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Friday, January 3, 2020
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Friday, January 3, 2020
Iraq’s Sadr reactivates famous anti-US ‘Mahdi Army’ after strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIraq’s militia leader turned populist politician Moqtada Sadr reactivates his Mahdi Army following a US strike that killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders.
Taking to Twitter, Sadr orders “fighters, particularly those from the Mahdi Army, to be ready” following the strike, reactivating the notoriously anti-American force nearly a decade after he dissolved it.
— AFP
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