country was acting in self-defense when it carried out the drone strike against general trust sam solomonicn baghdad the killing mocks and dangerous escalation of tensions between the 2 countries and in the region.

direction the united states military eliminated the world's top terrorist to sam sola many as the head of the cuts force solomon he was personally responsible for some of the absolutely worst atrocities. he trained terrorists arms including hezbollah launching terrorist strikes against civilian targets he fueled bloody civil wars all across the region he viciously wounded and murdered thousands of u.s. troops including the planting of roadside bombs that maim and dismember their victims selami directed the recent attacks on u.s. personnel in iraq that badly wounded 4 service members and killed one american and he orchestrated the violent assault on the u.s. embassy in baghdad in recent days he was planning new attacks on american targets but we stopped him solomon he's hands were drenched in both american and iranian blood he should have been terminated long ago. by removing solemn 80 we have sent a powerful message to terrorists if you value your own life you will not threaten the lives of our people as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rein in aggression the united states will immediately impos