prime minister he was long a member of a shiite party based in iran abdul mahdi resigned after mass and to government protests at the end of 2019 he remains acting prime minister but with the government on the verge of collapse protesters have been calling for a new political order one without corruption and sectarianism and without u.s. and iranian interference and merican soldiers ready to deploy to the middle east the position of the us in iraq has been shifting over the past decade in 2011 former u.s. president barack obama pulled u.s. troops out of the country declaring that the war in iraq was over 3 years later they were back to fight i.a.s. this time on the invitation of the iraqi government but now iraq's shiite majority parliament wants u.s. troops out washington says that's not happening iraqis know that if the americans leave so-called islamic state could take advantage of the resulting power vacuum and resurge and that's a situation no one wants. for more on the story we have middle east analyst nothing's name from the north council with us that's a research and co

you will have seen the acting prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi, has said this egregious violation oft with a response and he supports the parliamentary vote to expel us troops from iraqi soil. do you think that's going to happen? it's a very good question and i honestly do not know yet. i will also note when the iraqi parliament took its vote, theoretically there were 170 votes to zero, but nearly that many members of the parliament, mostly kurdish and sunni members, but also some shia members, boycotted the session because they did not agree with the vote that was being taken. i also heard many allegations of threats of physical harm to mps who did not come and vote for the resolution to ask the prime minister to ask coalition forces to leave. what you have seen since that vote is statements by prominent politicians in the kurdistan, a number of sunnis and a couple of fears in support of a continued coalition military presence, focused on fighting isis and focused on training and professionalising the mainline iraqi security forces, i.e the air force and the counterterrorism forces.

today, iraq's caretaker prime minister, ad abdul-mahdi, spoke to secretary of state mike pompeo, and issued a statement saying apoul-mahdi askeeo to "send delegates to iraq to lay down the mechanisms for implementing the house's decisiono safely withdraw troops from iraq." the state department rejected that request, saying in a ntatement, any delegation to iraq would not discuss troop withdrawal. and, pompeo said this at theit house of his abdul-mahdi's statement. >> he didn't quite characterize the conversation correctly. but to the larger, more important point, we are happy to continue the conversatiowith the iraqis about what the right structure is. our mission set there is very clear-- we've been there to perform a training mission to help the iraqi security forces be successful, and to ntinue the campaign against isis, the counter-daesh campaign.go we'rg to continue that mission. >> schifrin: for more on all of this, m joined by retired brigadier general mark kimmitt. he served as assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs during the george w. bush administratio

election also made a deal of the prime minister he was long a member of a shiite party based in iran abdul mahdi resigned after mass antigovernment protests at the end of 2019 he remains acting prime minister but with the government on the verge of collapse protesters have been calling for a new political order one without corruption and sectarianism and without the u.s. and iranian interference and merican soldiers ready to deploy to the middle east the position of the us in iraq has been shifting over the past decade in 2011 former u.s. president barack obama pulled u.s. troops out of the country declaring that the war in iraq was over 3 years later they were back to fight i.a.s. this time on the invitation of the iraqi government. but now iraq's shiite majority parliament wants u.s. troops out washington says about snow's happening iraqis know that if the americans leave so-called islamic state could take advantage of the resulting power vacuum and resurge and that's the situation no one wants. in addition to the volatile situation on the ground false and on verified information about iran's

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caretaker prime minister, adil abdul-mahdi, spoke to secretary of state mike pompeo, and issued a statementthe u.s. should quote "send delegates to iraq to lay down the mechanisms for implementing the decision totr safely withdraps from iraq." the state department rejected that request, saying any delegation sent to iraq wouldn't discuss troop withdrawal.ai and pompeothis at the white house of his abdul-mahdi's statement' >> he didnt quite characterize the conversation correctly. but to the larger, more important point, we are happy to continue the conversation with the iraqis about what the right structure is. our mission set is clear. were there to perform a training mission to help the iraqi security forces be s,ccessful, and to continue the campaign against io continue the cou campaign. we're going to continue that mission. >> to discuss the future of the u.s. troop presence in iraq, i'm joined by retired brigadier general mark kimmitt. he served as assistant secretary of state forolitical military affairs during the geo bush admistration. and thabit abdullah, a professor of middle east

