which also resulted in the death uh the deputy of the popular mobilization units of iraq, abu mahti al mohandis alongside general assammani as well. let's talk about the assassination itself, professor yaquban, which was considered widely as an illegal assassination. it was at the time. as one of the worst state sanctioned acts of terrorism in modern history. give us your thoughts on the way that the united states acted. many were saying that these were the actions of rogue rogue state. was this assassination and act of state terrorism in your opinion? it was indeed clearly an act of state terrorism. the united states has been acting for since really world war ii, but but especially since the fall of the soviet union as a... rogue nation, a scoflaw nation, ignoring international law, now imposing or or seeking to sell the world on this idea of this so-called rules-based international order in which the united states makes up its own rules and so operating under that framework, it engaged in this illegal, cowardly assassination. uh, indeed, agnes callimard, the un special reporter on extra judic