Even voorstellen: Qassem Soleimani, door VS geliquideerde Iraanse generaal
3 January 2020
13:29
“He was one of the key architects of the Iranian regime’s efforts to reshape the country’s influence in the region. In addition to directly commanding Iran’s most elite military unit, the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, he was in charge of virtually all foreign military — and perhaps more importantly, quasi-military — operations conducted by the regime.
Soleimani had the firm backing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his Quds Force.
Born March 11, 1957, Soleimani was said in his homeland to have grown up near the mountainous and the historic Iranian town of Rabor.
Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution swept the shah from power and Soleimani joined the Revolutionary Guard in its wake
But his greatest notoriety would arise from the Syrian civil war and the rapid expansion of ISIS.”
