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Trump: Strike aimed to 'stop' not 'to start a war' with Iran
3 January 2020 20:34 GMT
"Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him," US President Donald Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump said the strike that killed Soleimani was taken "to stop a war".
"We did not take action to start a war," Trump said.
"Soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion," Trump added.