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Used as Iran's powerful regional-policy commander and Saudi Arabia's greatest threat.
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Qasem Soleimani
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...are now running the revolutionary guard Corps also their leader uh Qasem Soleimani was killed by the Americans in 2020 and if they wanted..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...are now running the revolutionary guard Corps also their leader uh Qasem Soleimani was killed by the Americans in 2020 and if they wanted..."
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The speaker says Qasem Soleimani was the second most powerful man in Iran after the supreme leader and was responsible for Iran's Iraq, Syria, and Yemen policies, making him Saudi Arabia's public enemy number one.
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The speaker says George W. Bush and Barack Obama both had opportunities to assassinate Soleimani but declined because they believed it could cause World War III.
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The speaker argues that Trump chose the Pentagon's catastrophic 'option three' by assassinating Qasem Soleimani.
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"So, MBS was looking very good. But then, in 2018, he did something that scared the world. Okay? MBS had, was a visionary. He..."
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"man named Qassam Soleimani who is considered to be the second most powerful man in Iran after the assassination of Ayatollah, the supreme religious..."
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"...three. Let's blow up the world, guys. And so, they assassinated Qasem Soleimani, okay? So, in other words, it is very likely that if..."
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"...are now running the revolutionary guard Corps also their leader uh Qasem Soleimani was killed by the Americans in 2020 and if they wanted..."
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"...Iran, as he did in his first term when he killed Qasem Soleimani."
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"...So the biggest escalation was when Trump ordered the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. And quite frankly, America and Iran should have gone to war..."
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"...January 2020, because that's when Trump ordered the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad. And this was clearly an act of war. And..."
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"...tell you that you eliminate one terrorist organization, let's say it's Qasem Soleimani, you get Ismail Ghani, you eliminate one terrorist, they get another...."
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"...is that in January 2020, Trump ordered the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, who is the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, okay? So..."
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"...okay? And this follows the killing, the assassination of their general, Qasem Soleimani, in 2020, right? This is when the Americans launched a drone..."
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Redacted asks Jiang whether the Iran war is already out of control.
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