News Daily: US kills Iranian general and 'weirdos' wanted at No 10
killed the head of Quds Force
, the elite branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. General Qasem Soleimani, a heroic national figure in his homeland, died while being driven at Baghdad Airport in neighbouring Iraq. The Pentagon, which blames Gen Soleimani for approving this week's attack by protesters on the US embassy in Baghdad, says the strike was"aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans".
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says, in the short term, it might have the opposite effect, having"raised US-Iranian tensions to a new and dangerous level". Iran's Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, called the move"extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation". He tweeted:"The US bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism." Following the attack, President Trump tweeted a graphic of the US flag.
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