{"id":3171,"date":"2020-01-03T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2020-01-03T08:51:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:51:53","slug":"assassination-of-iranian-general-an-act-of-extreme-cowardice-carried-out-by-the-craven-u-s-military-on-the-orders-from-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3171","title":{"rendered":"Assassination of Iranian general an act of extreme cowardice carried out by the craven U.S. military on the orders from Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Iran&#8217;s Top Military Commander, Qasem Suleimani, Assassinated In US Airstrike<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><em>LIVE FEED:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid451653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RjIjKNcr_fk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong><u>Update 3<\/u><\/strong><\/em>: The Pentagon has confirmed that Soleimani was killed at the direction of President Trump in what it termed a &#8220;defensive action&#8221; as per the following statement:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=vqpesW8h\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=vqpesW8h\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=m0OS8PIc 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=m0OS8PIc 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=m0OS8PIc 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=m0OS8PIc 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=m0OS8PIc 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png?itok=vqpesW8h 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/pentagon%20statement.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"448\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"618c0dab-c5b1-4b21-8292-e53e18b59f6b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And while Trump has yet to make a statement, shortly after the news of Suleimani&#8217;s death, the president tweeted an American flag with no commentary:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXeKiVzpTf\">pic.twitter.com\/VXeKiVzpTf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1212924762827046918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Finally, while details remain scarce how Soleimani was killed, according to social media it has been reported that USArmy Aviation played key a role in the killing of both Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the commander of #PMU. Reportedly, an\u00a0<strong>AH-64E Guardian\u00a0<\/strong>attack helicopter supported by a USAF MQ-1C UCAV and a MQ-9 UCAV did the job.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/rocket-attack-shuts-down-baghdad-airport-after-joint-us-iraqi-base-targeted\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/rocket-attack-shuts-down-baghdad-airport-after-joint-us-iraqi-base-targeted<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1212924762827046918\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"16\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s Top Military Commander, Qasem Suleimani, Assassinated In US Airstrike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}