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Thousands of mourners return the scene of a bombing that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia commander to hold all-night vigil commemorating the US-ordered assassination, with some calling for revenge.
Updated: 3 Jan 2021, 18:52
IRAN’S military leader has vowed to turn US aircraft carriers in to “sinking submarines”.
The threat was made one year after a US drone strike killed Iran s revered commander Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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Commander-in-chief of Iran s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi threatened to attack the US NavyCredit: AP:Associated Press
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USS Nimitz and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea in formation during a Strait of Hormuz transit on September 18, 2020Credit: AFP
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Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020Credit: AFP
The US has been conducting B-52 bomber flyovers and sent a nuclear submarine into the Persian Gulf.
Battle diary: a Canadian soldier looks back on a year commanding NATO troops in Iraq
Almost a month ago, Canadian Maj.-Gen. Jennie Carignan bid farewell via video to the NATO troops she had commanded and, in an understated way, said her time in Iraq had come to end after an eventful year.
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Maj.-Gen. Jennie Carignan was front row centre for some of the most alarming international events of 2020
Posted: Dec 19, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 19, 2020
Maj.-Gen. Jennie Carignan, the former commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq, in a recent interview.(CBC News)