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    'A defining moment in the Middle East': the killing of Qassem Suleimani

    An attack on the Iranian general had been unthinkable until recent activities put him in the US’s sightsWarning: this article contains a graphic image that may be disturbing to some readers
    by Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent Jan 03, 2020 5 minutes
    Iranians take to the streets in Tehran to mourn the death of Suleimani. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

    He had made the journey dozens of times, boarding a plane that did not include his name on the manifest and landing at an airport where his arrival was not registered. As Qassem Suleimani criss-crossed the region over the past 20 years, there was next to no trace of his movements. The flight he took from Damascus airport in the early hours of Friday would have seemed no different.

    When the 62-year-old Iranian general landed in Baghdad with his entourage, two cars were waiting on the tarmac along with a reception party. Greetings would have been warm but brief in the still winter air, before the men were whisked away in the two nondescript vehicles, a Toyota Avalon and a Hyundai Starex minibus. The group was briefly received in the VIP section of Baghdad airport in a nod to their status, before starting

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