What if the former commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, visits Baghdad for a meeting and you know the address? Hours after the op-ed was published, the Pentagon confirmed that Soleimani was killed in a U.S.-led airstrike at Baghdad International Airport. The New York Times did not immediately respond to a request for comment. TRUMP ORDERS ATTACK THAT KILLS IRANIAN GEN. QASSIM SOLEIMANI, OTHER MILITARY OFFICIALS IN BAGHDAD, PENTAGON SAYSSoleimani was killed by missiles fired from a MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the Times. The hypothetical attack on Soleimani while visiting Baghdad that Simon pondered is remarkably close to what actually happened, whether or not the specific type of missile mentioned in the op-ed was used.

Source: Fox News January 03, 2020 17:30 UTC