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Reactions Swift to the Killing of Iranian General in US airstrike

Associated Press

   The United States killed Iran's top general and the architect of
   Tehran's proxy wars in the Middle East in an airstrike in Baghdad
   Friday.

   Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was among the first
   Friday to react to the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem
   Soleimani, saying it would strengthen resistance against the United
   States and Israel in the region and the world, Iranian state television
   reported.

   "The brutality and stupidity of American terrorist forces in
   assassinating Commander Soleimani ... will undoubtedly make the tree of
   resistance in the region and the world more prosperous," Zarif said in
   a statement.

   On Twitter he said the assassination of Soleimani was "an extremely
   dangerous and foolish escalation. The U.S. bears responsibility for all
   consequences of its rogue adventurism."

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