taking thahat concern eveven further,r, iraqi caretaker prime dinister adel abdul mahdi warne it will spark a devastatingg wa. tom: iraq's oil ministry said today that some u.s. citizens working for foreign oil commmmittees in the oioil-rich y of basra are leaving the country in response to this morning's killining of iranian military commander qasem soleimani, which could destabilize iraq. the attack happened on iraqis oil. the fears have resulted in a spike on oil prices.s. what is happening? reporter: well, obviously oil prices jumped on the news both rent and the bti - -brent and wti jumped over 4% at one point. things calmed down a bit, but still around 1%. uncertainty grows over the potential repercussions after the killing. the global oil market just capped roller coaster year, and one analyst thinks that the current is unlikely to last. >> a major supply of the oil globally. that is why oil will r rebound. but for u.s., there is strong supplies of shell gas-- shale gas and the oil in recent years. that is why i think the oil price cannot be back with a lot. reporter: that is o

person is said to be injured and no group has yet claimed responsibility iraqi prime minister addle abdul mahdi has condemned the attack and pledged to bring the culprits of justice at least 5 unguided rockets have landed in the heavily fortified area over the past 24 hours according to security sources in the green zone is home to iraqi government buildings and diplomatic missions the latest incident comes at a time of mass on rest in baghdad with thousands taking to the streets in recent days calling for u.s. troops to leave the country. well that is your day for now we'll be back here at the top of the out with another roundup of the stories that shaped the past 7 days will see them. you know world a big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. during the great depression w

caretaker prime minister adel abdul mahdi, who resigned last month, told lawmakers "urgent measures" should be taken to f reeign troops. about 5,000 u.s. troops remain inraq. today thu.s.-led military coalition combating isis in iraq and syria announced that it hasd pats training mission in iraq and is now focused onts protectingases from attack. in a string of tweets last nit, president trump threatened retaliation if iran strikes back at american targets, saying "ve targeted 52 iranian sites... so at a very high level an important to iran and the iranian culture." on all fivsunday morning political talk shows, secretary of state mikpompeo, deflected questions of whether targeting cultural sites viotes international law. he said the u.s. will act" lawfully" and defended e president's threat to strike targets inside iran. >> iranian leadership needs to understand that attacking americans is not cost free. setting out conditions that say these are our expectations, these are the things that amera is expecting from you and if you don't do them, the cost will be clear and-- and direct.

iraq's parliament voted to remove foreign troops from the country caretaker prime minister idyll abdul mahdi says the government is preparing legal and procedural steps to implementing that resolution has provoked an angry response from u.s. president donald trump is threatening what he calls a very big sanctions on iraq if american troops are forced to leave nato ambassadors meanwhile held an urgent meeting on monday to discuss the escalating events the ona and suspended its training mission in iraq fearing soldiers could be attacked in reprisal for killing from baghdad simona fulton explains what happens next each one of the countries that has troops here in iraq including the u.s. but also other countries like the u.k. and france they have their own agreements with the iraqi government that govern the presence of these troops and those agreements to pollute exactly how is the how these agreements have to be terminated what happened was that parliament passed a decision not a law calling on the government to draft legislation to expel foreign troops now what would have to happen next is th

person is said to be injured and no group has claimed responsibility iraqi prime minister added abdul mahdi has condemned the attack and pledged to bring the culprits to justice at least 5 on guided rockets have landed in the heavily fortified area over the past 24 hours according to security sources the green zone is home to iraqi government buildings and diplomatic missions and the latest incidents come as a time of mass on rest in baghdad with thousands taking to the streets in recent days calling for u.s. troops to leave the country. they dozens of world leaders and dignitaries gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the holocaust it was time to mark the 75th anniversary of soviet forces liberating auschwitz the infamous death camp in nazi occupied poland. my dear family i'm writing this letter before my death i don't know exactly when me and my relatives are going to die just because we're jews i'm in a concentration camp before all of us will be shot in a shelter thursday 4 am 16942 very well to you all. but i am barack was. the other thing i wanted to tell you was that i had several job

the country but there's been no official statement from washington yet iraqi prime minister addle abdul mahdi has condemned the attack and pledged to bring the culprits to justice but so far no group has claimed responsibility at least 5 on guided rockets have landed in the heavily fortified area over the past 24 hours according to iraqi security sources the green zone is home to iraqi government buildings and diplomatic missions and the latest instance come at a time of mass unrest in baghdad without an ans taking to the streets in recent days calling for u.s. troops to leave the country. that is your update for now will be back here the top of the hour with another round up of the stories that shaped the past 7 days we'll see them. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. what holds his hands to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you w

