Iran Promises Retaliation After <br />US Drone Strike Kills General.<br />A day after the strike, Iran's supreme <br />leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called <br />for three days of national mourning. <br />He also called for a "forceful" retaliation.<br />... a forceful revenge awaits the criminals who have his blood and the blood of the other martyrs last night on their hands, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani<br />was killed in an overnight drone <br />strike at the Baghdad airport.<br />The Trump Administration promptly <br />conceded to ordering the strike <br />following the news that it had occurred.<br />In an early morning tweet on Friday, <br />President Trump made the case that <br />Soleimani "was directly and indirectly <br />responsible for the death of millions of people.".<br />General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more...but got caught! , President Trump, via 'The New York Times'.<br />The U.S. State department issued a <br />statement urging American citizens in <br />neighboring Iraq to leave immediately. Oil <br />prices spiked on Friday by nearly $3 a barrel
