Hello there we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed at the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General qassam somani on friday the formal funeral for the top iranian commander as well as of a wadi alma hondas the Deputy Commander of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces is on the way on this will later be buried not in iraq manis body will be flown to iraq lets go live to some more fulton whos in baghdad similar so this is a chance for people to pay their respects. Thats correct and thats what theyve been doing since the Early Morning hours the processions began here in baghdad in the car the area where holy shrine of them is located and the procession is now under way and part of it has reached the area a part opposite of the fortified green zone where the u. S. Embassy is located now earlier today we saw actually just about an hour or half an hour ago we saw the crowds actually reaching up to one of the gates of the green
So that we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General custom sort of money on friday the formal funeral for the top iranian commander as well as. The Deputy Commander of the iran backed Popular Mobilisation forces is underway but will later be buried in najaf in iraq sort of on his body will be flown to iran lets go live to samoa fulton whos in baghdad for us and so many thousands out on the streets all seems pretty peaceful right now and theyve theyve actually crossed the river now is that right. These crowds are now marching through an area thats called the japanese which is opposite of the fortified green zone on the other side of the tigris river were seeing huge crowds consisting of people who are wearing civilian clothing were also seeing some people who are wearing military fatigues presumably members of the Popular Mobilization forces and you can see that some of the footage th
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