qassim suleimani was in the same category. peter: even if you are right and i accept what you say, nationally in the united states and when it pertains to u.s. citizens operating in the theater of a complex, collateral damage. other people died. that has an aspect of criminal liability. liability should be qassim suleimani directing his militias in iraq to kill unarmed protesters. i would like to see this u.n. attorney looking at the legality to telltorney general your military and my leaders how to turn off the internet and kill innocent civilians. that is what major general qassim suleimani did in october. that is a terrorist offense. you're going am if to ask me on the show. peter: that is why you are here. do you accept there is something ago,disconnect, 48 hours two weeks ago, the trump line was i am here to keep americans around the world safe. your country then assassinate somebody on par with your defense secretary on the sovereign territory of that dead persons ally. and now today your state department tells all ameri

amy: n narges bajoghlili, teluso qassim s suleimani was. >> qassim suleimani was the major general quds of the quds forces of the revolutionary guard in iran. the quds force is the main force which is in charge off operations of the revolutionary guard, meaning operations outsidede of iran. theimani himself during 1980's was a veteran of the 1980 -- 1980 it were, the longest conventional work the 20th century. that is where he learned how to fight. that is where you begins to learn and develop his understanding of international politics. one of the things i think is important to remember is the war of the 1980's, which was an extremely bloody were, one of the wars in which trans warfare was fought on the first time after world war i, this is a war in which -- for all of the of theal and elites islamic republic, especially those who fought in the war, they began to understand their viewpoint of international politics in that time in which they saw how the united states and western powers were supporting and supplying iraq with weapons and i ielligencee during thahat time. so he comes abo

amy: n narges bajoghlili, teluso qassim s suleimani was. >> qassim suleimani was the major general quds of the quds forces of the revolutionary guard in iran. the quds force is the main force which is in charge off operations of the revolutionary guard, meaning operations outside of iran. theimani himself during 1980's was a veteran of the 1980 -- 1980 it were, the longest conventional work the 20th century. that is where he learned how to fight. that is where you begins to learn and develop his understanding of international politics. one of the things i think is important to remember is the war of the 1980's, which was an extremely bloody were, one of the wars in which trans warfare was fought on the first time after world war i, this is a war in which -- for all of the of theal and elites islamic republic, especially those who fought in the war, they began to understand their viewpoint of international politics in that time in which they saw how the united states and western powers were supporting and supplying iraq with weapons and i ielligencee during thahat time. so he comes about

as we consider the death of qassim suleimani. quote, teheran can't match washington's fire power but it can spread chaos in the middle east and around the world, hoping a war-weir reu.s. public and an angered international community cause america to stand down. at the m that may seem like a huge ask, and it is, but they believe the islamic republic has the know how and capability to carry out such a campaign. they could escalate things in a lot of different places. "they have the capacity to do a lot of damage." joining us, former fbi special supervisory agent who spent years pursuing terrorists. he is the ceo of the sue fawn group. the question people have is not at the qassim suleimani was a remarkably potent man. some have argued more potent than osama bin laden. the issue is what do you do next? killing osama bin laden did not have the same complexity at the would follow in angering a state at the doing this will have with iran. >> sure. osama bin laden was a leader of a non-state actor. he was hiding in pakistan when we kill

there was an imminent threat that orchestrated the primary motivator was qassim suleimani. he has hundreds of american lives on his hands. what was sitting before us, he's traveling throughout the region, his efforts to make a significant strike against americans. >> dana: president trump tweeting the general killed or badly wounded thousands of americans over an extended period of time and was plotting to kill many more. the president also saying suleimani was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions and that he should have been taken out many years ago. we have complete coverage throughout the hour. bret baier is standing by with analysis and trey yingst with reaction from the region. we begin with jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, what can you tell us

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>> qassim suleimani has the blood of americans on his hands, bret. america is determined each time we find an organization, institution or individual, that has taken the lives of americans, it's our responsibility and president trump's duty and we've made tremendous progress in the administration's first few years to reduce the risk that any american will be killed by qassim suleimani and his merry brand of brothers ever again. >> so u.s. officials said they had this effort to go after him for a while. there was a time when suleimani and others were working with the u.s. against isis. but officials are saying that was a collaboration of the moment and that he was a very bad guy for the region. >> dana: what can you tell us about what possible counter measures that iran could take? obviously we know the cyber attack is one. the u.s. government is well-prepared to deal with those. it's u.s. corporations that might be at more risk. >> in part because what hasn't happened on capitol hill with legislation that has not gotten through allowing corporations

