Democrat Rep: Trump ‘Recklessly Assassinated’ Soleimani, Didn’t Pose ‘Imminent Threat’

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Jordan Riddle
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Members of Congress attended a classified briefing to justify the action against the terrorist mastermind Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike at the Bagdad International Airport that was ordered by President Trump.

After the briefing, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, said that “there was no raw evidence” of an “imminent threat” to warrant the elimination of Soleimani.

Jayapal made it clear when she added that President Trump “recklessly assassinated” Qasem Soleimani.

The Pentagon, confirming the death of the terrorist leader, had a very different statement.

From Breitbart:

General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.

This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans.

The Pentagon also confirmed that Soleimani approved of last week’s violent attack against the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

The Pentagon said Soleimani had orchestrated attacks on U.S.-led coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months, including one on December 27 which killed an American contractor and wounded U.S. service members and Iraqi personnel.

The Pentagon also said Soleimani approved the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that took place earlier this week.

The group that carried out the December 27 attack, Kata’ib Hizballah, is the same group that pioneered the use of explosively formed penetrators that killed and maimed hundreds of U.S. service members during the Iraq War, according to Smyth.