breaking news on r.t. international 6 people are reportedly killed in a u.s. airstrike in northern baghdad targeting a convoy carrying iranian backed militia group for the militia claims the convoy was medical in nature. we. just stop a war. we did not take action just start a war. this comes after the u.s. killed a high profile iranian general on friday a move president strongly defends as necessary to protect american personnel abroad protests have erupted across the region as iran val's retaliate calling it an act of terrorism. police in the french capital shoot and kill

a knife wielding man after he stabs one person to death and wounds 2 others. and the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism as. fear it will lead to further escalation in the region. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t international want to thomas certainly glad to have you with us we start with breaking news from baghdad where a convoy belonging to iran backed militia has come under fire come under attack reports suggest 6 people have been killed and 3 others injured the popular mobilization forces have denied previous reports that claim the convoy carried its groups senior leaders saying it was medical in nature this comes just 24 hours after an american strike killed. a top iranian general in the city. so many of the

popular mobilization forces is a state umbrella organization composed of around 40 mostly shia muslim militias it is known for playing a major role in the campaign to liberate the country from eisel several commanders of the pm f. were killed with iran's general somani in the attack yesterday. and more on this we can cross live now to a middle east analyst. this is the 2nd day you and i have had similar conversation as we're talking in the sound check so another day another strike in baghdad if it is the u.s. why another one so soon. well 1st of all goody good morning to you. i think the united states seems to be bent on a policy of. kind of blitzkrieg trying to target as many militia leaders as possible of the shiite militia leaders particularly those close to iran

because there are various shiite militias in it in mind that not just those who support that support iran. perhaps my guess is that it's trying to trigger a reaction from iran it wants iran to react in taking a false move because iran the there is a great symmetry between the capabilities that military capabilities of iran and the united states where iran can strike requires some planning and some might give reality in. chess playing whereas the u.s. has huge bullets a huge fire power so that's what they're going to use and i think they're going to continue these strikes. my i was i was thinking about it today i think the ultimate strategy is to provoke a war which as seen by the protests in iran over the past few weeks will be

unpopular and in such as to increase the pressure on the government from the iranian population itself already tired of sanctions from after decades of sanctions and economic stagnation perhaps that might be the strategy to to trigger an implosion in tehran this was the strategy 1980 when iraq attacked iran as well that was encouraged to do so the idea was to stop the revolution to help push back the i told us with the war but unfortunately the war only united the ayatollah as and unite. iranians behind their government at that time now there are differences that the iranians are tired now much more stressed than they were in 70 in 80 from the material point of view so that is the only logic i can think of what they want to achieve they're

targeting all the militias that and played a major role in getting rid of isis. right now so these are not necessarily the enemies of the united states in some ways the united states and these militias at one point were fighting the same enemy they were probably even given orders to stay away of each other's lines to you know kind of quiet cooperation but. let's not let's talk about that just a little bit the targets again have been leaders of iran backed shiite militias they're stationed in iraq what kind of retaliatory attack and could they carry out i mean they are battle hardened they have been fighting off isis and they do know their way around the area i mean this could get really messy. it certainly can and i mean that is the i was trying to understand the u.s.

strategy now they. the iraqi militias have certainly an advantage from certain points of view because even a powerful army cannot beat as we've seen in afghanistan and in iraq itself you can't win a war militia war and certainly hezbollah in lebanon defended itself. in 2006 when it when the israelis attacked the country so they do have an advantage and we've seen already that. iraqis. managed to penetrate the green zone and occupy parts of the american embassy which is a fortress in baghdad and certainly that is to be expected but the americans probably prepared for this they prepared for this before the launch strikes also know bruno last night when i said that i hope you'll come back and talk to us i didn't know that it was going to be so soon and on such

a similar topic we hope you come back again middle east analyst i'll sort of bring on honest to international thank you. all right now as we mentioned earlier the u.s. conducted an airstrike on friday that killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders a top iranian commander cost him money died in that attack they are believed to have been leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place president trump has defended the assassination saying it was necessary to stop a war in the middle east iran has blasted that notion promising a strong response. solomin has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago we took action last like just stop a war. we did not take action just start a war the world is

a safer place without these monsters that. this was an obvious terrorist move a move that entirely shouted cowardice in every respect we will not fall for the propaganda and blackmailed by the americans in whatever manner and when ever we deem appropriate we will give the proper response. the money has led the powerful quds force an elite branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavily involved in the conflicts in iraq and syria and was instrumental in the territorial defeat of eisel artie's killam up and has more on the drone strike and the kind of reaction it has triggered. we've got the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o making his rounds on american media and trying to make the case that somehow this effort by the united states in this recent killing is an effort to deescalate the situation with iran if the u.s.

