{"id":188580,"date":"2020-01-03T07:56:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=188580"},"modified":"2020-01-03T07:56:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:56:35","slug":"u-s-airstrike-kill-iranian-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=188580","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Airstrike kills Iranian General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1137\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/APnatioalBluel-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/APnatioalBluel-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/APnatioalBluel-261x175.png 261w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/APnatioalBluel.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BAGHDAD (AP) \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Iran has vowed \u201charsh retaliation\u201d for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad&#8217;s airport that killed its top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East. The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran&#8217;s elite Quds Force, marks a major escalation in the standoff between Washington and Iran. Iran\u2019s supreme leader warned that a \u201charsh retaliation is waiting\u201d for the U.S. after the airstrike, calling Soleimani the \u201cinternational face of resistance.\u201d The killing, and any forceful retaliation by Iran, could ignite a conflict that engulfs the whole region, endangering U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and beyond. The U.S. ordered its citizens to leave Iraq and closed the embassy in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>Previously..<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon says the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. An airstrike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran&#8217;s regional security apparatus, at Baghdad\u2019s international airport Friday, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said. The attack is expected to draw severe Iranian retaliation against Israel and American interests. The Defense Department says Soleimani \u201cwas actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.&#8221; The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, Iraqi officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD (AP) \u2014 Iran has vowed \u201charsh retaliation\u201d for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad&#8217;s airport that killed its top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East. The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran&#8217;s elite Quds Force, marks a major escalation in the standoff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188582,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188580\/revisions\/188582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=188580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=188580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}