Pompeo Posts Footage of Iraqis Celebrating Death of Iran’s Top Military General

L: Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File) R: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington on June 10, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared footage showing Iraqis celebrating the death of Iran’s top military general, Qassim Soleimani (also known as Qassem Soleimani).

Soleimani, Iran’s top general and the architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East, was killed by a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport early Friday morning local time, Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials confirmed.