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Arrest warrant issued for Trump over Iraqi paramilitary commander’s death

TIL Desk/World/Baghdad/ An Iraqi court has issued an arrest warrant for outgoing US President Donald Trump over the killing of deputy chief of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, commander of the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces, in January 2020. On January 3, 2020, a US drone strike struck a convoy near Baghdad International Airport that killed al-Muhandis, as well as Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.

“A judge in Baghdad’s al-Rusafa court in charge of investigating the killing of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of Iraq’s paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces, issued an arrest warrant (on Thursday) against the US President Donald Trump,” the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement.

The judge issued the warrant after hearing the complaints of al-Muhandis’ family members and the completion of the preliminary investigation procedures, the statement said. “Investigation procedures are continuing to find out the other participants in committing this crime, whether they are Iraqis or foreigners,” it added.

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