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Iraqi judge issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump over Soleimani killing

The charge of premeditated murder carries a death sentence under Iraqi law but is not likely to be enforced.

Iraqi demonstrators lift anti-US placards during a rally marking the first anniversary of the killing of Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (L) and Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, in Tahrir square in the capital Baghdad on January 3, 2021. - Thousands of Iraqi mourners chanted "revenge" and "no to America", one year after the US strike which killed Soleimani and al-Muhandis and brought Washington and Tehran to the brink of war in early 2020, an anniversary that was also marked in
Iraqi demonstrators lift anti-US placards during a rally marking the first anniversary of the killing of Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (L) and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2021. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

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