president trump said qassim suleimani was planning attacks to kill hundreds of americans. we don't seek war with iran, but at the same time, we are not going to stand by and watch this escalate and put american lives at risk without responding in a way that disrupts, defends, deters, and creates an opportunity to de—escalate the situation. jess phillips becomes the third labour mp to enter the race

reaction to the assassination of major general qassim suleimani. his reign of terror is over. >> donald trump said he acted to stop a war with iran, not start one. iran's supreme leader has sent his condolences to suleimani

assassination of iranian commander qassim suleimani who was killlled in a u u.s. dronee strike last week at the baghdad airprport. the mimissiles, whicich were lalaunched from iriran, struck e ain al-asad base in anbar province andnd a base in erbil. there werere no initial reportsf u.s. or iraqi casualtities. iran andiran warned the iraqi government before the attack. shortly after the attacks, iran's foreign minister javad zarif tweeted -- "iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under article 51 of u.n. charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched. we do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." earlier today, iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei called the missile strike a slap in the face of the americans and called for u.s. troops to leave the middle east. >> they y were struck with sucha slap last night. that is another matter. military action n like this isit sufficient. what is impoportant is ending te corrupting presence of ameri

the pentagon confirms that iran's general qassim suleimani is dead. he was killed overnight in a u.s. air strike near baghdad international airport. the attack was authorized by president trump. u.s. officials say suleimani orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in iraq in recent months including one in december that killed an american contractor. laura podesta's here in new york. i imagine there will be fallout. what do we know so far? >> reporter: absolutely. with the death of suleimani, tensions have heightened between the u.s. and iran. a potential outcome could be more conflict throughout the middle east. suleimani is known to have assembled a network of military allies stretching from iran to iraq and syria, all the way to lebanon. these images from the iraqi government show the aftermath of a u.s. drone strike that killed a top iranian general. overnight, iranian state tv announced the death of general qassim suleimani. the 62-year-old led a special forces unit of iran's elite revolutionary guards. six others were also killed in the strike nea

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the united states' assassination of the iranian commander qassim suleimani came the night before the senate returns to cacapitol hill to deal with trump's impeachment and only hours after the release of office of management and budget emails that show how president trump was directly responsible for the decision to withhold military aid from ukraine to pressure its president to investigate trump's polititical rival, joe biden, ahead of this year's election. in one email, top office of management and budget official michael duffey rights -- writes that there was "clear direction from potus to continue to hold," in reference to the nearly $400 million of withheld military aid to ukraine. potus is president of the united states. the house has impeached president trump for abuse of power and obstruction of congress over the withheld aid. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is slated to address impeachment on the senate floor today as the senate returns. the democratic-controlled house and the republican-controlled senate are in an unprecedented standoff over president trump's impeachm

assassination of the iranian commander qassim suleimani. senator sanders has condemned the assassination as introduced legislation, along with california congressmember ro khanna, that would block funding for any military action in or against iran without congressional authorization. biden has tried to use the increasing tensions to argue that his past foreign-policy experience would make him the best president in the event the united states goes to war with iran. and more election news, former democratic presidential candidate julian castro says he is endorsing massachusetts senator elizabeth warr for presidt.t. >> there is one candidate i see th is unafidid of ghght like hell, who will make sure no matter whe y you le in america or where your family ce e from in the world, ve a path opportunity. that is why i am proud to endorse elizabeth warren for president. amy: that's julian castro speaking in a video he posted on twitter monday, just days after he dropped out of the race. senator warren responded by tweeting -- "you've been a powerfu

suleimani. revenuesa. his schemes and his agents killed hundreds of american service members in iraq and afghanistan. he personally oversaw the state-sponsored terrorism that iran used to kill our sons and our daughters and as we've seen in recent days and weeks, he and his terrorists posed an ongoing threat to american lives and american interests. soleimani made it his life's work to take the iranian revolutionary call for death to america and death to israel and turn them into action. but this terrorist mastermind was not just a threat to the united states and israel. for more than a decade, he masterminded iran's mall leafs lent and destabilizing work throughout the entire middle east. he created, sustained and directed terrorist proxies everywhere from yemen to iraq to syria to lebanon. innocents were killed. these sovereign countries were destabilized. in syria, this leading terrorist and his agents acted as strategists, enablers, and arizona come policers -- and accomplicers to the brutal

there was an imminent threat that orchestrated the primary motivator was qassim suleimani. he has

