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Funerals held for people killed in US airstrikes in Iraq

Mourners pray near coffins of Iraqi Federal police officers who were killed by US airstrike, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq March 14, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)

Iraqis held a funeral procession in Najaf on Saturday, March 14, for some of those killed in US airstrikes on Friday.

Iraq's Joint Operations Command said in a statement that three soldiers, two policemen and one civilian were killed, according to an initial toll, and that four soldiers, two policemen, a civilian, and five militiamen were injured.

Washington launched the strikes in retaliation for a rocket attack on Wednesday on a base north of Baghdad that killed two US troops and a British soldier.

(Source: Reuters) 


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