James Stout

Yeah.

Accidents like this will happen, right?

Not everybody who dies in warfare dies in combat.

And sadly, this means that another six people are coming home from Iraq in coffins, as they have been since before many of our listeners were born.

And of course, a lot of people in Iraq who have no quarrel with anyone will also be innocent victims of this.

I don't mean by any means to suggest it's only U.S.

service people who are the victims here.

I want to talk about the conflict between the United States and Hashd al-Shaabi.

The U.S.

has carried out a series of airstrikes against PMF groups.

So these are popular mobilization forces, right?

Shia groups in Iran fought the Islamic State.

A strike on a house in Baghdad killed the leader of Khatib Hezbollah in Iraq.

The strike was confirmed on Sabreen News.

Sabreen News is like their telegram outlet.

It's like an aligned telegram news outlet.

For the group?

Yeah, for the PMF.

Okay.

And they made the statement, quote, we announced to you the martyrdom of Hajj Abu Ali al-Asqari.