that was a terrorist operating organization run by a war lord, qassim suleimani. so the fbi and the united states is on alert, everybody is on alert ensuring that if there is any type of response from iran, we will target iran in case of any escalation. >> the united states is going to defend itself. we have about 40 seconds to get your reaction to what you're seeing tonight. >> yeah, jason. we didn't ask for these fight. the president has done everything to keep out of these conflicts. if you're going to keep poking the bear, you better be prepared. suleimani has done this for 20 years, doing this in iraq, bahrain, syria, yemen, lebanon and now he's no more. his reign of terror is over tonight thanks to president trump. >> sarah and dan, thanks very much. stay with fox news channel for continuing coverage of this breaking story. raymond arroyo is in for laura tonight. raymond, there's a lot of news going on tonight. a lot of breaking news. a military doing an amazing job with our intelligence community. it does feel as if president trump did the right thing in pr

amy: iran vows revenge after the united states assassinates the iranian commander major general qassim suleimani in a major escalation of the conflict between iran and the united states, which now threatens to engulf iraq and the middle east.

and it's especially true as we think about the killing of qassim suleimani. hard not to think he deserved his fate after so many attacks on americans. it's hard for me to defend the statement at the world is safer for americans today after the attack at the killed suleimani. the iraqi parliament has voted to expel american troops. our troops in iraq and elsewhere have essentially stood down from the fight against isis, announcing at the campaign is going to stop. we're not training the iraqi security forces anymore. iran announced it was suspending its cooperation with the nuclear agreement. so lin these different ways, i have this terrible feeling at the qassim suleimani, on the other side of martyrdom, as he would call it, is thinking of his goals for iran are being achieved; at the american interests are under attack. >> do you think it was essentially inevitable? or not? >> i sometimes think at the. and that's part of what i wanted to say in my tweet and what i wrote this morning. it's been, in some ways, been coming at us for 40 years. the iran hostage t

suleimani three days after he was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in iraq.

suleimani. in the midst of a packed hall in the lebanese militant's groups' stronghold of southern beirut, supporte were still in shock. these people have seen leaders killed by american and israeli strikes before, buninever one so -- or so adored. one, who asked that ll not use his ame, spoke for many: >> ( translated ): did america tell us it was going to kill suleimani? it didn't, it just killed him. we will answer adst silence, no one will know where or when we will respond. nobody will know. >> reporter: it's hard to overstate just how angry the crowds here are in beirut. "death to america" has been ringing out all day today and these people say that revenge will happen across the region. suleimani was- and still is-- revered here. he was a close supporter and advisor to hezbollah, theia irbacked armed islamist group in lebanon. the group's leader, hassan nasrallah, was the last leader suleiman had been to see before flying to baghdad where he and shia militia leader abu mahdi al-muhandis w

suleimani in a major escalation of the conflict between nd t a united states, which now threatens to engulf iraq and the middle east.

suleimani three days after he was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in iraq.

suleimani. he's the one accused of green lighting this week's attack on the american l embassy in baghdad. aishah hasnie has the history of iran's most powerful general and why his death matters. aisha. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. general colemany was known -- suleimani was known as the shadow commander because of the long shadow that went beyond iran's border and people didn't know much about him. here's what we know about him. the 62-year-old was designated a terrorist by the u.s. in 200 200 but he's been the leader of iran's he elite intelligence wing since 1998. the special forces have been quietly operating iranian proxy campaigns made up of 20,000 militia fighters across the middle east. some analysts say he was attempting to spread iran's islamic revolution through baghdad, damascus and beirut where they would be considered a direct threat to israel. suleimani is responsible for killing more than 600 american troops during the iraq war. to put that into perspective, 17%

the killing in baghdad this month of the iranian military commander, qassim suleimani, in baghdad this month has fuelled tensions and a shia cleric has called for a million people to join the march, near the us embassy. our middle east correspondent martin patience sent us this update. extraordinary turnout for this march which has been called by one of the country ‘s most influential clerics. he can deliver a crowd. a mercurial politician but with this march is showing his strength on the streets and he is signalling very clearly that he once american troops out of this country. the dynamics in iraq have of course changed everything, the top commander was killed here, qasem soleimani, and file everything is peaceful at the moment, the danger always is in iraq that potentially a march could trigger a fresh round of violence. the iraqi government is incredibly weak at the moment. it's problem is discord between iran which controls many of the politicians in the iraqi parliament and america on the other hand. it finds itself in a very difficult position. there is strong because for ame