U.S. long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike Posted on 1/4/2020 at 20:06:58 by Bill Crawford, (14)
The below-linked AP article, entitled as above, appeared in today's Denver Post.
A related question.
What would the U.S. do, if our CIA Director (admittedly not a terrorist sponsor, but a senior member of the government, as was Soleimani) were killed by the Iranian military during a visit to Iraq.