Pompeo says US killed Iranian commander to prevent 'imminent attack'
Pompeo, in interviews on Fox News and CNN, declined to discuss many details of the alleged threat but said it was “an intelligence-based assessment” that drove the US decision to target Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force.
“These were threats that were located in the region,” Pompeo added. “Last night was the time that we needed to strike to make sure that this imminent attack … was disrupted.” Iran has threatened to retaliate after the overnight US air strike against the second most powerful figure in Iran that marked a dramatic escalation in the Iran-U.S. conflict in the Middle East.
Democratic U.S. lawmakers, however, said they had not been briefed about any imminent Iranian plot or the planned U.S. strike, and warned the Trump administration against pursuing war without congressional approval.
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