lives of so many people after conflicts and even decades later as is with the leftovers from the iran iraq war for example in the 1980 s. in fact iraq is one of the world's most affected countries with thousands of landmines planted close to the iran iraq border and around this time of year they're even more of a problem the rainy season means earth gets washed away it can reveal new mines or it can even relocate ones which were already identified activists are now calling on people to stay away from 60 specific locations in the area of the conic in district in iraq's east's that mines kill thousands of people every year the latest figures from the international campaign to ban landmines found almost $7000.00 people were killed or injured in 2018 that is a rate incredibly 20 people a day but in 2013 that figure was hafetz so what has happened in the past 5 years to make things so much worse well quite simply more conflicts we're talking about afghanistan mali 1000000 man nigeria syria ukraine. but interestingly egypt and iran are actually the 2 countries with the most land mines 23000000 i

iraq is already embroiled. the conflict between iran and america is taking place in iraq. d i'm not a fan of iran, i have always stood against iranian influence in iraq, and i don't want to see this happening again. as iran take control of iraq. but the problem is — what is going to happen? do they have a conflict policy... as in the wars of 2010 and 2003, they didn't have a post—conflict policy, what to do in iraq. now, i'm not sure whether they have policy or not. but i know that this administration is different than the previous administrations. it's more sharp, they do what they think is right as far as the the american interests are concerned. and this is very important because we need to see a restoration of the world—class leadership in america as well as in other countries. hang on, i'm a little confused about what you're saying. donald trump, you say, is a different sort of american president. he's sharp, you say. the administration. yes, but the point is this: donald trump right now is issuing new threats. he's talking about 52 sites that he will hit, including cu

they looked to iran to help them empower. the shias in iraqo took advantage of iran to consolidate their power. in that scenario, soleimani became very important. he was the military relationship between iran and shia communities. part of his popularity among shia arabs and some iranians is the fact that the insurgency in iraq, the war in syria, and the rise of isis were seen as sunni assaults on shias. so he's credited with protecting -- he's credited in protecting iraq and taken over by isis at the moment there were no army. he sees it as a savior. many iranians thought he protected the shia shrines from isis. the backdrop to the entire soleimani is the ongoing situation in the region. >> i was talking to an iraqi politician who said to me, you americans, you have influence in the region because you can bomb, you are a great fire power, the iranians have influence because they have local partners with deep credibility like hezbollah in lebanon and they have ties to these communities. it is a much more, what he was trying to say is a bottom u

saudi arabia would they help iraq to keep iran at bay of course they wouldn't that the reason why you are one of the main reasons why you iraq became so military vulnerable to iran and politically and socially vulnerable is because iraq never received an arab support to support the arab identity or the if there is such an are a persian rivalry between iraq to being the gate of the arab world against iran iraq had to face the rainy and hedger monic regional expansionism due to them it's a do to due to the destructive us invasion by itself saudi arabia was never there for you iraq if we were look for an arab country that ever supported iraq against iran turkey was never there for you iraq against iran if we were to consider turkey to be the the regional power player which is more interested in creating a unified a sunni front against iran and then in direct way so no no one stood up for iraq right i'll give you the last word in geneva do you think it's too late for diplomacy to avert a major escalation in this region following the assassination. there's been a lot of talk in the last fe

after all iran has no troops in iraq iran is working with the government that have was elected through elections and the united states keeps sanctioning and sanctioning people and governments that even do business with iran so it's the american military bases it's the americans who are trying to prevent the normalization of trade the american sodium rocky media day and night is carrying a cycle of carrying out psychological warfare trying to turn the iraqi population against iran then you have thousands of n.g.o.s literally thousands funded by the united states in iraq active and then despite of that the united states behaves with impunity murders people takes responsibility and they expect people now. to go in and protest the problem is the u.s. occupation and it's not just limited to iraq look at yemen look at libya look at what they did in syria on it let me stop you there just because i want to bring in a smell saddam to respond to this does the u.s. have to conclude on the basis of what mohammad just said that its mission in iraq has failed it appears to h

