Iraqis mark 4th anniversary of death of senior commanders in U.S. air strike

STORY: Iraqis mark 4th anniversary of death of senior commanders in U.S. air strike SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fourth anniversary of the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Persian): ANWAR AL-MUSAWI, Researcher at the al-Rafid Center for Media and Strategic Studies 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Persian): MOHAMMED AL-JAZAERI, Iraqi resident STORYLINE: Iraqis marked on Wednesday the fourth anniversary of the death of two senior commanders in a U.S. air strike. On Jan. 3, 2020, a U.S. drone bombarded a convoy near Baghdad International Airport, killing the Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani and Deputy Chief of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. SOUNDBITE 1 (Persian): ANWAR AL-MUSAWI, Researcher at the al-Rafid Center for Media and Strategic Studies "Today we are witnessing the anniversary of the painful and sinful assassination of the heroic mar