Here’s what you need to know about Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the powerful and shadowy head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, his role in the Middle East and what his death means for the U.S.
Global powers warned Friday that the world has become a more dangerous place and urged restraint after the U.S. assassinated Iran’s top general.Under the United Nations charter, there are three legal avenues that a country can use to justify military force against a foreign country.A country can assist an ally if it attacked and requests helpBased on statements the U.S.
Hina Shamsi, national security project director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said that under the White House’s initial justification — that Suleimani was in the process of planning an attack on Americans working in Iraq — the airstrike would not have met the threshold under international law of “an act of self-defense against an imminent attack.”
She added: “After almost two decades of expansive presidential claims of authority to use force abroad, Congress needs to robustly exercise the oversight and restraining powers that are integral to our system of checks and balances.”
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