Mike Pompeo reveals: This is why Qassem Suleimani was eliminated

Former United States Secretary of State, Mike PompeoWas interviewed by the state-run Al-Arabiya network and revealed that a former Quds Force commander, Qassem Suleimani, Was assassinated shortly before he planned to kill 500 American civilians. “He was involved in a plot to harm hundreds of Americans. We had the opportunity to eliminate him and we did,” Pompeo revealed in an interview.

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Pompeo addressed Suleimani’s threats, saying: “He threatened after retiring from the 2015 nuclear deal, and similarly he also threatened that there would be a war if the US moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. There were also warnings that if he was hit there would be a war. We did some of the things he threatened, and yet no war broke out. “

Mike Pompeo at the Jerusalem Post Conference (Photo: Mark Israel Salem)

Asked whether the decision to assassinate the Quds Force leader was confirmed in a quick government decision, he replied: “Work to protect our assets in Iraq, our people in Syria, and in fact all the Americans around the world. We have been looking for a long time at what Quds Force is plotting. It was A project we were constantly involved in, and then we had a chance to stop the impending attack on U.S. resources, assets and people. The president made the decision and simply carried it out. “

He later attacked the regime in the Islamic Republic of Iran: “We know the regime there. These are vicious theocrats who are aiming to destroy the State of Israel and the United States. We do not need to negotiate in order to slow down their nuclear program. We know they lied about the history of this show for the first time. Why should we negotiate with this regime? “

The funeral procession of Qassem Suleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes (Photo: Reuters)

In response, Qassem Suleimani’s daughter tweeted on her Twitter account and attacked Pompeo: “Wailed about Iran on Saudi television, the home ground of the 9/11 planners. This liar lives in fear.”

Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis, a senior member of the Iraqi militia Suspect al-Shaabi, were killed in January 2020 in an air strike by the US Air Force on Baghdad International Airport. In addition, five more people were reported killed during the attacks.