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What’s behind the attack ordered by Trump that caused Suleimani’s death?

Joseph M. Humire

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What’s behind the attack ordered by Trump that caused Suleimani’s death?

President Trump gave the direct order to carry out the airstrike that led to the death of Iranian General Suleimani. Trump justified the action as an act of defense.

Joseph Humire mentioned to France 24 that the attack was a high-level counterterrorism operation and a response to the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, but also to previous attacks by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which resulted in the death of an American contractor.

Read more at France 24 (content in Spanish).


El presidente de Estados Unidos dio la orden directa para llevar a cabo el ataque aéreo que provocó el fallecimiento del general iraní. Trump justificó las acciones como un acto de defensa.

Joseph Humire esta citado en un artículo por France 24 asegurando que “esta es una operación de contraterrorismo de alto nivel y una respuesta al ataque a la embajada de Estados Unidos en Bagdad y, asimismo, a agresiones previas por parte de los representantes de la Guardia Revolucionaria iraní, que provocaron la muerte de un contratista estadounidense.”

Lea más por France 24.