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People in Iraq have held a ceremony near Baghdad International Airport to commemorate the 40th day after martyrdom of Iran\u2019s top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq\u2019s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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The ceremony was held\u00a0on Thursday at the site of a drone attack just outside the airport by terrorist US forces on\u00a0January 3. The operation was conducted on direct order of the US President Donald Trump after which the US Department of Defense claimed responsibility for the assassination.<\/p>\n\n

Iraqi mourners condemned the US assassination of top Lt. Gen. Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their companions, calling for the immediate withdrawal of US troops from their country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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The US assassination of the top Iranian commander along with Muhandis sent shock waves across the world while, at the same time,\u00a0forging\u00a0greater unity in the region against US interventionism, with insistent calls for revenge being echoed across the Muslim world.<\/p>\n\n

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Both Soleimani and Muhandis played a key role in defeating Daesh\u00a0which\u00a0at its peak, threatened a complete take-over of Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n

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Gen. Soleimani's popularity transcends geographical boundaries, and many people across the Middle East and beyond regard him as the figurehead in defeating Daesh and other Takfiri groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis\u00a0chanting \"Death to America\" joined the funeral procession for Gen. Soleimani and Muhandis in Baghdad and the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

Iraqi lawmakers also took action by unanimously\u00a0approving\u00a0a bill, demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces led by the United States from the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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PressTV-Soleimani: The man who first rushed to Iraq\u2019s help against terror<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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Iranians are marking the 40th day after the US assassinated of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq,<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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Commemoration ceremonies similar to the one held in Iraq on Thursday are being held across Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-02-13 20:22:27","content_date_finish":"2020-02-13 20:22:27","content_date_register":"2020-02-13 20:26:24","content_date_last_edit":"2020-02-13 20:26:24","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3795959548","attach_date_register":"2020-02-13 20:26:22","attach_id":"7307","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"650","attach_img_height":"365","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"509","visit_date_last":"2024-11-02 09:56:37","attach_title":"Iraqis gather to honor Iran\u2019s Lt. Gen. Soleimani, PMU's deputy cmdr. Muhandis 2","node_title":"News,Ordinary","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":127, \"left\":66, \"right\":67}]","node_number":"2","allowable_node":"2"}]]