(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. presence in Iraq must end as a result of the American killing of the deputy commander of the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Units, a senior Iraq militia leader was cited as saying by Lebanon's Al Mayadeen TV.
Qais al-Khazali, head of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Shiite militia, was speaking after the U.S. assassinated Abu Madhi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the Iraqi paramilitary organization, along with top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
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