Trump: 'This was done to stop a war, not start a war'

Donald Trump has said the US airstrike that killed a top Iranian general was designed to prevent a war with Iran - not start one.

The US president claimed Major General Qassem Soleimani had been planning "imminent and sinister attacks on US diplomats and military personnel" before he died in Friday morning's drone strike in Iraq.

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