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Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport.
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Ay-Pee says a two-fer: The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF, the officials said. Their deaths are a potential turning point in the Middle East and are expected to draw severe retaliation from Iran and the forces it backs in the Middle East against Israel and American interests And MORE: Feras Kilani فراس كيلاني ✔ @FerasKilaniBBC Ski Arabia correspondent just said that Naem Qasm, #Lebanon Hezbollah deputy leader was the third who killed in the strike not Kawtharani. 262 5:34 PM - Jan 2, 2020 Democrat Senator Chris Murphy handwringing: Chris Murphy ✔ @ChrisMurphyCT Soleimani was an enemy of the United States. That’s not a question. The question is this - as reports suggest, did America just assassinate, without any congressional authorization, the second most powerful person in Iran, knowingly setting off a potential massive regional war? 26.3K 5:49 PM - Jan 2, 2020 Related: Qassim Soleimani: 2019-11-09 Soleimani flew into Baghdad late at night and took a helicopter to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where he surprised a group of top security officials by chairing a meeting in place of the prime minister Qassim Soleimani: 2019-10-31 Protests in Iraq and Lebanon Pose a Challenge to Iran Qassim Soleimani: 2017-06-22 Why are pro-Hezbollah media outlets defending Qatar? Related: Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: 2019-12-15 Pompeo warns Iran after proxy attacks in Iraq Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: 2019-08-28 Armed group threatens US military, civilian sites in Iraq Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: 2019-08-26 Two Hashd fighters killed in Anbar drone attack Posted by: Fred 2020-01-02 |
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