Kataeb Hezbollah commander who urged violence against Jews worldwide detained and extradited to the United States (www.theguardian.com)
from Wudi@feddit.uk to world@lemmy.world on 17 May 20:35
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Wudi@feddit.uk on 17 May 20:37 collapse

Holy shit…This is HUGE.

The Guardian doesn’t mention it because these victims rarely get any attention, but Mohammad Baqr is directly responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Syrians. His men saved Bachar El Assad from the opposition. He was the most powerful militia commander in the region.

He is the dude next to Iranian General Qassem Soleimani :

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Baqer recently resurfaced in Moscow.

Ukrainian intelligence accused him of organizing the recruitment of Iraqi young men to fight for Russia

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