Muslim congresswomen Tlaib, Omar condemn Trump actions in Middle East

Muslim congresswomen Tlaib, Omar condemn Trump actions in Middle East
Two recently elected Muslim Congresswoman have warned Washington on Friday of the impact a war with Iran might have after US strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani yesterday.
Both the congresswomen took to Twitter to criticise US President Donald Trump for his "reckless" decision.

Palestinian-American congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said that US citizens cannot stay silent as the “lawless president recklessly moves it closer to yet another unnecessary war”.

Rashida Tlaib

Ilhan Omar

Member of the Democratic party in the US have criticised the strike and fear that a war with Iran was on the cards after the Firday's killing of the Iranian commander.

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The Pentagon said US President Donald Trump ordered Soleimani's "killing," after a pro-Iran mob this week laid siege to the US embassy. Declaring three days of mourning across the country, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to take "severe revenge" for Soleimani's death.

The US had announced on Friday that it had killed the commander of the Iranian Quds Force in a strike on Baghdad's international airport, which also killed the deputy chief of Iraq's powerful Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force.