Dozens Flock to Memorial Park as Iraqi Officials Eye Removal of Mural Depicting Murdered PMF Chief

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who served as the deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), was killed in early January 2020 alongside Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in a drone assassination carried out by the US. The two officials had garnered widespread respect for their role in combatting Daesh* in both Iraq and Syria.