remains committed to deescalation that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from crossing in the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation qassam solomonic is often described as the 2nd most powerful person in the islamic republic of iran furthermore he was very very key in the defeat of the i still terrorists throughout the region however as we hear from the u.s. department of defense this was a defensive measure at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad to by killing costumes still in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the united states will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world now it certainly has been a dramatic week for the united states in the middle east and the pentagon seems to

believe that qassam solid money was himself responsible for what has taken place in the last few days let's review. process of education so that they may be planning additional attacks that that happens and by the way we get word of attacks some type of indication will take preemptive action as well to protect american forces. to protect american lives. 'd now iran's national security council held its meeting and said that at the emergency meeting that was convened they made quote the

necessary decisions and that there is going to be some retaliation at the right time in place for what they say was the u.s. is biggest strategic mistake in the west asia region now the iranian side is basically completely unified in saying there will be a retaliatory move from the islamic republic for this killing now how the islamic republic will respond is not yet clear now it is important to note that the u.s. state department and u.s. media seem to be echoing very loudly that qassam solomonic is somehow responsible for the death of thousands of americans and that he is somehow a very bad guy they echo these allegations though there have been strong criticisms of of donald trump from the democratic side the risk of a much longer military engagement in the middle east is acute. and immediately this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the

kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into now as he is known for donald trump has not been shy on social media defending his decision to take out qassam solomonic however it's important to note that in his responses donald trump has actually said that solo money should have been killed many years ago now what is interesting many critics are now wondering if the timing of the killing of a solemn mani is in fact suspicious people wonder if trump did this for political reasons as an attempt to frame himself in a good light as kind of a war hero for the upcoming 2020 reelection campaign earlier my colleague you know neil was joined by former u.s. congressman ron paul he explained how the u.s. airstrike reflects problems in american politics. both parties indorse you know interventionism when trouble at times he'll say the right thing i'm coming over i'm

serious i'm bringing troops home who yelled and screamed the most not about the constitution but it was polo she and her gang were saying oh no he shouldn't do that he should do that. at that time you know removing troops is what we want as a libertarian but. nobody should be paying switching parties or at least at this time of year because it's all politicized you have to separate the 2 groups of people who think the united states has an eye has an empire to fan and that they are morally justified to do it versus those of us who believe that we should be noninterventionist and follow the constitution and follow international law and the extra 3 fellows into u.s. troops are actually being deployed to the region growing tension was not on the table from the start do you think what what this washington's strategy for the reason for the region as it's. well i think it's been very clear this is one thing

that deserves credit for he's been consistent in his campaign and everything is going on he always wants to escalate you know the antagonism toward iran other places it's up and down and back and forth and i sort of i'm always hopeful that he really doesn't want to another war and i think pompei when he gets up there and says all these really challenging aggressive things then he says we don't want war oh our war why are we doing those things the people who are pushing it in an aggressive manner in our country they probably don't really want war but they want peace on their terms in iran where so many was a widely revered the assassination has triggered an outpouring of grief and anger 3 days of mourning have been announced and thousands of iranians have turned out in cities across the country to honor the general. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei we discussed events with russia's foreign minister on the phone in that conversation sergey lavrov accused his counterpart of

violating international law and urged washington to abandon the use of force to achieve political goals with more reaction from across the globe here's artie's polis lier. the world has been responding with the number one concern being the issue that this will escalate tensions here in the middle east now we have heard from a band that it was over telly 8 iran's national security council calling this america's biggest security mistake its biggest strategic mistake which isn't being echoed by its has said that the american actions will be stabilized in this serious is that the americans are feeling the tensions we've heard from governor. has the lead the iran bet to group based in lebanon has done a struggle and he has urged the world's resistance to get together and exact revenge at the same time one mosque which also sees becton from gaza has expressed its condolences not the rock where the killing actually took place condemned what are called and aggression that it said would lead to

a devastating war the assassination of an iraqi military commander is an aggression on iraq as a state government and people it's a flagrant violation of iraq's sovereignty and dangerous escalation that triggers a destructive war in iraq the region and the world it violates the conditions authorizing the presence of u.s. troops on iraqi soil syria condemns this act of assassination. colored colored actresses don't forget that they were killed in the c.b.d. an airport coming on board of a civilian aircraft. in a friendly country. now this way the prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier cut short a trip to greece to return home an emergency meeting was held here in tel aviv between the military and intelligence chiefs to assess the situation all israeli institutions around the world have gone on high alert while on the northern and

southern borders here in israel the army too has become more vigilant this is what netanyahu in praising the attack had to say the president deserves the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively israel stands with the united states in its just struggle to spruce security. the american action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which iran is responsible we also see with great concern to around 60 of it is in the region was done before dangerous escalation now the european response has been somewhat moderate although there has been concern expressed that this will lead to a deescalation it doesn't seem of this anyone is brave enough to come out and strongly and openly criticize the american president donald trump nato says it is monitoring the situation particularly keeping an eye on its training forces in iraq also monitoring the situation is the egyptian government and they have called for

