>An executive order forbids US from carrying out political assassinations
>The US executive order does not however define what constitutes an assassination
>International law expert says targeted killing of a high Iranian state and military official by surprise attack was "clearly assassination"
General Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force (a division of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)) responsible for
extra-territorial warfare operations and military intelligence, sometimes using non-state actors. Those forces were engaged in hostile
actions against the military forces of the United States
Not a "political" assassination" - politicians are 'idealists, negotiators, administrators', '''Soleimani was a military leader actively engaged
in hostile military operations against the United States'''
Therefore….Soleimani was a very, very legitimate military target per the Geneva Convention / laws of armed conflict (LOAC) & any
person / news article trying to suggest otherwise is just disinformation – enemy propaganda and/or fake news