by Benjamin Weinthal
Newspaper says there are “more Soleimani’s” in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen
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A MAN displays a picture of Quds Force head Maj.-Gen
Qasem Soleimani (right) and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi
al-Muhandis, both killed in an air strike at Baghdad Airport last
Friday, during their funeral procession in Ahvaz, Iran, on January 5.
(photo credit: HOSSEIN MERSADI/FARS NEWS AGENCY/WANA VIA REUTERS)
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Khalid Al-Malik, the editor-in-chief of the Saudi Arabian Al-Jazirah daily, declared the United States' targeted killing of the Iranian regime terrorist Qasem Soleimani a “blatant act of heroism” in a January 10 column.
According to
the column, Al-Malik wrote that the American neutralization of
Soleimani, a US and EU-designated international terrorist, was “a point
in favor of US President [Donald] Trump.
"But it is not enough to redress the mistakes that the US made in Iraq," the paper continued. "There are more Qasem Soleimanis in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, and if they are not taken care of in way that ensures the security and stability of these countries and of the other countries of the region and the world, Iran's behavior will not change. “
"But it is not enough to redress the mistakes that the US made in Iraq," the paper continued. "There are more Qasem Soleimanis in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, and if they are not taken care of in way that ensures the security and stability of these countries and of the other countries of the region and the world, Iran's behavior will not change. “
He
added that, “The killing of Soleimani will not end the threat posed by
Iran to the countries of the world, for Iran's terror network is wide
and is not based on any one terrorist, nor are its agents confined to a
single country.”
He
also wrote that the murder of Soleimani is "a clear achievement and a
point in favor of President Trump and the US administration, but it is
not enough. The region now faces rounds of Iranian terrorism that will
be [even] more numerous and varied.
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Iranians [themselves] are making explicit threats to this effect and
are placing this at the top of their agenda as part of exacting revenge
for the killing of the leader of evil, the criminal Qasem Soleimani. And
what about Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Iran's other
proxies in various Gulf states and [other] Arab and Islamic countries?"
The
US-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) first translated
Al-Malik’s column and posted it on its website on Thursday. Al-Jazirah
is published as an Arabic-language broadsheet paper and had a readership
of over 123,000 as of 2013.
MEMRI wrote that, “The assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem
Soleimani by the US met with numerous reactions in the Saudi press that
expressed satisfaction at the severe blow dealt to the Iranian
leadership, and also at the initiative taken by the US after a long
period in which it avoided using military force against Iran, including
after the mid-September attack on the Aramco oil facilities in Saudi
Arabia. Conspicuous among these reactions was a January 10, 2020 article
by Khalid Al-Malik."MEMRI
noted that the editor also directed criticism at the US, noting that it
is now paying the price for letting Iran take over Iraq and over its
decision-making.
Source: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Saudi-editor-US-elimination-of-Soleimani-was-act-of-heroism-614549
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