Baghdad mourners gather for funeral of Iraqi militant killed in US drone strike
by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Baghdad from on (#6JGE6)
US claimed responsibility for Baghdad drone strike, saying it had killed Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for attack that killed three US soldiers
A large crowd gathered in eastern Baghdad on Thursday for the funeral of Abu Bakr al-Saadi, who was killed the night before in a drone strike in a residential street in Baghdad.
Al-Saadi was a senior military commander with the Kataib Hizbullah, a prominent faction of the Iraqi Islamic Resistance with close political, religious and military ties to Iran.
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