The killings of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and a top Iraqi paramilitary chief in a US strike on Baghdad Friday threaten to drag
Iraq into the abyss of regional conflict, analysts warned.
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The US strike on Baghdad international airport targeted a convoy carrying Soleimani and his top Baghdad-based adviser Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of Iraq's powerful Hashed al-Shaabi force.
The raid has confirmed the worst fears of many Iraqis: that their homeland will become the main battlefield in a looming conflict between
Iran and the United States.