there is a sense that he has a very large influence in iraq politics but i.d.m. today iran insists that it was a sovereign country they are in charge of their own government they are wrong and not meddling in iraq affairs and other than at the invitation of the iraqi government telling on one. thing there is official that was the extent officially of his involvement in iraq. we'll talk to you later in the meantime thank you al jazeera sullivan jabez has been keeping us right across old big developments on this evolving story over the past 45 a half 6 hours now osama i guess there will be multiple investigations multiple inquiries and multiple claims and counterclaims now. absolutely i think it is quite interesting to retrace the steps in the beginning of this night as we started hearing this alleged drunk at the tact we kept hearing from witnesses that there was a very heavy presence in the air which what witnesses thought was u.s. helicopters so we need 9 to wait and see on when the u.s. declared then it releases information about the modus operandi of how this operation w

iran is using this opportunity to make sure iraq is neutralized and would never again be a threat to iran. i want to add other things that dexter says that soleimani was iran's diplomatic region. soleimani met president of iraq and president of afghanistan. he met with putin and persuaded russia to enter the world in syr syria. he had a broad relationship in the region. he was putting together multiple iraqi governments. >> charles de gaulle once says the graveyards are filled with indespensible people. >> if assad falls, we can't hold teheran. it is that important to them. they'll carry on. is soleimani indespensible? will somebody come into fill in the gap? probably overtime but they are suffering right now. >> it is important to look at this from the other side's perspective. he has blood on his hands, american blood, absolutely true. and from the american's point of view, clearly a terrorist, i remember being in iraq in '03 and '04 and '05. remember, we are killing you guys but you are killing us. soleimani directing people who were trying to kill his guys. >> you know he was the

>> we have been at war with iran since the invasion of iraq in 2003. i believe the strike against soleimani restored escalation dominance for the united states. it is clear iran to my estimation wanted to threaten nato, they needed to respond but didn't want to risk a punitive retaliatory action threatening iran's regime or survival and that is where we are today. i don't see it going in the way of a hot war at this point. we are a strategic possibly rob: let me pull headlines from an article in the wall street journal, when iran had somebody important taken out, in the past they have waited sometimes for months and have used terrorism to take out soft targets thousands of miles away. this is a direct response. it seems very cut and dry. is the scope of what iran will do to get even with us? >> as long as the iranian regime is in power we are a threat for them to launch terrorist attacks in the middle east and worldwide. they tried to target the saudi ambassador in the united states so they have some reach through their proxies including in the homeland

iraq. many iraqis, especially among the youth, see iran controlling iraq com pletely the youth, see iran controllingletely and that is why we have seen completely and that is why we have seen protests taking to the streets in the past couple of months, quinn against the government, corrupt government but also criticising iran and don't want iranian influence and control over their country any more. this group of people we have seen celebrating the of qasem suleimani, however the other group who is in close relationship with iran, they are the ones who have the weapons, they control in the city, so far iran has more say in iraq rather than the americans. we have had warnings already from iran. a commander based in the southern province has hinted at possible targets currently lie within the strait of hormuz. what sort of implications does that have?m strait of hormuz. what sort of implications does that have? it is not only this, there are lots of speculations about targets all over the region against american interest but not only american interest, american allies's interest and that includes the g

being more the let's say that iraq is more of a client state of iran and if the united states basically pushed out including the military presence in iraq that really changes the game for the united states there tyson thank you very much tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin thank you. now to australia where the government has pledged the equivalent of over a 1000000000 euros to help communities ravaged by catastrophic bushfires but prime minister scott morrison warned the fires could continue burning for months to cull at least 24 people have died and thousands of lost their homes the following report contains some disturbing images. it's a warning no one ever wants to hear we cannot guarantee your safety at present if you are by evil to feed to feed yourself mentally. or physically or take yourself or your hives. gayeties recommended that you leave. thousands of history of the ins have been forced to decide stay and defend their homes or leave and lose everything. my neighbor to defend one's property and i didn't study the back door i didn't. want the room swarmed so sl

