Baghdad funeral. Archived Message Posted by Mary on January 4, 2020, 12:15 pm, in reply to "Re: The 2nd US attack tonight makes it look.like US is daring Iran to respond to excuse unleashing hell." Qasem Soleimani: Mourners gather in Baghdad for funeral procession 4 hrs ago A huge crowd in Iraq's capital Baghdad is taking part in a funeral procession for the Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US airstrike on Thursday. Soleimani was the architect of Iran's Middle East operations and Iran vowed to take "severe revenge" for his death. The gathering in Baghdad on Saturday marked the beginning of days of mourning for Soleimani. His body is to be returned to Iran for a funeral and burial in his home town. The crowds in Baghdad were also there to mourn the death of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi who commanded the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah group and effectively led the Popular Mobilisation units - an umbrella of militias in Iraq dominated by groups aligned with Iran. /.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50991810 Any comments from GW Bush or ACL Blair? Message Thread: The 2nd US attack tonight makes it look.like US is daring Iran to respond to excuse unleashing hell. - marknadim January 4, 2020, 12:17 am That "response" may not be a military one. They may settle for having the US kicked out of Iraq. - Der January 4, 2020, 6:05 am Just idle speculation, mind. None of us has a clue, really. Just repeating what I've read/heard - Der January 4, 2020, 6:16 am Then again, "A military attack requires a military response" (Iran's UN ambassador) - Der January 4, 2020, 7:21 am Re: The 2nd US attack tonight makes it look.like US is daring Iran to respond to excuse unleashing hell. - Jamie January 4, 2020, 10:59 am Baghdad funeral. - Mary January 4, 2020, 12:15 pm   Searching