Iraqi PMU plan military parade as show of force

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units are organizing a military parade on the seventh anniversary of their establishment as a show of strength, but it may also reveal their divisions.
PMU in Hawija 2017
Soldiers of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) prepare to fight in an offensive to drive out Islamic State militants on Sept. 24, 2017, in Hawija, Iraq. The PMU is now planning a big military parade for June 25, 2021, in Diyala, that is to show off more modern military equipment. - Martyn Aim/Corbis via Getty Images
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The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) are gearing up for a huge military parade June 26 to mark the seventh anniversary of the state-affiliated military organization's founding.

The parade will be taking place following the arrest and release of PMU official Qassim Musleh.  

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