[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Photos taken by U.S. Special Operations forces have been released in the aftermath of the American drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad International Airport.
The photos, which depict the grisly outcome of the January 3 Reaper drone's missile strike on two cars carrying Soleimani and nine others, were obtained by Fox News from a U.S. government source.
The U.S. soldiers were secretly following Soleimani's convoy about a half-mile behind his entourage, and rushed to the scene immediately after the strike to confirm that the Iranian general had been killed.
The photos show the burning, twisted wreckage of the vehicle Solemani was traveling in, as well as some of the items he was carrying, including a cell phone and currency.
Hmmmm - I bet the cell phone was interesting, and with the detached fingers, probably accessible. Bwahahhaahha
Soleimani was also carrying a book of poetry, a pistol and a rifle, Fox News reported.
A Peace Rifle™
On Saturday, Iran's Revolutionary Guard acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible.
The plane was shot down early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq in retaliation for the airstrike killing Soleimani. No one was wounded in the attack on the bases.
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Guard's aerospace division, said his unit accepts 'full responsibility' for the shootdown. In an address broadcast by state TV, he said that when he learned about the downing of the plane, 'I wished I was dead.'
He said Guard forces ringing the capital had beefed up their air defenses and were at the 'highest level of readiness,' fearing that the U.S. would retaliate. He said an officer made the 'bad decision' to open fire on the plane after mistaking it for a cruise missile.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a statement saying the crash investigation should continue and the 'perpetrators' should be brought to justice. He said Iran should compensate victims' families, and he requested 'official apologies through diplomatic channels.' 
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