military circles in iraq and iran as well there are videos that circulate of him at his at that time in the battlefields in iraq in northern iraq and since then his relationship has only strengthened these said he had set himself in the past that the iranian outlook force had supplied military training and of weapons to various shia militias within iraq that are not part of the government as of 2018 so his relationship in iraq was not a secret it was not a hidden fact he was there at the request of the iraqi government he was there consulting various militias and military units and he was involved in the government in the process that was going on but the iranian position is that he was there at the iraqi government's request he wasn't asserting iranian influence inside iraq that is of course the view from here 'd but his presence in iraq and his views on him in the past few weeks in the months leading up to the protests that we've seen vary depending on where you go what you who you speak to but in general. the view from the islamic republic is that. he was a man who was there there

remember, the biggest country at stake right now, believe it or not, is not iran, it's iraq. why? because they're on both ends of this deal. they're getting from iran, getting it from the united states which is why they're saying, we want the united states out. they don't like iran at all. but what they dislike even more is the nakt that they become the ping-pong ball for each side. >> and this takes us back to the 1908, the iran/iraq war. >> we had a war between the two countries almost nine years, the entire decade. ironically, the united states during that period supported iraq. of course, things changed after that. then we went in to get saddam hussein. the united states has been all over. remember, we helped get the shah of iran in 1953. there's a lot of anger in the middle east toward the united states. we don't like to think about that. we view ourselves differently. but let me tell you something, there are plenty of people in the middle east who right now are saying it's about time they got theirs. >> tension for decades. before the attack, house speaker said she wanted to

vish to be buried in his home city in the cemetery alongside those that had died fighting in the iran iraq war so has a very instrumental individual his very. popular individual in iran but also amongst iran's allies in the region now what we have heard tonight is that iran has carried out a retaliatory act for his assassination this seems to be true waves of missile attacks and dysthymic revolutionary guard they have issued a statement they said that to us time to fulfilled their promise they said that tens of missiles had been fired they called the united states the great satan and they warned that if the united states allies in the region. it was used to

joined iran's revolutionary guard after the iranian revolution in 1979 he saw action in the 8 year iran iraq war. in 1908 he became commander of the kids force that conducts iran's clandestine and foreign military operations. the u.s. considered him a terrorist and blamed his goods force for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers so the money was especially active in iranian operations against rebel groups in syria against the so-called islamic state and supporting shiite militias in iraq over the years so the money survived a number of scrapes with death including an airplane crash in 2006 and a bombing in damascus in 2012 he was 62 years old when an american missile killed him in baghdad. so what happens next well to discuss that i get started back is here from the german institute for international security affairs and from deed of his at washington bureau chief alexandra fall naaman welcome both let's start with you alexandra previous u.s. presidents have considered and rejected attacking general salim mahdi the theater of the potential stale of escalation so why does this president

so, what we did was drove iraq closer to iran and made iraq -- made iran the hegemonic power in the regioned to do. so, i hope the president and his aides are thinking this one through very carefully. i don't believe there's any ending if we're in a full fledged war. >> what should the president do? i mean, whatever you are -- whatever your feelings about how we got to this point, you have a dozen ballistic missiles fired where u.s. troops are stations. unclear if there are casualties, unclear if iran intended casualties. we don't know. this is a game changer. they launched them from inside iran. they launched at american interests. doesn't the president have to do something? >> well, the president has to do something, but he doesn't need to exacerbate the situation and make it tit for tat and before you know it we're in a full fledged war. look, you can't be belligerent and then when it doesn't work the way you had hoped turn around and just walk away. there are consequences here. one of the things that i've had difficulty with this administration is that we don't seem to be utilizing any

