\n\t\t\tThe ceremony was held on Thursday at the site of a drone attack just \noutside the airport by terrorist US forces on January 3. The operation \nwas conducted on direct order of the US President Donald Trump after \nwhich the US Department of Defense claimed responsibility for the \nassassination, Presstv Reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t\tIraqi mourners condemned the US assassination of top Lt. Gen. \nSoleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their companions, calling for the \nimmediate withdrawal of US troops from their country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n
\n\t\t\tBoth Soleimani and Muhandis played a key role in defeating \nDaesh which at its peak, threatened a complete take-over of Iraq and \nSyria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t\tGen. Soleimani’s popularity transcends geographical boundaries, and \nmany people across the Middle East and beyond regard him as the \nfigurehead in defeating Daesh and other Takfiri groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t\tHundreds of thousands of Iraqis chanting “Death to America” joined \nthe funeral procession for Gen. Soleimani and Muhandis in Baghdad and \nthe holy cities of Karbala and Najaf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t\tIraqi lawmakers also took action by unanimously approving a bill, \ndemanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces led by the \nUnited States from the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commemoration ceremonies similar to the one held in Iraq on Thursday are being held across Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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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). The ceremony was held on Thursday at the site of a drone attack just outside the airport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,1,6],"tags":[1058,31,1059,370],"yoast_head":"\n