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February 17, 2020

White House Memo Does Not Support "Imminent Threat" Justification for Soleimani Assassination
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A memo from the Trump administration about the U.S. targeted
assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last month does not
refer to an "imminent threat," which was President Trump's justification
for the attack. House Foreign Affairs Chair Eliot Engel said the report
"shows that the justification the president offered to the American
people was false, plain and simple." The memo was released the day after
the Senate voted to pass a resolution limiting Trump's authority to
attack Iran without congressional approval.


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