More on the rocket attack at Baghdad airport - looks like a major escalation confirmed

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:

• Baghdad International Airport rocket attack earlier - 4 killed.

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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.