personnel abroad amid escalating tensions between the 2 countries citizens have been to leave iraq iran's leaders are condemning the attack which they're calling an assassination and they're warning of severe revenge against the united states or ramifications are being felt right across the region iraq's caretaker prime minister called the attack a massive breach of sovereignty and says it will spark a devastating war lebanon's hezbollah leader is vowing to punish those behind so the money is killing china's foreign ministry has called for calm all sides to exercise restraint while the united kingdom's foreign secretary says that all parties need to deescalate with further conflict in nobody's interests jamey is also urging prudence and de escalation. we're also getting reaction from a key former adviser to president double trump and my kind of joins us now in washington d.c. with more on that mike. well that be the former national security advisor john bolton who left office last september after ongoing disagreements with the president about a number of issues now bolton has just tweeted

and iran where does that leave iraq with this thing the 1st reactions coming out of iraq where joy for because of the killing in the people in tahrir square who have long been protesting all the corruption all the problems that actually silly money has mainly created in iraq. they were happy. now many of them fear also the intellectuals that they will be killed there that. the local militias that their money helped found these militias will hunt them down and kill them. you know iran's a supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has said that the could forces would remain unchanged and named a replacement for what can you tell us about this new general. actually i mean we know that he has been a deputy commander now for several years. and that he has threatened that there will be piles of bodies of dead u.s. citizens in the region but he's also requested have patience for that which is. so but the main thing is this this issue is coming from very high from number one in the iranian state so that gives us an impression that nothing is going to change the i quit forces are going to stay stay

it's in iraq and lebanon and afghanistan and syria iran presents and all in all these countries are with the permission whenever they've been present tense here in iraq of the governments in order to fight these extremist groups that the americans helped to create look at the defense intelligence agency document of 2012 which admits that the united states and its allies supported the rise of these extremist groups in syria they helped them to gain the territories between syria and iraq the same group that we now call isis so it is the americans that are guilty of destroying this region and beyond this region look at libya the destruction of the country training it into a failed state the menace of western countries in this part of the world and the rest of the world is nothing new colonialism and eurocentrism in germany and empire have been a part of this reality that we are living in but now the united states has gone too far has carried out an act of war against a sovereign country they've carried out an act of war against 2 sovereign countries and those regimes that stand by the unite

money joined iran's revolutionary guard after the iranian revolution in 1979 he saw action in the iran iraq war. in 1908 he became commander of the could force that conducts iran's clandestine and foreign military operations the us considered him a terrorist and blamed his could force for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers so the money was especially active in iranian operations against rebel groups in syria against the so-called islamic state and supporting shiite militias in iraq over the years the survived a number of scrapes with death including an airplane crash in 2006 and a bombing in damascus in 2012 he was 62 years old when an american missile killed him in baghdad. so i mean. how much of a blow is this not for iran i think. he's one of the main figures for the iranian operation outside the border outside iraq and i think he is a legend inside iraq iran and also some wealth iraqis i think the question about the act of iran will be in a way that. thinks will change his targets and i think the day today is big different from to morrow for the iranian i think. the decision wi

iraq and iran after headlines. on capitol hill, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he has enough votes from senate republicans to begin president trump's impeachment trial without the support of senate democrats. mcconnell is pushing to open the trial with only an initial agreement to hear arguments from the prosecution and defense, not a guarantee to hear witnesses. democratic lawmakers are demanding mcconnell and senate republicans agree to call witnesses in the senate trial because some high-level witnesses called by the house during its impeachment process refused to comply with the congressional subpoenas to testifyy at the direrection of e white house. former national security adviser john bolton now says he would comply with a subpoena to testify in the senate trial if he is called to do so. house speaker nancy pelosi is continuing to withhold the articles of impeachment in efforts to pressure senate republicans to call witnesses. although, ththere is speculation mcmcconnell could try toto opene tri

