By killing Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps kuds force, a u. S. Designated foreign terrorist organization. General soleimani was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats and Service Members in iraq and throughout the region. General soleimani and his quds force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american and coalition Service Members and the wounding of thousands more. He orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in iraq over the last several months including the attack on december 27th, culminating in the death and wounding of additional american and iraqi personnel. General soleimani also approved the attacks on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad that took place this week. The strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans. The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. Now this from the president a few moments ago. He tweeted just
Then, who is up and who is down ahead of the first democratic debate of 2020 . We will debut the latest fox news poll. And we must recognize in the 21st century, economic rights are human rights. What is Bernie Sanders vision for democratic socialism . Will ask him in our 2020 sit down. Only on Fox News Sunday. Plus, will ask our sunday panel about President Trump saying he would take research on his political rivals from other countries. And a special power player of the week. Jon stewart calling on congress to support 9 11 First Responders. Shameful, it is an embarrassment to the country and a stain on this institution. Chris all right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again and happy fathers day from fox news washington. The Trump Administration is once again turning up the pressure on iran. Blaming the Islamic Republic for attacks on two oil tankers, the pentagon now considering sending thousands of more troops, warships and place the region. In a rating later saying they have no inter
Then, who is up and who is down ahead of the first democratic debate of 2020 . We will debut the latest fox news poll. And we must recognize in the 21st century, economic rights are human rights. What is Bernie Sanders vision for democratic socialism . Will ask him in our 2020 sit down. Only on Fox News Sunday. Plus, will ask our sunday panel about President Trump saying he would take research on his political rivals from other countries. And a special power player of the week. Jon stewart calling on congress to support 9 11 First Responders. Shameful, it is an embarrassment to the country and a stain on this institution. Chris all right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again and happy fathers day from fox news washington. The Trump Administration is once again turning up the pressure on iran. Blaming the Islamic Republic for attacks on two oil tankers, the pentagon now considering sending thousands of more troops, warships and place the region. In a rating later saying they have no inter
Washington. Reporter some lawmakers received briefing saying that iran was preparing to strike u. S. Forces using proxies in iraq and possible missiles on board ships. U. S. Officials that have seen signs that iran has loaded missiles onto at least two ships that had been removed. Foreign passport holders work with exxon mobil has started evacuating an oilfield in southern iraq which followed the ordered evacuation of u. S. Embassy personnel from the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. The warning to commercial airliners flying over the wider persian gulf is a reminder that 30 years ago the u. S. Mistook an iranian passenger jet for a warplane while protecting commercial ships in the they killed all 290 people on board with missiles. President trump pushed back on his report to his angry with his National Security team. They put out summary false messages that iran is totally confused. I dont know, that might be a good thing. Speak to the present offer to negotiate with iraniansthe message deliv
That grey zone of being able to attack American Interest with violence but just beneath the threshold of the kind of activity that would automatically trigger an American Military response, because if we allow that to happen without imposing real price on the iranians, this will just lead to precisely the kind of war that were seeking to avoid. Rick National Security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is reporting from washington on this. Reporter rick we have new details of an incident we first reported about the u. S. Mq9 reep er drone fired on after the tank era tack on thursday. A senior u. S. Official tells me just minutes after the first distress call went out from the mv tanker at 6 12 a. M. Local time thursday, the u. S. Mill moved an unmanned mq9 donald the drone arrived at 6 20 a. M. Local time eight minutes after the first distress call went out and at 6 45 a. M. Local time prior to the second attack, on the second tanker, a missile was fired at the u. S. Drone on station over a