The General was killed in Iraq as part of an operation the Pentagon have said was at “the direction of the president.” Reports suggest a strike on Baghdad’s international airport took place, a number of people being killed.
The fear now is Iran could make a deadly reprisal.
General Soleimani was a huge figurehead in the Iranian, even hailed as national hero.
Now the US president tweeted chilling image of the American flag just moments after the shock attack in the early hours of the morning in the UK.
Meanwhile, oil prices have surged more than 4% in the wake of the news.
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