lot of fear that there will be retaliation and that this could result in a war on iraq the soil between the u.s. and iran with iraq is basically caught in the middle of it let's be clear here because the the view of the situation in iraq now for some months has been very confusing we've had protesters on the streets demanding that iran stop meddling in iraq you've been demanding a complete overhaul of iraqi politics opposed to the president opposed to the prime minister we've had one prime minister submit his resignation and the president refused the nomination of another prime minister a potential prime minister and then threatened to resign himself so place what we've seen today in the broader context of the political turmoil and vacuum inside iraq which does not have right now a fully functioning government. well basically what these 3 months of anti-government protests have been asking for is a complete overhaul of the political system a political system that many people here in iraq feel has failed them since the us led invasion in 2003 day feel that this system into one that is beholden to corrupt

buried at a cemetery that was he's wish to be buried alongside those that were killed during the iran iraq war but this final day i think that many people that haven't been able to attend the other gatherings in iran have made their way to this final burial so this could mean that people from outside of the city. tending so it's increased those numbers but this is a specific event it's not like the funeral yesterday in tehran where it's an open space and even here yesterday was a very busy and he's but he will be taken to a graveyard opens up a kind of makes it very difficult when people are traveling in these narrow space is going in one direction specific graveyard that could be one of the reasons why this stampede has happened. just a final thought you i mean we haven't heard much about other than the fact that of course it is. hometown just describe for us this city is a big city small city what is it. it's not a very big city but what happened here is that because he is such a national hero because many people see him as a patriot and. these assassination as essential the create a uni

being more the let's say that iraq is more of a client state of iran and if the united states basically pushed out including a military presence in iraq that really changes the game for the united states there tyson thank you very much tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin thank you. well nato ambassadors are holding an urgent meeting in brussels today to discuss the situation in the middle east following the soloman the killing earlier i asked our brussels correspondent teri schultz what position the alliance is taking nato would be very happy if it didn't have to take a position at all it doesn't like to get involved in matters like this but in fact it doesn't have a choice because nato has several 100 people on the ground in iraq in a training mission now this is a non-combat operation they are training and advising the iraqi ministry of defense and national security officials but those individuals were thought to be in danger now and need to came out the day after the silly money killing in said it was taking all necessary security precautions but at that point it was

but iran for iraq for years and years has chafed under the influence of iran and some would say it's chafed under the influence of the united states as well both the political elite inside of iraq and the religious elite inside of iraq have always said let us maintain our own sovereignty in so many words if you all have a fight don't do it here and iraq we are a relatively young democracy we need to develop we need to. increase our economy our infrastructure we need to rid corruption out of our government which is all the things that the protesters are protesting for but if iraq is truly going to be what the americans have wanted to be since 2003 a strong stable and independent country then we can't turn this into a battleground between the united states and iran and that's why great is fear. as we say in sports or take this off the field and work it out somewhere else because i think right now iraq is that a very very tenuous position and what we're doing right now between the united states and iran especially with this talk of rev

there have been massive protests in iran, iraq and lebanon against iranian rule and oppression. in iran alone, thousands have 300 to 1500 men have been killed by men working for qassem soleimani. that pressure has not gone away. the worst thing the u.s. could do at this point is use this strike to distract attention from the political woes iran is feeling in the region. if this is used to strengthen the message that this is a man who oppressed and bled the lebanon, iran, iraq, syria and yemen and turn attention back to the people of those countries, it will be successful for the united states. >> u.s. drones attacking the iranian military leadership inside baghdad, inside iraq, significant? >> it is a sign this is not a dramatic escalation by the united states, at least to the level people have claimed. it's an attack on soleimani, if it were in iran, that would have been a drastic measure violating iranian sovereignty. weq is a country in which have authorization of use of force from congress to operate, a country in which at least so far the government has invited us to operate

