"America is going to die"! Iraqis rallied to commemorate the second anniversary of Suleimani's assassination

According to Agence France-Presse, thousands of people in Iraq gathered on Saturday (1st) to commemorate the second anniversary of the killing of Iranian commander Sulaimani in a US drone attack.

Sulaimani (pictured right) and Muhandis were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad

Supporters of the Iraqi militant group Hashed al-Shaabi, chanting slogans, gathered in a square in Baghdad to commemorate Qassem Soleimani, commander of iran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, who was assassinated by a U.S. drone on January 3, 2020.

A slogan put up by the rally read, "Terrorism in the United States must end." The hashid is a former paramilitary organization that has now been integrated into Iraq's national security apparatus.

The report pointed out that at that time, former US President Trump personally ordered the attack, assassinating Sulaimani and Muhandis, deputy leader of the Iraqi Hasheid armed group, near the Baghdad airport.

Trump has said the assassination was a response to attacks on U.S. interests in Iraq.

The assassination of Sulaimani, the architect of Iran's Military Strategy in the Middle East, has shaken the region and raised fears of a direct military confrontation between decades-old enemies between the United States and Iran.

Iran, which has considerable influence in Iraq, has warned that it will avenge Soleimani. Five days after his assassination, Iran fired missiles at a U.S. air base stationed inside Iraq and another near Albil in the north.

Last February, the United States launched airstrikes on Allah the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Kataeb Hezbollah on the border between Iraq and Syria.

The hashed group has repeatedly demanded the withdrawal of U.S. troops deployed in Iraq, a request reiterated by a senior official of the group, Faleh al-Fayyad, on Saturday (1), saying that the killing of Sulaimani and Muhandis was a "crime against Iraq's sovereignty."

In December last year, Iraq announced that the "combat mission" of the US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State in the country would end. But some 2,500 U.S. soldiers and 1,000 coalition troops will continue to be deployed in Iraq to provide training, advice and assistance to the military. (Editor: SDY)