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Iraq issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump over killing of Qassim Soleimani
An arrest warrant has been issued for outgoing United States President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi militia leader last year.
Key points:
- The killings sparked a diplomatic crisis and strained US-Iraq ties
- The arrest warrant is for a charge of premeditated murder, which carries the death penalty
- It is unlikely to be carried out but symbolic in the waning days of Mr Trump’s presidency
A warrant was issued by a judge in Baghdad’s investigative court tasked with probing the Washington-directed drone strike that killed General Qassim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the court’s media office said.
They were killed outside Baghdad airport last January.
Al-Muhandis was the deputy leader of…
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