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Iraq
High-level pro-Iran militia commander is assassinated in Iraq by unknown gunmen
2020-01-12
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.
Related:
Karbala Brigades: 2019-07-02 Targeting Bahraini Embassy: Iranian warning message to Iraqi leaders
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

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

#3  I blame Trump

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

#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  

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

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