{"id":60974,"date":"2021-01-03T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T15:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/03\/rally-in-baghdad-marks-1-year-since-iran-generals-death-in-us-drone-strike\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:26:03","slug":"rally-in-baghdad-marks-1-year-since-iran-generals-death-in-us-drone-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/01\/03\/rally-in-baghdad-marks-1-year-since-iran-generals-death-in-us-drone-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally in Baghdad marks 1 year since Iran general\u2019s death in US drone strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAGHDAD \u2014 Chanting anti-American slogans, thousands of Iraqis converged on a landmark square in central Baghdad on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roads leading to Tahrir Square were closed off and security was tight as the crowds gathered in response to a call by powerful Iran-backed militias for a rally marking the occasion and demanding the expulsion of U.S. troops from Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, no to America!\u201d shouted some in the largely mask-less crowd. \u201cYou killed our guest. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/03\/us-to-reduce-staff-at-baghdad-embassy-amid-regional-tensions\/\" target=_blank>There is no place here for your embassy<\/a>,\u201d read some of the banners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Protesters at one point set fire to a large U.S. flag, drawing cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The killing of Gen. Qassim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at Baghdad\u2019s airport pushed Tehran and Washington perilously close to all-out conflict and sparked outrage in Iraq, leading parliament to pass a non-binding resolution days later calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/05\/iraqis-vote-to-kick-us-troops-out-following-killing-of-soleimani\/\" target=_blank>the expulsion of all foreign troops from Iraq<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2020\/12\/31\/us-to-move-aircraft-carrier-nimitz-out-of-mideast-amid-iran-tension\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50586053803_9f00ff58e4_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US to move aircraft carrier Nimitz out of Mideast amid Iran tension<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The decision emerged one day after the U.S. flew B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf in a show of force that was intended to caution Iran against carrying out attacks against U.S. forces or interests.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday\u2019s rally was being held amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/07\/us-troop-pullouts-in-mideast-raise-fears-of-iranian-attacks\/\" target=_blank>heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. <\/a>in the final days of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Already, America has conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/30\/air-force-b-52s-fly-from-minot-to-persian-gulf-in-round-trip-mission-to-caution-iran\/\" target=_blank>B-52 bomber flyovers<\/a> and sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/21\/us-navy-announces-nuclear-submarine-passage-of-strait-of-hormuz-amid-tensions-with-iran\/\" target=_blank>a nuclear submarine into the Persian Gulf <\/a>over what Trump officials describe as the possibility of an Iranian attack on the anniversary of the strike that killed Soleimani and al-Muhandis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrying Iraqi and militia flags and posters of the two men, thousands of Iraqis marched toward Tahrir Square for the rally Sunday, demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops in implementation of the parliamentary resolution. The event was organized by mostly Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe call upon the government and the parliament to expel the occupying foreign forces, especially the brutal American forces, the infidels, the immorals, who killed the heroes and leaders of victory,\u201d said Muhammad Shubr al-Husseini, a protester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abbas Ali, a 27-year-old protester carrying a poster of Soleimani, said he was there because it was a day \u201cto remember those who sacrificed their souls for Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21003440679951.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces hold a poster of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, front, and Gen. 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Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran&#8217;s Quds force during a protest, in Tahrir Square, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. Thousands of Iraqis converged on a landmark central square in Baghdad on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of Soleimanil and al-Muhandis in a U.S. drone strike. (Khalid Moha\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soleimani headed the elite Quds Force of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard, responsible for the Islamic Republic\u2019s foreign operations, and he frequently shuttled between Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Al-Muhandis was Iraq\u2019s most powerful militia leader and was deputy commander of the PMF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They both gained prominence for advising Shiite paramilitary forces fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq, before it was defeated in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their killing dramatically ratcheted up tensions in the region and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/03\/iraq-rockets-fired-at-baghdad-airport-7-people-killed\/\" target=_blank>brought the U.S. and Iran to the brink of war<\/a>. Iran hit back by firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops, some of whom suffered concussions. Iranian officials have suggested that more retaliation is coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19098471996944.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. This is what they said could happen:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday night, thousands of people took part in a commemoration ceremony held at Baghdad\u2019s airport where the strike took place a year ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mourners, many of them members of the PMF, joined a march on the highway leading to the airport. Posters of the dead men adorned both sides of the road, which was lined with tents that served food and drinks for those who walked the highway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scene of the bombing was turned into a shrine-like area sealed off by red ropes, with a photo of Soleimani and al-Muhandis in the middle, as mourners lit candles. Shrapnel marks were still visible on the asphalt and concrete blast walls in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wreckage of two cars was on display on the road outside the airport as a reminder of the attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Lebanon, the Shiite militant Hezbollah grouped marked the anniversary of Soleimani\u2019s killing with a symbolic event on a hill in the country\u2019s south overlooking the border area with Israel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of Hezbollah fighters dressed in military uniforms swore the oath of Hezbollah while officials raised the group\u2019s yellow flag with posters of Soleimani and al-Muhandis on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was expected to deliver a speech later Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Karam reported from Beirut.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday&#8217;s rally was 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