Assassination of Qasem Soleimani
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title:
Assassination of Qasem Soleimani
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On 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was killed by an American drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. Soleimani was commander of the Quds Force, one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is designated as a terrorist organization by both the United States and European Parliament. Soleimani was considered the second most powerful person in Iran, subordinate
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2020 U.S. drone strike killing of an Iranian major general
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani
date created:
2020-01-03T02:00:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T23:17:12Z
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