It's Thursday,

Thursday.

It's a problem.

It's a great.

It's a project.

It's Thursday, January 4th.

Welcome to the P. D.B. Afternoon Bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

First, we'll examine two unfolding stories from the Middle East. A

major update on the twin blasts that claimed to the lives of dozens in Iran yesterday, as the Islamic State takes credit for that deadly attack

and a US drone strike in Baghdad that eliminated the leader of a terrorist

militia. Next turning our attention to the U.S. The Department of Justice

has launched a lawsuit against the state of Texas challenging its recent actions to curb

the influx of migrants at the southern border.

But first, our afternoon spotlight.

I want to kick things off this afternoon with an update on the deadly attack near the burial site of slain military commander

Kossam Sulemani.

He's the high-ranking official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, that was

killed in a U.S US drone strike back in 2020. The Islamic State, ISIS, has now

claimed responsibility for the bombings, according to a post on the extremist group's official

telegram account. In the telegram post, the group called the attack a quote dual martyrdom operation and gave details about how the attack was carried out.

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