2018 he said that israel doesn't have more than 25 years and then uh recent statements from imam khamenei, the supreme leader of the islamic republic of iran, he said that it seems like designist regime wants to leave lot more faster and quicker than uh the the 25 years, it seems like their their foolishness and arregance is pushing them uh and and the the uncalculated moves are pushing them towards leaving the region and and and and uh and losing this bottle. um at a closer closer stage, let's hope that we can see and witness the liberation, i think october 7th was a little sign and a little model of liberation, because we seen that the the israelis were running and they were scattered and they were scared and they were putting up their hands and and and and and and surrendering, and you seen that the israeli army and the bases were being demolished and the israeli tanks were being jumped top by the victorious. palestinians

and by the uh proud palestinians and by the indigenous people of that land that have been oppressed for 75 years, so i think that was really symbolic and important, i think for the future of what's going to happen in that region, i think a lot of israelies are waking up and knowing that their time is coming and that they should evacuate, and that's why you're seeing lots of them leaving occupied palestine and going to uh western countries and different places that lot of them have usually dual citizens okay. so all right, let's uh bring in richard black now, he uh joins us retired us army uh colonel who joins us from ashmond virginia. richard black, welcome, thank you. taking a look at what has happened today, um, let's start with the fact uh that you have these uh separate targeted assassinations that took place in the past couple days in um bayrut last night in terms of the seniormas leader there aaruri and you have also what has happened uh in syria with the target assassination of irani military

advisor of high ranking one and uh then you have this terrorist incident that has happened uh uh today of which iran uh based on the tweet that i'm looking at the iranian interior minister who will be speaking shortly has said that uh there's nothing to worry about as our forces are prepared and vigilant and will slap the enemies in their faces all of this sounds like the region is going to get inflamed when you're looking when you're looking at these uh um terrorist actions and then reactions for example to come from this islamic republic, which by the way, they have still stated that they will get the revenge for the assassinated, assassination of hajqasim sulaymani, which was executed by the former us president of donald trump, who do you see is being behind this and what do you for see happening here? what is going on is that benjamin netanyahu is under enormous pressure, he's extremely unpopular within israel, only 15. percent of

the population say that uh he should be retained after the war ends uh he is desperate to draw the united states into uh direct combat against uh the nations of the middle east uh one of one of his long time ambitions has been to uh to draw the united states into a direct uh war with uh with iran, and uh, you, of course, you can only speculate at this point, but you have to look who are the who are those who benefit the most, quibono, and uh, netanyahu is clearly the one who who is most uh, most benefited by uh, this horrible terrorist attack uh within

within iran a a time when people should be able to to uh to pay homage to to their dead and here the reports are coming out anywhere from 73 to to 103 people killed 103 have been killed confirmed 103 confirmed yes yes okay so i noticed those are the most recent and we're talking about about two explosions at least and they were they were done in such such manner as to kill the initial worshipers there and and then when people came to assist them to kill those people also so it's very sophisticated program we know that uh that uh

what you said there? can you repeat that? i was just saying that uh that the uh uh the the first you had two bombs, the first one killed. a great number of people and then the second bomb was timed in order to uh to kill the people who came to rescue uh the those who were who were killed or dying and what is that hallmark of is that hallmark of a particular country in terms of how they execute for example their their terrorist acts mean ituh i'm curious to why you reach that conclusion well it's not it's not something that's unique to one particular country, but i know that the israeli forces have used this before, i know, i know there are other groups, al-qaeda has done it, isis has done it, but in any event, this was what

was done at that time, the the united states right now, because of internal political unrest, the border has collapsed. the southern border has essentially collapsed in the united states, there's a tremendous backlash against president joe biden because of that and number of other things, people are fed up with all the wars that we're being sent off to, and is facing reelection is under great pressure and he, i believe, would like to to lower tensions, not want to be drawn into a direct war in the middle east, we just withdrew the uh the aircraft carrier task force that was formed around the uss ford, that returned to the united states, i believe it's already its its way, it could

have stayed longer had we wanted it to, but i think the president authorized it to come back, and i think part of the reason that he did this... was that we wanted to draw back from the engagement there. now netanyahu has he's really got two objectives, he wants us to be the force that takes on hezballah in in lebanon. hez is very powerful military force, this is not a small force, it's very very well equipped, very well organized, and arguably at defeated israel back in the in the war that they had in 2006-2007, so netanyahu is not anxious to see the israeli army take on hezballah, he would like to see the united states drawn into that. it's

fairly clear to me that we have deliberately avoided uh being involved in in a direct action against hezballah. and i think the same thing, the sort of the the big, the big uh achievement for for netanyahu would be if he could draw the united states into direct war with iran and and create a regional war that would slaughter millions and millions of people and would would take the domestic pressure off of netanyahu. as you know, he was faced with the criminal prosecution in the israeli courts and uh, so the longer that he can keep the war on the front pages, the longer he can remain in power, the longer he can stay out of jail. uh, as you see that,