well that escalated into a demand for the whole political system to be overhauled prime minister abdul mahdi resigned in november but he stayed on in a caretaker role until parliament agrees on a successor more than 400 people died in weeks of violent protests there and the anger over corruption and sectarian politics led to protests in lebanon to demonstrators are demanding the end of the 6 hereon system and the appointment of a politically independent premier the unrest forced prime minister sadly heavy the out of office in october but he remains caretaker tens of thousands of algerians took to the streets in fabry that's after it was announced a long time ruler of those he's beautifully would run for a 5th term in office protests led to his resignation in april presidential elections were held in december despite many boycotting them demonstrators say the newly elected president's appointment is illegitimate they're calling for the entire political system to be changed. in france in november thousands of yellow vests protesters took to the streets over rising fuel prices and the high cost

saloon monny at 8 30 am on the morning he was killed as he left baghdad international airport mr abdul mahdi said the general saloon money was carrying iran some response to a message iraq had conveyed on behalf of saudi arabia aimed at easing tensions between the 2 countries in the region so the money was apparently on a peace mission carrying proposals on how to reduce tensions in the region this is from the mouth of the u.s. backed iraqi prime minister versus him we have the state department it's sure and says that he was actually evil and take our word for it he was. organizing imminent attacks on u.s. bases take our word for it is there any surprise that iraqis voted to remove american soldiers from their country the iraqis don't want foreign troops murdering who they will when they will the parliament has decided to ask the us to leave once the prime minister signs off iraq will withdraw its request for assistance which they followed with the us led coalition when isis was ascendant if the us refuses to pull out if it keeps its troops it will no longer be a friend it will be an occupie

election also made a deal of the prime minister he was long a member of a shiite party based in iran abdul mahdi resigned after mass anti government protests at the end of 2019 he remains acting prime minister but with the government on the verge of collapse protesters have been calling for a new political order one without corruption and sectarianism and without u.s. and iranian interference and merican soldiers ready to deploy to the middle east the position of the us in iraq has been shifting over the past decade in 2011 former u.s. president barack obama pulled u.s. troops out of the country declaring that the war in iraq was over 3 years later they were back to fight i.a.s. this time on the invitation of the iraqi government. but now iraq's shiite majority parliament wants u.s. troops out washington says that's not happening iraqis know that if the americans leave so-called islamic state could take advantage of the resulting power vacuum and resurge and that's the situation no one wants. adding to the already volatile situation faults an unverified information about iran's missile attack on

it will not discuss troop withdrawal agreement with the iraqi government iraq's prime minister abdul mahdi asked the u.s. to send a delegation to baghdad to discuss the issue but the state department says any american delegation would be dedicated to discussing how to continue quote a strategic partnership. and the u.s. navy says one of its warships has been aggressively approached by a russian naval vessel in the north arabian sea destroyer u.s.s. fara good sounded its horn several times before the russian ship moved away and changed course. risking it all congo is up next folks watching as you know it.

resolution was passed during an extraordinary session of parliament and was backed by prime minister abdul mahdi. in iran hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in the city of mashad to welcome home custom saleman his body that will be taken to the capital tehran before the final burial in come on on tuesday it comes as iran announced its further rolling back on its commitments to the 2050 nuclear deal saying there will be no limits on its uranium enrichment capacity. meanwhile in lebanon hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah has warned that the us military will pay the price for solar money's death saying it might marks a new phase in the history of the middle east. well reaction from washington with john hendren in a moment but 1st to a sort of binge of aid in baghdad a summit turns more about the parliament the version parliament. well lauren the day was of rapid developments in the morning the u.s. ambassador being summoned ahead of the parliament recession by the foreign ministry and then the parliamentary session started late because of lack of quorum it was boycotted by kurdish as well as

resolution was passed during an extraordinary session of parliament and was backed by prime minister abdul mahdi. really money's casket has arrived in iran's capital tehran greeted by huge crowds earlier hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in the city of mashad to welcome the body home. meanwhile 11 and hizbollah leader hassan nasrallah warned the u.s. military will pay the price for surly ronnie's death saying it marks a new phase in the history of the middle east. i'll be clear there are sponsors is to target their merican military presence in the region their american military bases their vessels every american officer and soldier in our region and our countries on our soul their american army is the one who killed these people and they are the ones who will be paying the price. at least one u.s. soldier and 2 american military contractors have been killed in an attack on a kenyan army base the base known as camp simba is located in lamu county in southeastern kenya the armed group has claimed responsibility if they are sold many fighters from the group were reportedly killed. australi

