Why Iraqis worry about being dragged into a proxy war between the US and Iran and celebrate the death of the man who they blame for the killing of hundreds of protesters
Iraqi demonstrators clean a symbolic cemetery of those who were killed at anti-government protests at Tahrir Square, in Baghdad
Almost everyone who witnessed the unprecedented violence inflicted by the Iran-backed militias and Iraqi security forces upon the protesters is aware: Qasem Soleimani's death is a victory that most likely Iraqis will have to pay the price for. Tehran has vowed a rigorous revenge for the killing of Soleimani, who led many wars in the Middle East. TRT World
When the American invasion in 2003 devastated the country, its arch-enemy Iran saw an opportunity to fill the power vacuum. Tehran's influence grew day by day, as the US occupying forces failed to actualise theirin Iraq — one was to counter Iran and the other was to defeat Al Qaeda, which later emerged as Daesh.
For three months, intimidation with the killings, kidnappings and threats reached a peak, but now a different kind of apprehension began to haunt Iraqis — they feared their country was openly becoming a battleground for two foreign powers, the US and Iran, while they were stuck with an ineffective government that is unable to protect its citizens.
Consequently, the US launched its operation to kill the Quds force general Soleimani, along with the head of Kataib Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia group that converged on the US embassy with its supporters.
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