Soleimani is a very interesting character, in that he actually tried to help the United States on numerous occasions. This strikes me as odd for a man who is considered an enemy of the US. For example following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Ryan Crocker, a senior State Department official flew to Geneva on a top secret mission to meet with Iranian diplomats who were there under the direction of Soleimani with the purpose of “collaborating to destroy the Taliban”, which had targeted Shia Afghanis. This collaboration was instrumental in defining the targets of bombing operations in Afghanistan and in capturing key Al Qaeda operatives. Bottom line is that Soleimani saved countless American lives in the process. All this abruptly ended in January, 2002, when George W Bush named Iran as part of the “Axis of evil” in his State of the Union address. Currently this man is winning an actual war against ISIS on the ground in both Iraq and Syria. Of course he operates in almost total secrecy behind the scenes…Some say its because of this one man that the entire region hasn’t been taken over by ISIS…
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani stated in no uncertain terms that the terrorist networks in the region, particularly ISIS are experiencing their last death throes.
Soleimani, of course is a very interesting character – perhaps the single most powerful operative in the Middle East today. Gen. Soleimani is recognized as the top level military strategist and tactician in Iran. He is rumored to command one of the largest special forces unit in the world.
He is a major player in the region and the world!
“Given the heavy failures that the ISIS and other terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria have sustained, we are sure that these groups are nearing the end of their (miserable) lives,” Soleimani said, to a crowd on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in the Southern province of Kerman on Wednesday. One of the most important battles of the revolution!
Solomon said: “Persuading and organizing the Takfiri streams to disgrace the tenets of Islam and creating sedition and civil war among Muslim people is the last weapon used by the arrogant powers.” By arrogant powers he was referring to the United States…
Last October General Soleimani warned that the “US moves in the region and the terrorist attacks by ISIS would both ultimately end in failure.”
“I believe that both the US moves and the terrorist acts of ISIS are doomed to failure because they are not in quest for truth,” General Soleimani told a group of reporters an news men in Tehran.
“Their solution will not lead to victory; we have all witnessed in Syria that the measures they adopted did not produce any fruit (for them),” he added.
General Soleimani underscored the victories gained by Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran had all been the result of their “real quest for truth.”
Note: Qasem Soleimani ( born 11 March 1957) is a major general in the Iranian Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and the commander of the Quds Force—a special forces division of the Corps primarily responsible for extraterritorial operations since 1998.
His nickname is the “Shadow Commander.”
His story is extremely interesting, Soleimani has been recognized a guiding leader in strengthening and directing the terrorist organization Hezbollah, and shaping the post-war political landscape in Iraq.
Soleimani is credited as the mastermind of the successful strategy that helped Bashar al-Assad turn the tide against opposition forces in the Syrian Civil War—recapturing strategic positions, towns, and cities from rebel factions.
See video: Qasem Soleimani: Iranian General involved in Fight against ISIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ4OV-lZvMY
Soleimani involvement helped blunt the expansion of the Islamic State in Iraq in the Iranian-led intervention.
Background:
See video: U.S. reaches out to Iran in fight against ISIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njQl0J4XB3E
See video: ISIS threat spurs U S Iran partnership rumors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZZzJB6aoGE
See video: Iran bombs ISIS: Aging Iranian F-4 jets hit militant targets in eastern Iraq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC3JI7d7cSQ