Iraq faction hangs Trump effigies before memorial to slain commander

A hardline Iraqi faction hanged effigies of US President Donald Trump in Baghdad Monday, ahead of a memorial for their commander killed in a US strike. On Tuesday, the Iraqi capital will commemorate 40 days since Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of Iraq’s powerful Hashed al-Shaabi military network, was killed alongside top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad.

An official memorial service will be held in the morning in Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone, followed by a public commemoration.

In preparation, Kataeb Hezbollah — a hardline Hashed faction that Muhandis founded — erected mock gallows at the entrances to the massive eastern district of Sadr City. Hanged in nooses were cut-outs of Trump with his tongue protruding and soldiers in US uniforms. -- click for photo --> https://tinyurl.com/wrpttck

Enormous portraits of Muhandis and Soleimani were also erected elsewhere in the city. “Our people hung the gallows in preparation for the 40-day memorial service,” said an official from Kataeb Hezbollah, who declined to give his name.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/iraq-faction-hangs-trump-effigies-before-memorial-to-slain-commander/