Timeline: How The U.S. Came To Strike And Kill A Top Iranian General
The drone strike came after a week of building tension between the U.S. and Iran. Here's what is known from public accounts.
President Trump ordered an airstrike on Thursday evening that killed the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, a man he said was "plotting imminent and sinister attacks" against Americans in the region.
Soleimani was the leader of the Quds Force, a covert section of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The White House says he was the mastermind behind attacks on Americans during the past two decades â including two recent attacks.
he was not seeking regime change, but ordered the attack to protect Americans. "Under my leadership, America's policy is unambiguous:
