{"id":776407,"date":"2020-01-04T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T12:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/04\/look-thousands-in-baghdad-mourn-iranian-general-killed-by-us\/"},"modified":"2020-01-04T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T12:57:13","slug":"look-thousands-in-baghdad-mourn-iranian-general-killed-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/04\/look-thousands-in-baghdad-mourn-iranian-general-killed-by-us\/","title":{"rendered":"LOOK: Thousands in Baghdad mourn Iranian general killed by US"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BAGHDAD \u2014 Thousands of mourners chanting \u201cAmerica is the Great Satan\u201d marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad for Iran’s top general and Iraqi militant leaders, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike.<\/p>\n

Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force has vowed harsh retaliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An official with the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq said it has scaled back operations and boosted \u201csecurity and defensive measures\u201d at bases hosting coalition forces in the country. The official spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.<\/p>\n

Washington has dispatched another 3,000 troops to neighboring Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Soleimani was the architect of Iran’s regional policy of mobilizing militias across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, including in the war against the Islamic State group. He was also blamed for attacks on U.S. troops and American allies going back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.<\/p>\n