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Pompeo: Iran's Qasem Soleimani Killed to Stop Plot Against 500 Americans
(Anadolu-Turkey) Beyza Binnur Donmez - Iran's former top military commander "General Soleimani was engaged in a plot to kill another 500 Americans. We had the opportunity to take down that plot, and we did," former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview with Al Arabiya published Friday. "We had been watching what the Quds Force was up to...and then we had this opportunity to stop what was an imminent attack on U.S. resources, U.S. assets, U.S. people and...the president made the decision to do just that." Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Jan. 3, 2020. "We know who the Iranian regime is. These are evil theocrats intent on the destruction of the nation of Israel and the United States of America. We ought not to be negotiating to figure out how much money to give them in exchange for an ephemeral promise for just a moment to slow down their enrichment and weapons program." "We know they (Iran) lied about the history of that [nuclear] program the first time. Why we would negotiate with someone who has lied about their nuclear program is beyond me."