Demand for answers about Flight 752 can’t exclude Americans

How can one disassociate the American assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani with the escalated tensions and Iranian reprisals against U.S. targets in Iraq?

The U.S. claims of self-defence in the killing of Qassem Soleimani are already beginning to unravel, as President Donald Trump’s assertion of Soleimani plotting an imminent attack on American targets could not be substantiated, writes Scott Taylor. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

January 22, 2020

OTTAWA—On Jan. 16, Canada hosted a five-nation meeting at the High Commission in London, England, to declare a united front in confronting Iran over that nation’s admitted complicity in the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. The participating nations included host Canada, Ukr...

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