Iran's Soleimani and Iraq's Muhandis killed in air strike: militia spokesmanThat's the head of Iran's expeditionary Quds Force, reportedly dead along with two leaders of the pro-Iranian Iraqi militia movement; other pro-Iranian factional leaders in Iraq, including member of the Iraqi parliament Hadi al-Amiri have allegedly been siezed by US Maries in Baghdad.“The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani,” said Ahmed al-Assadi, a spokesman for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces umbrella grouping of Iran-backed militias.
The Iranian government, and Shi'ites across the region, will likely see these actions as a de facto declaration of war by the United States. (Mods, feel free to change the thread title once the widespread shooting starts, as it likely will.)