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Tishwash:  Qasim Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, was killed by an American raid near Baghdad airport

Reuters reported in an urgent report on Friday morning, the killing of the Iranian leader Qassem Soleimani, and the leader of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, in a bombing targeting their convoy near Baghdad airport

US officials told Reuters that America had carried out strikes against two Iran-related targets in Baghdad on Friday.

The militias of the Iraqi pro-Iranian Asa’ib al-Haq militia revealed that the nationalities of those killed in the unknown bombing that targeted Baghdad International Airport with 3 Cachoia missiles are Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian.

In a statement on its Twitter account, the PMF militia said the death toll had risen to 7, including 5 from the PMF militia loyal to Iran.

The militia of the popular crowd had announced a short time ago, the killing of its director of public relations, Muhammad Reza al-Jarbi, with others, after the missile strikes on Baghdad International Airport. .

The Iraqi army said in an urgent statement shortly before, that 3 Iraqi citizens were injured as a result of the fall of 3 missiles at Baghdad International Airport, which resulted in the explosion of civilian cars on the airport road.

The Iraqi "Alsumaria" channel reported that the Iraqi authorities closed Baghdad International Airport and stopped air navigation after the rockets fell.

The Iraqi channel said that the rockets landed near a joint site of the American and anti-terrorist forces south of Baghdad airport.  link

NWMontana:  Major news coming out of Iraq : A direct hit results in the death of Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis and General Qassem Sulaimani (Iranian leader of Quds force) , their convoy coming out of Baghdad international Airport, we are awaiting an official press release to confirm from either side~ https://twitter.com/thestevennabil/status/1212902226286407680

Mobius:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Strikes have been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday, U.S. officials told Reuters. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, declined to give any further details. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-strike/strikes-ag​ainst-two-targets-linked-to-iran-u-s-officials-idUSKBN1Z201Q?il=0

Fuze:  Yep, this is what we were referring too, guys two weeks ago... All loss of life is Sad, even the wicked.... But it's necessary in these instances... Maliki your number is likely up also...

Robert001:  He was not just a general,,, he was the brains behind everything. Look his name up on google and you will see of his power… bet Maliki is sweating bullets right now. They were thick as thieves

Fuze:  Iran has approximately 7 generals, he was the one who ran the militia groups for Iran in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria and the only one of their Generals who reported directly to the Khomeni

Fuze:  He was the guy that the Iraqi politicians were afraid of, the politicians in Iraq that are decent and want to do the right thing, were afraid of this murderer because he would kill them like he killed the demonstrators... Hello was THE man, and they GOT his number 2 also!!!

Briona:  This guy was responsible for 100's of American deaths and 10's of thousands of others in Iraq. Certainly not a good guy.

Speedy:  The Iranians bombed tankers in the gulf, shot down one of our drones, attacked Saudi oil installations !!! Our Govt. has been patient but enough is enough !!!

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Tishwash:  our Marines made a major arrest too according to reports

Al-Arabiya: News about the arrest of Marines by Qais Khazali and Hadi Al-Amri in Iraq

Al-Arabiya: News about the arrest of Marines by Qais Khazali and Hadi Al-Amri in Iraq

 According to its sources, Al-Arabiya TV reported, according to its sources, that the Marines arrested Qais Khazali, the leader of the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq militia and Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr militia in the Jadriya area of the capital, Baghdad, Iraq.

Iraqi television had just announced, the official killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Authority, in a bombing targeting their convoy in Iraq .

 On the other hand, the Iraqi popular crowd said early Friday that five of its members and two "guests" were killed in an air strike targeting their vehicles inside Baghdad International Airport .

This came after the security media cell run by the Iraqi army announced that three Katyusha rockets had landed on Baghdad airport, and sources in the popular crowd said that representatives of the crowd were receiving "important guests" at Baghdad airport, where everyone boarded two vehicles targeted by two missiles, and two sources in the crowd stated that the two guests They were killed in the attack, but they declined to be identified  link