Inresponse, the U.S. launchedairstrikesagainsttheIransupportedmilitias, andonDecember 31sthundredsofprotestorstriedtostormthe U.S. EmbassycompoundintheIraqicapitalofBaghdad.
The U.S. blamedhimforhundredsofdeathsofAmericansand U.S. allies, andPresidentDonaldTrumpsaysheorderedtheairstrikeagainstSoleimanibecausetheIraniancommanderwasplanningimminentandsinisterattacksonAmericans.
Andwhile U.S. lawmakershavebeendebatingwhetherCongressshouldhavebeennotifiedabouttheattackagainstSoleimani, someleadersofothercountrieshavebeencallingforcalmintheMiddleEastandmakingpreparationsincasethereisn't.
Thathascontributedtoits, frankly, outsizedreachacrosstheMiddleEastandmadesomanyof U.S. alliesdisproportionatelyfearfulfranklyfor a countryofitssizeandeconomy.
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