isn't there however, a certain flaw in that logic by israel, where if you have all the actors were against israel, lash out and to get even for what has happened, this is what netanyahu is counting on is that iran will do something just out of the tremendous domestic pressure over this terrorist attack and they will lash out and

then president will be forced to to... respond and and draw the united states into this, there is an element within the the deep state, the foreign policy establishment of the united states. that has long wanted direct war between the united states and iran. now recently their power has been diminishing uh the american people are just sick of wars generally and uh the the war in in ukraine is lost and we were just starting to come to grips with the fact that ukraine will uh will lose the war to russia. the people are just fed up, we we go to war all over the place, we're losing wars everywhere,

but keep in mind that very wealthy jewish factions uh pay for about half of all of the funds that are needed to finance the the uh president biden's race for president, it's there's a tremendous amount even. the population, the jewish population in the united states is about two and a half percent, 50% of all of the funds for the presidential election, reelection of joe biden come from israel, and so he does not have the option of failing to come to the rescue of israel, it's just it's just not on the table, he's trying. to avoid it, but if if there were some really major response to

this this terrorist attack today, then the hope of netanyahu and the hope of the the israeli general staff is that the united states will be directly drawn into war, that that is the goal, that is the purpose of these. attacks, i, it's not inconceivable that the attacks could have been done by someone other than musad, but i think it's unlikely, and if this was remote control, many said that would be musad, do you agree? i'm sorry, i didn't quite get that, if the bombs were remote controlled, some deduct that that would be massad operation, terrorist operation, i mean, for example, it could have been the central intelligence agency, but i doubt that it is because of the

because of biden's desire to stay out of this. um, there are other, there are other agencies that can certainly do this, but but it does have the hallmarks of the sophistication of mussad. it it is the type of thing that where they, they have a presence in iran and uh i i think i think that uh all of the motivations and so forth suggest that uh it was likely musad operation. okay, thank you very much for that. richard black, retired us army colonel there from ashman va. also like to thank feral najim from toronto, human rights activist who uh spoke uh before richard black. with that we come to an end of our rolling coverage. do stay with us, we're just heading for. quick uh break here on press tv, we'll be back with much more news uh, especially regarding the terrorist incident

that has happened in the islamic republic in cameron province, unfortunately as that is. for now, it's goodbye. crisis devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby, crackdown, diplomacy. resistance is alive, make sure to join the show through facebook, twitter, only on press tv. he was fighting the western higem and western

aggression in middle east and many islamic countries and that is the reason the americans and who are against general qasim sulaymani because he was resisting their expansion, hero, a person who fought for his nation, a person who... for the islam and a person who put against all those powers like israel, like usa, who is against islam and who are doing? whatever they can do to minimize islam and to link islam toward terror. qasim sulaymani's killing was multiimensional that so many countries and so many oppressords were getting benefit from this incident and they still are. i don't see that his his his role has been replaced.

general qasim sulaymani he always had a great import importance on west asia and palestine region in syria and lebanon and other others surrounding areas and it was because of him that the world was able to defeat daesh. he provided strategic, moral, political support to the people of palestine. i think on his anniversary which is being observed, general late general qasim sulaymani was a symbol of... peace was symbol of resistance, he was symbol to crush the terrorism,

shaheed general qassim sulayman. the personality of the late martter general qasim sulaymani needs no introduction. he destroyed the tyranical israeli-american plots against humanity, which came in the form of daesh. he destroyed all those plots and saved the entire human race from those barbarians. it is the death anniversary of the major general qasim sulaimani who was martered by a us drone attack and was very powerful military leader. the iran and who was a supporter of resistance in the west asia and was a strong supporter of the palestinian cause, it has been his death which has today we are seeing that gaza strip is being bombarded by the forces and the people are being killed innocent people are being killed and it is

the death if he would have been alive there would have been a difference of the retaliation and the support given by him all along his life to the palestinian cause. we condemned the assassination of major general qassim sulaymani because it is a big loss to the muslim world and loss to the resistance given by the muslims to the powers who are working against the muslim community. is waqt insaniat ke dushman agar. we all know today the worst enemies of humanity are america and israel. if you want to understand what the great martyr sulaimani did, he stood up for the destruction. of america and israel, we send our salutations to the martyr, because of this martyr sacrificed himself in the path of allah for the betterment of the entire human race. the united states of america, along with other western countries created a new world order in caivance with israel. america wanted to strengthen israel's

