Appearing Friday on CBS This Morning, former acting and deputy CIA director Michael Morell said the U.S.’s deadly airstrike on top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani will result in the deaths of American civilians.

"There will be dead Americans" as a result of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani being killed, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said on @CBSThisMorning. "The world is a better place without him. The problem is that comes at a very high cost." https://t.co/FMXWvNh2b9 pic.twitter.com/xzsCdqGXHG — CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) January 3, 2020

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