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US Veteran, Father of Veteran: Death of Soleimani Makes World Safer

Elizabeth Lee

   CALIFORNIA CITY/ELIZABETHTOWN, KY --An Iranian lawmaker offered a $3
   million reward to anyone who would kill U.S. President Donald Trump.
   This is just the latest in the conflict between the two countries,
   triggered by the U.S. president ordering an airstrike earlier this
   month that killed the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force, Qassem
   Soleimani. Trump said Soleimani was "plotting imminent and sinister
   attacks on American diplomats and military personnel."

   However, the move caused citizens from both countries to take to the
   streets and Democrats to criticize the president, saying Trump's
   actions put the U.S. at the brink of war.

   "I think his decision to kill Soleimani was correct," said David
   Haines, an U.S. Army veteran who was injured by a type of roadside bomb
   called an explosively formed penetrator, or EFP, a destructive bomb
   that even penetrates armored vehicles.

   He remembered being on reconnaissance when the EFP hit his vehicle.

   "I felt some burning in my hands, but then I didn't realize what was
   going on until some of the other soldiers in the vehicle started
   screaming and I realized that I had fingers dangling off of my right
   hand and my left hand was actually locked back and I couldn't move it,"
   he said.

   Haines said he was the lucky one. One soldier in the vehicle died in
   the explosion, three others lost at least one limb.

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