a normalization to prevent a new escalation at the same time we're hearing from the united kingdom it says while it recognizes the phrase that sort of money pose it is urging for a deescalation earlier there was a phone conversation between the russian president vladimir putin and his french counterpart emmanuel mccrone and both leaders agreed that the american strike would lead to a deterioration and we're hearing from france urging iran not to take steps that would lead to their deterioration we've also heard from the u.n. secretary general he has urged maximum restraint saying that the last thing the world can afford is another war in the gulf. a political analyst we heard from believes that the iran hawks in washington fail to grasp the ramifications of their actions. iraq was not warned congress was not consulted. this was true in his new york people more than likely mr cushman mr netanyahu who run mr trump essentially you know alongside compay are now the sort of officially you know no

longer formally as part of the administration mr bolton because if you examine what's going on online you see these people posting messages of joy now even if they don't like them so they money what they seem to not understand the ramifications of what they have done this move has united the iranian people it has really united the iraqi people the syrians the yemeni lebanon on the palestinian movement it's united everyone against america i must sound of death to america is getting louder and louder and louder and there's nothing america can do about it this is by its own hired by its own activity. well it is not just iraq this hour the conflict is heating up in libya as turkey sends in troops and libyan forces now claiming they have shot down a turkish aircraft more details on that situation coming up this is art internet.

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the day or thinks. we dare to ask. about his his r t international now french police say one person has been killed and 2 others wounded in a knife attack in a suburb several kilometers south of paris officers shot and killed at the assailant who reportedly attacked passers by at random to his friends correspondent showed pinsky reports. shock and horror in paris is yet another knife attack has taken place in the city this one to the south of paris in an area called view juhi if we understand that one person has been killed as a result of that attack and 2 others have been injured they're currently receiving

treatment full those injuries no details on exactly how badly wounded they all now i witness is say that the man who carried out this attack was wearing a traditional arabic and screamed out the woods. as he tried to stop those individuals some details coming through about the individual who is dead as a result of that attack the french media saying that he was a local man in his fifty's he was actually a man of the area and they named him as being family. people saying that he actually died while trying to protect his wife that attack and now we know that following that attack as the the man fled the seems chased down by the police shot up 3 times and has been neutralized i.e. he is dead now i know all the camera and surveillance photos from here we suggest that this was an attack the police are investigating to see if he had any accomplices and to make sure that the area is clear nothing else will happen

tonight now the minister for the secretary of state for the interior ministry nor knew his visit into the scene not long after that neutralize ation over the attack and this is what he had to say. i would like to commend the swift reaction of the police who intervened quickly to neutralize the. murderous rampage it was a very brave act mark as news of that attack spread supermarkets batten down the hatches closing down they do to ensure that they customers remain safe inside some of those customers waiting for several hours to be given the all clear. the police movement that many will see is being a good step to try and protect customers. noise from pages in the past have expanded to going to other areas. several countries have condemned the turkish parliament decision to send troops to libya israel greece and cyprus have voiced of

their concern over a possible escalation of the conflict in the region they have called gross plans reckless. the turkey's decision to deploy troops in libya presents a dangerous threat to regional stability the repercussions of such reckless move will be dire for the stability and peace of the entire region. in a phone call with the turkish leader the us president raised concerns that foreign interference could further complicate the situation in libya though the 2 did agree to maintain their diplomatic a cooperation let's take a look at the region in general multiple forces have been vying for power in libya since the ousting of longtime it leader moammar gadhafi in 2011 a un backed government of national accord it controls the capital tripoli along with some coastal areas in the west of the country it's why will represented by the self-styled libyan national army under general hold large swathes in eastern and

central libya 3rd region is controlled by local tribes and militias you can see that marked in green now the u.s. backed government formally requested military aid from turkey last month in the face of an onslaught by hostiles forces meanwhile libya's neighbors have voiced major reservations over troop deployment plans with egypt calling on the international community to respond we have been hearing analysis from turkey and beyond. and it's possible repercussions. we see a very soft announcement by the arab league we can see that they're unified only by name we're seeing turkey become more and more now the major player in not only libya in north africa and the east and the middle east turkey is showing that it's not going to shy away and president is willing to use his military muscle to get the results he wants at the diplomatic table as well turkey made a very important. move. greeks.

egyptians. of course are very disappointed. turkey's strategic. move will. bring in some i will say advantages and strategic advantages for turkey we will see the method the manner of how turkey is dealing with this problem and challenge us in the coming days if turkey sent more troops then general haftar will also look at more support from the governments he's already there are already backing him including and especially egypt and the united arab emirates they will send their own proxies or troops or more weapons so in that sense the situation could definitely escalate in a military sense. right as a from i'll be back with more news it's a big night stay with us this is art international.

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a pack show today so let's jump right in. and we begin the program with reaction to the assassination of a top iranian general in baghdad general custom somani who led a special forces unit of iran's revolutionary guard was killed in a u.s. drone strike on thursday the pentagon has confirmed the department of defense issued a statement on the attack saying the direction of the u.s. at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad by killing so a money the head of the running iranian revolutionary guard corps could force a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization general so the money was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats and service members in iraq and throughout the region the d.o.t. release added that general stolen money was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans and coalition service members as well.