Immediate Aftermath of Missile Attack in Iraq That Killed Iranian Quds Force Commander Soleimani
The head of Iran's elite Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, has been killed in a strike near
Baghdad International Airport by Trump's direction to 'deter future Iranian attacks',
according to Pentagon.
The UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change defined terrorism as any action intended to
cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of
intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organisation to
do, or abstain from, any act.
[Notre Dame Law School Prof Mary Ellen O'Connell . . . : "Pre-emptive self defence is
never a legal justification for assassination"--"Your Qasem Soleimani
questions answered," bbc.com, January 3, 2020]
News Pundits' Hidden Arms Industry Ties, Intercept, January 10, 2020
[Defense Secretary Mark Esper explicitly said Sunday that he had seen no hard evidence
that four American embassies had been under possible threat when President Donald Trump
authorized the targeting of Iran's top commander--Robert Burns, "Esper says he's seen no
hard evidence embassies under threat," apnews.com, January 12, 2020]