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How Trump Planned the Drone Strike With a Tight Circle of Aides

  • Iranian general had long been considered untouchable by U.S.
  • U.S. contractor death in Dec. 27 attack was red line for Trump
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Trump Says Iranian General Soleimani's 'Reign of Terror Is Over'

Iranian general Qassem Soleimani haunted the U.S. for more than two decades, a lethal adversary blamed for the deaths of hundreds of American troops in the Middle East.

Yet his stature as the second most powerful person in Iran made him almost untouchable in the eyes of Donald Trump’s predecessors.