BAGHDAD (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan lawmakers are speaking out about the U.S. airstrike at Baghdad’s International Airport, killing Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
Early Friday morning, Congressman Fred Upton wrote a statement on Twitter saying, “For some time now, Iran has been poking the bear and had to expect that there would be a consequence. Qassem Soleimani was the ring leader responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. military officials and was likely planning more…I look forward to learning more in briefings when I return to Washington from Michigan next week, but I support the President’s reaction thus far in taking Soleimani out.”
On Thursday night, Michigan’s U.S. Senator Gary Peters tweeted, “Tonight’s strike took a notorious terrorist off of the battlefield. What comes next is critical for the region and the world. I am focused on ensuring that there is a strategy to protect our citizens, service members, and diplomats, and that advances our national security.”
Representative Bill Huizenga also took to Twitter saying, “For years Iran has killed American troops and conducted terror operations throughout the Middle East and beyond. The actions taken by the Administration demonstrate that the United States will hold Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, accountable.”
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad is urging all U.S. citizens to leave Iraq immediately. In a statement it read, “Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, the U.S. Embassy urges American citizens to heed the January 2020 Travel Advisory and depart Iraq immediately. U.S. citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land.”
More statements are expected to come from local lawmakers as news on the attack unfolds.
