WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate res­ponse to Tehran’s downing of an unmanned US surveillance drone. I am in no hurry, our military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world,” Trump tweeted. News of that message, delivered through Oman overnight, came shortly after the New York Times reported that Trump had called off air strikes targeting Iranian radar and missile batteries at the last minute. “In his message, Trump said he was against any war with Iran and wanted to talk to Tehran about various issues,” one of the officials said. Iran shot down the drone after weeks of festering tension amidst a spate of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf region.

Source: Pakistan Today June 22, 2019 02:15 UTC