Senior commander Abu Baqir al-Saadi of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon linked to an attack that killed three U.S. troops, died in a drone strike on a vehicle in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday night, two security sources said.
One of the sources said three people were killed and that the vehicle targeted was used by Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state security agency composed of dozens of armed groups, many of them close to Iran.
Kataib Hezbollah fighters and commanders are part of the PMF. Three U.S. troops were killed in January in a drone attack near the Jordan-Syria border that the Pentagon said bore the "footprints" of Kataib Hezbollah. The group then announced it was suspending military operations against U.S. troops in the region.
On Wednesday, Iraqi special forces were on high alert in Baghdad and further units were deployed inside the Green Zone housing international diplomatic missions including the U.S. embassy, a security source said.
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@VenisonRonTranshumanist2yrs2Y
This was a highly sophisticated assassination which took place in a busy neighborhood during the evening rush time in Baghdad.
Kataib Hezbollah is part of the government of Iraq.
Once again, we just used US tax payer dollars (hell fire & drone) to kill a terrorist who killed Americans with US taxpayers dollars.
Cut off the government of Iraq from all US funding.
@TreasuryMartyGreen2yrs2Y
Iran is trying to draw the the west into a world war. So far it's working.
@L1b3rtyIke2yrs2Y
Iran is trying, Russia is trying, China is trying... if they show weakness now it will come to you in a boom later. Remember what I said
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