AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) will hold a ceremony today to commemorate the martyrs of a January US drone strike in Baghdad.
The PMU, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, will organize the ceremony on the 100th day of the martyrdom of commander of IRGC Quds Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the PMU, and their companions.
It will be organized with the motto “100 Days Passed and You Are Still with Us,” according to al-Sumaria News.
The ceremony will include speeches and various media, arts and cultural programs.
General Soleimani, al-Muhandis, and a number of their entourage were killed in a strike by American drones near Baghdad International Airport in the early hours of January 3.
The White House and the Pentagon claimed responsibility for the assassinations, saying the attack was carried out at the direction of US President Donald Trump.
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source : IQNA
Monday
13 April 2020
1:09:58 PM
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Iraq’s PMU to commemorate General Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) will hold a ceremony today to commemorate the martyrs of a January US drone strike in Baghdad.