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Armed Militia Announces Responsibility for Death of US Citizen in Iraq

Zayed Hospital, where US citizen Stephen Troll died after the attack (AP)

An armed militia calling itself Ashab al-Kahf claimed responsibility for killing the US citizen, Stephen Troll, in Baghdad on Monday evening.

The group announced in a statement that Troll was killed in retaliation for the killing of the Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, and the commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

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