January 05, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
America’s lawless arrogance has gone too far
with the assassination of Iran’s top
military commander. The deadly airstrike
against General Qasem Soleimani was carried
out on the order of President Donald Trump.
Several other senior Iranian military officials were
also killed in the US missile attack on Iraq’s
international airport in the capital Baghdad, including
a top Iraqi militia leader.
Iranian politicians called it “an act of terrorism”
and vowed harsh revenge. Meanwhile, the Iraqi prime
minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, condemned the US violation
of his country’s sovereignty. Other Iraqi leaders are
demanding the immediate expulsion of US forces from the
country, where they number about 5,000 troops.
Trump taunted by tweeting the American flag after the
news of the assassination emerged on Friday, and he
later declared that the Iranian general “should have
been taken out years ago” because he allegedly was
responsible for the
deaths of “thousands” of US troops, according to
Trump.
Certainly, Soleimani was considered an enemy by
the US. He organised effective military resistance to
American imperialist designs in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and
elsewhere across the Middle East. For such strategising,
the 62-year-old Iran-Iraq War veteran was revered, not
just in his own nation, but across the region.
Trump claims the assassination was a necessary
“pre-emptive defensive strike” because Soleimani was
personally planning to launch region-wide attacks
against US forces and diplomats. Pre-emptive “defensive”
murder is not legally credible. The accusations against
Soleimani are merely hearsay, and rely on the dubious
word of internationally disgraced American intelligence
agencies. Recall that US officials have been warning for
months about Iranian plots to sabotage American
interests in the Middle East – based on similar empty
speculation.
