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2020-01-12 Iraq
High-level pro-Iran militia commander is assassinated in Iraq by unknown gunmen
H/t Instapundit
[Daily Mail] - A prominent pro-Iran militia commander has been killed by unidentified gunmen in Iraq.

High-level Popular Mobilization Forces leader Taleb Abbas Ali al-Saedi was shot dead late on Saturday in Karbala, a city about 62 miles southwest of Baghdad.

Local media reported that al-Saedi was 'assassinated' by unknown gunmen, but no further details about the shooters were immediately available.

Al-Saedi was the commander of the Karbala Brigades,
...a unit of Kata'ib Hezbollah or Iraqi Hezbollah, which also include the Brigade of Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas, the Zaid bin Ali Brigades, Ali al-Akbar Brigades and al-Sojjad Brigades. Abu Talib al-Saidi has led the Karbala Brigades since 2003...
a unit within the Iran-backed Shiite PMF umbrella group.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-12 01:22|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran Proxies 

#1 ...US military has not commented.
Ve can say nozzing, nozzing at all.
Posted by Mercutio 2020-01-12 05:40||   2020-01-12 05:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Karbala is one city where the Iranian consulate has been repeatedly attached and even burned down.
Posted by Sherelet Phort7209 2020-01-12 06:14||   2020-01-12 06:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I blame Trump

/Just getting ahead of the Democrats and MSM
Posted by Frank G 2020-01-12 07:44||   2020-01-12 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 ..."enemies foreign or domestic"?
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-12 07:47||   2020-01-12 07:47|| Front Page Top

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