identity in arab and other middle eastern countries. qasim sulaymani was the only person, the only leader who destroyed. upon him was institution who is growing on people today, he was not just a person but institution who fought for the oppressed of the world and made immense sacrifices all his life. we pay respect to our marter lieutenant general qasim sulaymani, here we express our commitment to him vowing to liberate al-aqsa and all of palestine. iranian commander,

lieutenant general. taught us the true meaning of sacrifice, he was a real teacher of resistance against oppression, we are determined to continue the same path. three years ago, we mourned the martydom of lieutenant general qasim sulaymani, who had a great impact on palestinian resistance. without his hard work and efforts, the resistance would have been unable to respond to the zionist enemy and teach them painful lessons. was in line with the policy of the islamic republic which attaches importance to the palestinian cause. in the fourth anniversary of martidom of iranian commander qasim sulaymani, we

remember that he supported the resistance not only in palestine but also in syria, iraq and yemen. he's a symbol of resistance against oppression. may allah have mercy on all our marters, including iranian commander qasem sulaimani, who was assassinated on january 3rd, 2020. in the fourth martydom anniversary of our leaders, general sulaymani and haj abumahdi, we assert our full commitment to the promises that our leaders took upon themselves to see

the american military existence on iraq soil and preserve the country sovereignty and unity. in the fourth anniversary rockan nations across the region commemorate our leaders, general qasim sulaymani and strike, affarious crime against two great leaders who fought terrorism in iraq and across the region. our leaders had a great role in building and empowering islamic resistance movements across the region, specifically in iraq and palestine, and what we have seen in palestine's stofan revolution was a clear witness on what our leaders have started which led to an absolute humiliation of the israel regime. will stand in baghdad airport on the fourth anniversary will be assertion to our demand for revenge and remind the world of this horrible crime against great

leaders who fought for the sake of freedom in the islamic nation. we also send message to our brothers in gaza that we are on the path of our leaders to support you against oppression brave leaders who had a great role in supporting resistance movements in the arab. palestine who are currently engaged in battle and are using the same weapons provided for them. if it wasn't for him, iraq would not be iraq, and syria would not be syria. may allah

bless our commander qasim sulaymani. the islamic world has indeed lost a great commander. after the 2006 war in lebanon ended, israel began to target hisbullah because they felt a threat and were concerned about his lost power. after this war, the u.s. and israel began at muslim leaders, one of whom was. they did this to weaken us, but allah will surprise everyone. islam will emerge victorious. we consider qasim sulaymani as one of our islamic leaders and take pride in this, whether in yemen, syria, bahraain or any other place in the world, you cannot find a case of operation without finding marter. qasim sulaimani is standing against it. the us army should wait and see. the army of qassim. sulaimani will leave you soiling your diapers, just as qasim sulaimani left you soiling yourself when you were inside your tanks. qasim sulaimani was a

prominent and great resistance fighter, he represented the resistance movements in yemen, syria and lebanon against the zionis and the enemies of islam. were assassinated by the us in iraq. we tell general qasam today, those whom you trained and gave experience, are today ready to face this zionist enemy, and they have defeated it in the battlefield, and now they are fighting the battle on behalf of the entire muslim nation, and the resistance. side and ideas

which martur qasim sulaymani worked on even practically on the battlefield. he was not an ordinary commanders since his actions spoke louder than words. what we are seeing in gaza, the west bank, lebanon, syria, iraq and yemen, are the fruit of all the efforts of leader qasim sulaymani. we tell him that the resistance will remain on the same path. we bow down to all the morters on the... their lives in this struggle against oppression and injustice which is represented by the us and its partner israel, whose project while it's all international laws and charters and even religious legislations. they also work day and night to desiregrate sanctities and kill women, children and elderly in gaza and their region. we stress that the past of the

resistance is the righteous path. "the usa uh knew about the importance of haj kasim sulaimani and he is very important role in building resistance movement across the region, so they targeted him, but what did haj kasim sulaimani, we saw it now in gaza in this uhfan alaqsa operation and the state." of resistance in palestine against the israeli army, the mar of qasim sulaymani in 2022 was not the end of his life, but rather an extension of his dedication to palestine and all the oppressed people in the world. his marted room has a strong impact on the regional area in general and on the axis of resistance in particular. qasim sulaymani and those who were martered alongside them

achieved the... the personality of the late martter general qasim sulaymani needs no introduction, he destroyed the tyranical israeli american plots against humanity, which came in the form of daesh. he destroyed all those plots and saved the entire human race from those barbarians. it is the death anniversary of the major general. kasim sulaimani who was martered by a us drone attack and was very powerful military leader the iran and who was a supporter of resistance in the west asia and was a strong supporter of the palestinian cause. it has been his death which has today we are seeing that gaza strip is being bombarded by the forces and the people.