Iraqi TV: Iran's Gen Soleimani killed in Baghdad strike
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Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials officials said Friday that Iranian Gen Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport.
The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
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