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Cries of ‘Revenge Is Coming’ at Funerals for Slain Commanders in Iraq – The New York Times, The New York Times

Cries of ‘Revenge Is Coming’ at Funerals for Slain Commanders in Iraq – The New York Times, The New York Times


Tens of thousands mourned the killing of a major Iraqi official and a top Iranian general by a U.S. drone strike, as the Middle East braced for Iran’s response.

**************************** A funeral procession on Saturday for Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and the other victims of Friday’s American drone strike in Baghdad.
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    BAGHDAD – As Iraq held joint funeral services on Saturday for two revered military leaders killed in an American drone strike near the Baghdad airport this past week, tens of thousands of pro-Iranian fighters marched through Baghdad, waving flags and chanting that “revenge is coming” to the United States. (********************************** (The surprise killing on Friday) of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the architect of Iranian regional
The extent of that network added to the uncertainty about how Iran might respond to his killing. If it chose to, Tehran could do so by relying on allied forces in any of those places to target United States troops, or American allies such as Israel, Saudi Arabia or other countries in the Persian Gulf.

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