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Thousands mourn Iranian general Qassem Soleimani at funeral in Baghdad

Thousands of mourners chanting “America is the Great Satan” marched in a funeral procession on Saturday for Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian elite general killed in a US drone strike.

The procession began at the Imam Kadhim shrine in Baghdad, one of the most revered sites in Shiite Islam. Mourners marched in the streets alongside militia vehicles in a solemn procession.

Soleimani, the mastermind of Iran's regional security strategy, was killed in a pre-dawn in an airstrike near the city's airport.

Iran has vowed harsh retaliation, raising fears of an all-out war.

In other key developments on Saturday:

The funeral mourners, mostly men in black military fatigues, carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Soleimani. They were also mourning Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia commander who was killed in the same strike.


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