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==Under Soleimani==
==Under Soleimani==
The Jerusalem Force was formerly led by Iranian General [[Qassem Sulemeini]] until January 2020.
The Jerusalem Force was formerly led by Iranian General [[Qassem Sulemeini]] until the time of his death in January 2020. In early 2008, the [[Iraq]]i President, Jalal Talabani, handed a cell phone with a text message to CENTCOM commander and later [[CIA]] Director [[David Petraeus]].
In early 2008, the [[Iraq]]i President, Jalal Talabani, handed a cell phone with a text message to CENTCOM commander and later [[CIA]] Director [[David Petraeus]].
{{cquote|Dear General Petraeus, you should know that I, Qassem Suleimani, control the policy for Iran with respect to Iraq, [[Lebanon]], Gaza and [[Afghanistan]]. And indeed, the ambassador in Baghdad is a Quds Force member. The individual who’s going to replace him is a Quds Force member.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander?currentPage=all </ref>}}
{{cquote|Dear General Petraeus, you should know that I, Qassem Suleimani, control the policy for Iran with respect to Iraq, [[Lebanon]], Gaza and [[Afghanistan]]. And indeed, the ambassador in Baghdad is a Quds Force member. The individual who’s going to replace him is a Quds Force member.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander?currentPage=all </ref>}}
Soleimani oversaw the Quds Force operatives who plotted the assassination of the [[Saudi Arabia]]n Ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, in the [[United States]] in 2011. Solemeini was designated in May 2011 pursuant to [[Obama administration]] Executive Order 13572, targeting [[human rights]] abuses in [[Syria]], for his role as the Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force, the primary conduit for Iran's support to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID).<ref>http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1181.aspx </ref>
Soleimani oversaw the Quds Force operatives who plotted the assassination of the [[Saudi Arabia]]n Ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, in the [[United States]] in 2011. Solemeini was designated in May 2011 pursuant to [[Obama administration]] Executive Order 13572, targeting [[human rights]] abuses in [[Syria]], for his role as the Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force, the primary conduit for Iran's support to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID).<ref>http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1181.aspx </ref>