U.S. airstrike kills leader of Iranian-backed militia in Baghdad



An American airstrike killed the leader of an Iranian-backed militia in Baghdad. A senior U.S. defense official called it a โ€œprecision strikeโ€ on his vehicle. Iraq is furious, saying the assassination breaks agreements it had with Washington. NBC Newsโ€™ Keir Simmons has the latest on the tensions.

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21 comments

  1. Get out of Iraq. No body wants us in Iraq. Us is nothing but trouble in Middle East. Everything bad happens and has happened in last 20 years is because of us.

  2. i feel like WW3 already started, we're just waiting on all the countries that are currently fighting to allied with one another

  3. How about making our own stuff then there's no ship to attack

  4. Iraq really meant it breaks their backdoor deals with iran and the rest of the terrorist groups including the ones they know within their own borders and makes them look bad to the rest of the garbage?

  5. US setting itself up for another twin towers? and then express surprise when something actually happens. ๐Ÿ˜ข

  6. ๐Ÿ˜‚ seems like Iran opened a new can of worms.. they didn't think the United States would respond.. well… Surprise surprise surprise

  7. โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

  8. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

  9. Shocker back to fighting with Iraq. Shows u the 20 years was a waste there

  10. Once again, the US being way too nice! Good grief, & here I was thinking that all Muslims were one big happy peace loving religious family, but apparently, they can't stand each other!

  11. Iran and their Proxies are big and tuff and seem to have no problem doing sneak attacks on people and places. But as soon as they get their nose bloody. They are playing the victim card .

  12. Saleh ๐Ÿš€Happy New Year!

  13. If Iran would do that US calls it terrorism. This hypocrisy will destroy the world soon.

  14. Iran president need to quit

  15. Why people never keep their agreement

  16. Biden is weak, every country knows this. They will keep attacking because USA has no leader! We need Trump back in office!

  17. The world is sick and tired above the USA behaviour worldwide

  18. Iraqis have the right to defend themselves and their neighboring countries

  19. Fake news doing what they do best

  20. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

  21. Okay, so now that the US has performed an extra-judicial execution of a prominent Iranian, I think Americans serving the military and US government are now at severe risk of becoming a similar statistic. Letโ€™s not go down this road.