unbreakable bonds between the united states and israel he also spoke to iraqi prime minister abdul abdul mahdi according to the readout from that call pompei 0 expressed to the iraqi prime minister the importance that iraqi security forces do whatever they can to not see a repeat of what we saw on tuesday with the protesters coming up to the gates of the u.s. embassy there and he also said it's the iraqi government's obligation to protect a diplomatic facilities of the united states in iraq he also spoke pump a on the phone to the qatari amir tom ambit how many out thought any qatar is a very critical ally of the united states in the region qatar and the united states have very important commercial political and security ties and even any given time there are about 10000 u.s. troops in qatar to one of the largest military bases for the u.s. in the entire middle east the 2 leaders discussed. ongoing situation in the region into the readout from the state department didn't get into a lot more details other than that but clearly qatar is a very important country because it's not only an ally of t

iranian backed militia there's still 25 iraqis that we killed iraqis iraq's prime minister adel abdul mahdi stated we have previously confirmed our rejection of any unilateral action by the coalition forces or any other coalition forces or any other forces inside iraq and we consider it as a violation of iraqi sovereignty and a dangerous escalation that threatens the security of iraq in the region are we seeing in real time the united states kind of lose its control over the country that it toppled its government like we said back in 2000 to 2003 are we are they losing control of this country. jesse tyrrell i'm still waiting for the day dick cheney told us we would be greeted in the streets like a liberator a i'm still holding my breath let's skip dick cheney out here and explain to us why it's nearly 20 years later and we're still not being looked at by the liberators you know when your country goes out and they wage war simply for regime change years this is the blowback you went up with so everything that's happening now is the result of the misguided lobbying war of the iraq war was and

and israel both think were behind this clearly spoke also to iraqi prime minister abdul abdul mahdi on wednesday as well where he the secretary of state stressed to the prime minister of iraq that the u.s. still strongly believes that it's the iraqi government's responsibility to make sure that no such attack happens again on an american diplomatic mission inside iraq and then he also spoke to the qatari foreign minister mohammad to bin abdul rahman al bani qatar is important because it's a key strategic ally in the region for the united states according the state department to the 2 foreign ministers spoke about their joint commitment to see peace and security in the region and how to work together to make that happen again qatar very critical the u.s. has about $10000.00 troops stationed in a big airbase just about a half an hour outside the capital of the hot and qatar while a key ally of the united states also speaks with its neighbor iran. people are being rescued and relief supplies of arrive to thousands of australians stranded in towns by bushfires thousands more being told to

been discussing an extraordinary session of palm began in iraq the caretaker prime minister abdul abdul mahdi urging the country to take urgent measures to end the presence of foreign troops in the country. now meanwhile hundreds of thousands of boarders have gathered in iran to welcome on the body of customs although bonnie so the money's body has now arrived in the holy city of mashad after an early a procession the was and would later be flown to tehran. in an interview with the hizbollah through the television channel saw the bodies daughters said that she has no doubt there will be retaliation for father's day. clinton could move to before anything i'd like to send my greetings to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and also to the leader of the resistance uncle hasan nasrallah whom i know for sure will avenge my father's blood the entire world must marry the harsh assassination will not break us and america must marry the his blood is so precious. to us and joins us live now from on the phone so much happening door saw 1st i want to get what you've seen today with people paying th

the iraqi government didn't need a parliamentary vote for that, but abdul mahdi elected to go to the parliament to involve the parliament to make sure that he is not accused of being acting unilaterally as a caretaker prime minister, and while the vote is nonbinding, now that the armed groups and those who want to expel the united states have a unanimous vote in the parliament to expel the u.s. troops, unanimous because basically those who were against the u.s. troops did not show up for the session. so you have a sense that all iran's friends all went and voted and all american friends or those who are in favor of keeping the united states troops did not show up to vote. and that is the problem. so where is that taking us, and let me conclude with this. we will see that i think both the united states and iraq have to prioritize their options. it is, the way it has been played was a terrible way to be honest. they decided to take the negotiations to the media rather than really sending diplomats quietly to go and deal with this. the iraqi government asked the united states to send a