SCOOP: On the day U.S. forces killed Soleimani, they launched another secret operation targeting Abdul Reza Shahlai, a senior Iranian official in Yemen, which did not result in his death.
by @jdawsey1 @John_Hudson @missy_ryan wapo.st/30acNEP
by @jdawsey1 @John_Hudson @missy_ryan wapo.st/30acNEP
@jdawsey1 @John_Hudson @missy_ryan The failed strike on Shahlai may indicate that the Trump-ordered killing of Soleimani was part of a broader operation, raising questions about whether the mission was designed to cripple IRGC leadership or to prevent an imminent attack as Trump claims.
@jdawsey1 @John_Hudson @missy_ryan Trump and his Defense and State Department officials have claimed the strike against Soleimani saved “dozens” if not “hundreds” of American lives under imminent threat. The strike against Shahlai potentially complicates [debunks] that argument.
@jdawsey1 @John_Hudson @missy_ryan THIS is point re Trump admin's failed strike on Shahlai in Yemen [the same night as the Soleimani killing, for which Trump needed Congressional approval if no imminent threat]:
Trump is conducting military operations without the legal authority to do so.
Trump is conducting military operations without the legal authority to do so.