you're watching all jazeera and continuing coverage of the developing story coming to us out of iraq iran says it's launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles of u.s. facilities in iraq at least 2 bases have been targeted one in erbil and the other one of the areas in the province of anbar iran's revolutionary guard has assumed a warning to israel and other u.s. allies in the region saying they'll be attacked if their countries are used to strikes against tehran. it is standing by for us at the white house as big as the latest reaction out of iran 1st let's go. to osama bin. in the iraqi capital just before we start our conversation of some of we have got these live pictures coming to us from kemah on the actual funeral for. so the money taking place following on from the 3 days of official mourning compelling pictures. some of the people osama we've been talking to since this story broke 4 hours ago now have been saying that the optics are interesting that they went for the airbase that donald trump. had been to in december of 2018 had they also timed it so it's it's operating in coun

iran, aimed at u.s. military facilities in iraq. at least two sites, including the asad air base and an air base in erbil. iran state television airing this, saying these are some of 2 iranian missiles. iranian tv calling this a revenge operation, after president trump ordered the deadly drone strike on iran's top general. the missiles fired tonight part of what iran is calling operation martyr soleimani. we have learned one of the bases, asad air base in western iraq. president trump and the first lady visited a little more than a year ago, in december of 2018. president trump is being briefed at this hour, meeting with his national security team in the situation room. and it was just hours before in the white house, the president forcefully defended his order to carry out that deadly strike that killed general qassem soleimani, saying the iranian general was planning a, quote, very big attack and that the deadly strike, quote, saved a lot of lives. but the president did not reveal any evidence about the imminent attack and the pres

had expanded what he called islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon the cuts force runs iran's foreign military and clandestine operations so they money delegated iranian diplomats to meet u.s. officials after the $911.00 attacks and they brutally worked together against the taliban. but that relationship didn't last long. the u.s. and iran spirals aligned once again in the fight against eisel but then evolved beyond the battlefield in april last year the u.s. designated iran's islamic revolutionary guards corps as a terrorist organization but so in money had the full support of his government the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei awarded him iran's highest military honor last year same so a money had survived many attempts on his life both here in iran and abroad and now his death will likely embolden the groups who support it as a rainy and mark 3 days of national mourning many here are looking to see what will happen next. al-jazeera tehran. u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe says the airstrike has made the world a much safer

this is deja news live from berlin iran fires back launching more than a dozen missiles at bases hosting u.s. troops in iraq iran says it's taking revenge for the u.s. assassination of its top general the pentagon says it will take all necessary measures to protect its troops and allies in the region we'll get a live update from baghdad also coming up the funeral of iranian general qassam sulaimani turns deadly more than 50 people are now confirmed dead after a stampede during the fuel funeral procession the u.s. insists killing him was the right thing to do. i'm calling up and welcome to the program we begin with some breaking news you've drawn has fired more than a dozen of ballistic missiles at u.s. military targets in iraq the missiles have reportedly hit 2 bases the assad air base in western iraq and another near the city of arable there are still no reports of damage or casualties at this point iran's revolutionary guard has confirmed that the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of general hossam sort of money on friday or let's go straight to baghdad now journalist pascha makita stan

targets in iran's size of the rush of missiles. iraq emitted bases hosting u.s. troops it's to iran's retaliation against the assassination of us him so they money but will this revenge operation stop there and might washington strike back this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. there's been much speculation about the scale and target of iran's retaliation to the assassination of its top military commander a money and there's also speculation about whether the killing of the head of the revolutionary guards elite force could bring all out war to the middle east iran find more than a dozen besides a 2 air bases hosting american forces in iraq early wednesday it's the most direct attack on the u.s. by iran in decades initial statements by both countries seem to say they don't want further escalation the iranian foreign minister exact words were it one took and concluded proportionate measures in self-defense to runs made it clear it will strike again if washington responds as for u.s. president donald trump it waited all is well after iran struck well is

