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Iraqi militia leader says their response to US not to be lesser than Iranian retaliation

08 January 2020 15:26 (UTC +04:00)

Iraqi militia commander Qais al-Khazali said on Wednesday that Baghdad would follow Iran's response to the killing of its top military commander Qassem Soleimani on 3 January by the US, APA reports citing Reuters.

Al-Khazali noted that the Iraqi response would not be "any less" than Tehran's retaliation, following the death of Iraqi Shia Kata’ib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was also killed in the US strike.

"The initial Iranian response to the killing of the commander Soleimani has happened. Now it is time for the initial response to the killing of the commander Muhandis. And because Iraqis are brave and zealous, their response will not be any less than that of Iran's. That is a promise", al-Khazali was quoted as saying.