MONTHS AFTER SOLEIMANI’S ASSASSINATION, ANOTHER STRIKE ON MILITIAS IN IRAQ
Apr 24, 2020
2 minutes
MATTHEW PETTI
THE ADMINISTRATION OF President Donald Trump promised to “restore deterrence” against Iran when it assassinated Iranian spymaster Gen. Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad International Airport on January 3. But months later, the Iraqi militias formerly armed, trained, and advised by Soleimani seem undeterred, and American troops in Iraq find themselves in an escalating cycle of conflict with no end in sight.
In March, militia forces
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