The death toll in the US missile attack appears to be 8 now, but its also about who has been killed.

Reliable sources report the deaths of:

Qassem Soleimani

  • an Iranian Major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  • head of the IRGC

Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis

  • an Iraqi-Iranian military commander who heads the Popular Mobilisation Committee,

US missile attack

Earlier:

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The strength in oil looks set to continue. Its difficult to see the US softening its approach on Iraq after this attack.