Pentagon officials told Newsweek there was a 'high probability' that Imam Ali Brigades leader Shubul al-Zaidi among those killed.
Six members of the Popular Mobilization Forces, an official Iraqi militia organization with ties to Iran, were killed in another U.S. drone strike in northern Baghdad on Friday, multiple officials told. The strike comes one day after President Donald Trump approved an operation that killed an elite Iranian general.Friday evening the operation was targeting Imam Ali Brigades with a"high probability" the strike resulted in the death of its leader, Shubul al-Zaidi. The U.S.
"Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him," Trump said, speaking to reporters."We took action last night to stop a war, we did not take action to start a war."
Fighters from the Iraqi Imam Ali Brigade take part in a military parade on August 8, 2015 in the mostly Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf. The group was one of many Popular Mobilization Forces militias that battled ISIS with Iran's support as a U.S.-led coalition also fought the jihadis.
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