meanwhile, U.S. embassies in the region are warning citizens to be aware of their surroundings. The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait says it will increase its security “out of an abundance of caution” but adds it is “not aware of specific, credible threats” against it.An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader is threatening U.S. troops in the Middle East and says “this is the time to clear the region from these insidious beasts.
An unnamed diplomat in the ministry told Russia’s state-run news agency TASS they consider the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani “an adventurist step.” The spokesman added that “China has always opposed the use of force in international relations” and warned against the further escalation of tensions. The Israeli army has ordered a ski resort on Mount Hermon, on the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, to close. It took no other immediate precautions.
Rouhani said in a tweet on Friday that “the great nation of Iran will take revenge” for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad’s airport.The targeted killing could draw forceful Iranian retaliation against American interests in the region and spiral into a far larger conflict. Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said Friday the men killed were “major symbols in achieving victory against” Islamic State group militants. He called the attack that killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis an “aggression against Iraq.”
Zolnouri told state TV: “When the U.S. is killing Iranian forces outside of Iran, the U.S. must see its troops killed at its bases in the region.”
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