Who Was The Iraqi Commander Also Killed In The Baghdad Drone Strike?
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis founded Kataib Hezbollah, an anti-U.S. insurgency movement responsible for numerous American casualties over the years.
Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killed in a drone strike early Friday, is getting the vast majority of the media attention. But several others were also killed in the attack, including militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. For years, Muhandis has been one of the most important military figures in Iraq, as the deputy commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces.
Born in Iraq as Jamal Jaafar al-Ibrahimi, Muhandis fled to Iran after by a Kuwaiti court.
