PMU chief calls for expulsion of US Forces

The head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Unit, al-Hashd al-Shabi, reiterated the need to expel US troops from the country.

Iran Press/Middle East: Falih Alfayyadh on Wednesday referred to the terrorist act of the US government in assassinating the resistance commanders, Lt General Haj "Qassem Soleimani" the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps and "Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes the Second-in-Command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) said: All Iraqi people and groups, including PMU, are calling for the expulsion of American troops from Iraq.

Alfayyadh stressed that the Iraqi parliament's decision to expel US troops was fundamentally linked to the assassination of resistance martyrs and that the Iraqi government was following the parliament's decision and had begun talks with Washington to implement it.

Following the cowardly assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC's Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, deputy Mohandes the Second-in-Command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), by the terrorist government near Baghdad airport, members of the Iraqi parliament on Sunday, January 5 They approved the territory of Iraq.

Lt. Gen. Soleimani, "Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes" and eight of their companions were killed on Friday morning, January 3, 2020, in an airstrike by US aggressors and terrorists near the airport in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Lt. Gen. Soleimani had traveled to Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government.

According to the Pentagon, the airstrikes were ordered by US President Donald Trump.

Many countries, organizations, and groups have condemned this terrorist act of the United States.

Lt. Gen. Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes were prominent figures in the fight against Takfiri and terrorist groups, including ISIS, in the West Asian region.

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