[GatewayPundit] UPDATE: PMU Operatives Deny Drones Took Out Militia Leader Shible al Zaydi in Missile Strike on FridayEarlier on Friday air strikes reportedly targeted high ranking Iran-backed Shi’ite militias near camp Taji north of Baghdad.
But the initial reports were not accurate.
Shiite militia leader Shibl al-Zaydi was not killed in the strike as was previously reported.
Iraq's PMF says air strike targeted medics, not senior leaders:... https://reut.rs/2sKgXH9
Tweets (y’all know I don’t know how to do those, but here is the key information):
Shibl Al Zaydi tweets to confirm he is alive:
10:54 p.m.
The #PMU have released a statement denying reports that senior PMU leaders (Shibl Al-Zaidi, Hamid Al-Jazaeri, Raed Al-Karawi) were killed in the #Taji strike. The statement added that the PMU will conduct an investigation into the attack.
7:09 p.m.
#NEW: An American official who spoke on the condition on anonymity denied the U.S. was behind a reported strike attack on two vehicles north of Baghdad, which killed five people earlier today. (Per @AP)
9:14 p.m.