An Iran-backed militia leader accused of staging recent attacks on United States personnel was killed in a retaliatory strike by the US military in Baghdad on Thursday, according to the Pentagon. The Iraq government condemned the strike as an “unjustified attack on an Iraqi security entity” that was operating with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s authorisation.An Iran-backed militia leader accused of staging recent attacks on United States personnel was killed in a retaliatory strike by the US military in Baghdad on Thursday, according to the Pentagon. The Iraq government condemned the strike as an “unjustified attack on an Iraqi security entity” that was operating with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s authorisation.