Pompeo names Iraqi Badr militia leader Hadi al-Amiri as Iranian proxy
Hadi al-Amir, head of the Fatah Alliance, the second-largest political party in Iraq, and leader of the paramilitary Badr Organization, is one of Iraq’s most powerful men.
Protesters and militia fighters throw stones towards the U.S. Embassy during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020.(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