and iran will engulf iraq. this is baghdad resident naji khathem. killingswill be more and the fight between u.s. and iran will move to iraq. they don't care that we're protesting for our rights. what is coming will be worse. amy: vermont senator bernie sanders and california congress member ro khanna have introduced new legislation that would block funding for any military action in or against iran without congressional authorization. house speaker nancy pelosi says the house will vote thth week on a war powewers resolutioion to t trump's military a actions. meanwhile, the council on american-islamic relations says more than 60 iranian-americans were stoppeded and held for hous of questioning at the u.s.-canada border over the weekend as they were trying to return to the united states. many of them after attending a persian pop concert in vancouver. advocat say some people were denied entry into the ununited states. protesters took to the streets across the united states on saturdayay to condemn the kikilg of qassim suleimani and protest against a u

but iran for iraq for years and years has chafed under the influence of iran and some would say it's chafed under the influence of the united states as well both the political elite inside of iraq and the religious elite inside of iraq have always said let us maintain our own sovereignty in so many words if you all have. a fight don't do it here and iraq we are a relatively young democracy we need to develop we need to. increase our economy our infrastructure we need to rid corruption out of our government which is all the things that the protesters are protesting for but if iraq is truly going to be what the americans have wanted to be since 2003 a strong stable and independent country then we can't turn this into a battleground between the united states and iran and that's why the greatest fear . as we say in sports or take this off the field and work it out somewhere else because i think right now iraq is that a very very tenuous position and what we're doing right now between the united states and iran especially with this talk

president trump threatens iran's cultural sites and warns of sanctions on iraq as blowback over the killing of tehran's top commander grows iran's leaders have presided over a funeral service for general customs holding money hundreds of thousands of iranians have taken to the streets to mourn his death and men rebellion also coming up australia's deadly wildfires rage on a change in the weather bring some relief but authorities are warning the danger of more bushfires could increase later this week. and a chaotic day adventist will as michael lawmakers put declare themselves parliamentary president says police war u.s. backed opposition leader wide open and the national assembly despite a determined effort. plus the stars come out for the golden globes as called he was pressed and brightest hits the red carpet we'll have the winners from one of tinsel town's biggest the. plough i'm terry marchin good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump has threatened to rein in cultural sites and bowed to impose severe sanctions on iraq if it expels u.s. troops that's as blowback spirals over t

and iran on the brink of war but iraq is the battlefield so what lies ahead for a country already struggling with a string of domestic problems send your thoughts for today's show through twitter and you tube you could be it. iran's targeting of 2 iraqi military bases hosting u.s. troops has put the world on edge with fears that terrans revenge attack for the u.s. killing of its most important military leader who would escalate but it's a rock that's in the firing line and it already has enough problems thousands of people across iraq have worn seem solemn ali and an iraqi militia commander killed in a u.s. drone on tack on friday iraqis she apartment ariens have urged foreign troops to leave iraq a call the u.s. has rebuffed but iraq's politicians are still under pressure at home as demonstrators continue their push for major political and economic reform for more we're joined from the northern iraqi city of erbil by he we're awesome and he's a journalist and analyst also on the phone in baghdad we have ayman he has been part of the protests seeking government reform since october and we ar

states was interested in new pax americana in the middle east what it was doing was empowering iran by invading iraq because in the end of the day what happened is the weakening of the saddam as sound regime later on the war and its failures led to the empowerment of iran to do both occasion all of those scenes contributed to a stronger iran presence absolutely and that's why in fact it's is a just the best time possible is for us to put this context of the prime minister's speech to parliament in the context of the previous speech we just heard from lebanon because these are the sorts of us. dances important to ones anyway from lebanon and iraq from iranian all eyes in the in the middle east and i'm sure everyone sitting in washington all listening to exactly those 2 speeches to see what we've heard from his on the sala is that defiance. is a bellicose type that we are now in the midst of war where the united states i've been a bit muddy was giving us some more and then let the coligny get a list stick in the logical approach but it ends with as the source said basically to say you need to leave so