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Photos: US airstrike in Baghdad kills Iran's top general
Mourners throng the car carrying the body of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani during a funeral procession for Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad on January 4.
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Photos: US airstrike in Baghdad kills Iran's top general
Mourners touch a casket draped in Iranian flags during Qasem Soleimani's funeral procession on January 4.
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Photos: US airstrike in Baghdad kills Iran's top general
This photo, released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office, shows a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following the US airstrike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, on January 3.
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Photos: US airstrike in Baghdad kills Iran's top general
People watch debris burn near the airport after the airstrike on January 3.
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Pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters set a fire while US soldiers shoot tear gas during a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, January 1.
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Photos: US airstrike in Baghdad kills Iran's top general
A protester inspects the burnt-out entrance of the US Embassy on January 1.