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 goin

filled the streets of the shelf western iranian city of of us where the remains of commander custom somani have been returned from iraq meanwhile more u.s. troops headed to the region soldiers and equipment left north carolina for kuwait adding to the hundreds who left there earlier this week iraq to shiite muslims have marched in funeral for sessions to show their grief the prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning in the morning and anger on the air as the funeral procession for iran's top general qassim celeb money and iraqi command. arrives at the holy shrine and not jeff thousands have come to pay their respects here in iraq not on the streets of tehran to hear iranians demanded vengeance after a u.s. strike in backed out on friday killed sunday money. we will avenge your generous death he was not just an individual but a whole country they did not just kill one person they killed the country. played out over all iranians loved him he was the general of our of hearts i have been feeling royalties just today it's like if lost my own father the pain i feel will be gone and

airstrike at baghdad international airport killed iranian general the same somani the head of iran's elite force committee is also to declared 3 days of national mourning for the general's death he was considered the architect of tehran's military operations throughout the middle east. the u.s. asked came in the middle of the night later the pentagon tweeted this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans done trump usually very active on twitter tweeted only this image. was that hunger iranian state t.v. confirmed the death of general custom salam hani. iran's top security body called an urgent meeting for friday. saturday foreign minister mohammed joshua reef tweeted the us act of international terrorism targeting and assassinating gentle soul amani is extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation. the u.s. government has accused me of having a key role in fighting in syria and iraq he reported directly to the country's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini. also killed the deputy commander of the rainy and backed militias known as the popular mobilization forces the u.s.

this month parliament voted to expel foreign forces after the us killed a top iranian general qassam somani locusts have been swarming in the billions 'd across kenya somalia and ethiopia causing so much havoc the un has called for international help to avert a crisis kenya is facing its largest invasion and 7 decades insects have destroyed thousands of crops and the u.n. is concerned that that will impact food security in east africa at the invitation to unseasonal rains last month that caused the locust population to blow those are the headlines keep it here one on one east us up next here on al-jazeera. talk. about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption. we listen so if you replace china as the enemy of the with and that's really vendors we meet with global news makers and tweek about the stories that. 0. following the tradewinds of the silk road the belt and road initiative is china's ambitious plan to link the country to the rest of the world sure enough so little differences that hard. to tell yet again the police officer. chinese leaders say all countrie

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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 pres.

was trying to make peace when he was ruthlessly cut down furthermore reports seem to indicate that somani was not the only official to be targeted reports now show that a different iranian general was also in their sights but the strike was unsuccessful so who else could now be on the list as the united states claims it has the right to assassinate top iranian general extrajudicial lee and explain later well mike pompei o has thrown not only iran but also russia and china into the mix we saw not just in iran but in other places too where american deterrence was weak we watched russia's 2014 occupation of the crimea china's island building too in the south china sea and its brazen attempts to coerce american allies undermine to deterrence so if the. states dislikes you it can pressure you economically diplomatically isolate you or brutally assassinate your own this is geopolitics in the age of deterrence mask is come and ask this idea of supremacy that we we have you know this is you can call it american supremacy that we can do whatever we want and it's up to us to decide who is a threat

iran's top general 3 news conference my pump struggled to explain the alleged threat posed by gen somani as he was grilled by journalists and has more. things got quite easy at the press conference where we saw mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state speaking alongside steve minutia in the secretary of treasury and this comes just a week after the killing of iran's top general qassam solomonic and as the press asked questions got particularly tense mike pompei o seemed a little bit uncomfortable trying to answer the questions of journalists who just don't seem to buy his claim that the killing of solomonic was necessary to protect american lives let's take a listen to some of what went on if you have specific information about the internet and didn't have anything to do with our embassy. we had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threats from included attacks on u.s. embassies what is your definition of it in that. this was going to happen in american lives are at risk the intelligence community is not flawless we we get it wrong in this case the intelligence

huge crowds of mourners are gathering for the funeral of custom somani iran's most powerful commander killed in a u.s. air strike in iraq meanwhile u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi announces a resolution to curb donald trump's ability to attack iran over a similar restriction was stripped from a defense bill passed by congress just last month. plus as we enter 2020 of the hangover of political correctness still haunts us notably over a new gangster film the gentleman who put the issues up for debate. could tell you some of the most foul and. racist language this was a movie gangsters guess what really gangsters don't speak in politically correct balanced way as. you're watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 10 am welcome to the program. the body of iranian general kassam salmoni has arrived in his hometown care mamma where he is being buried huge crowds of mourners are gathering to pay their respects to the country's most powerful commander killed in a u.s. air strike at baghdad international airport on friday there's been a hug

on high or were it because the us paid just killed their highest ranking military official general somani this was a case where the commanding control. in iran was not working properly and again most likely it wasn't working properly because people were under panic from what happened in iraq with the killing of solomon with found out later this week that the us tried to kill another general in yemen. you know so again this was a terrible accident a terrible tragedy. in clearly it happened because. of the war tensions created by the trial because the u.s. has decided. first quite some time that international law applies to every country in the world but the united states. the leaders of libya's warring factions are in moscow for talks in the hopes of hammering out a cease fire deal the negotiations are being brokered by russia and turkey their foreign minister says they expect an agreement to be signed on tuesday the meetings come after a concerted push by moscow into to deescalate hostilities in libya the war ravaged country is divided between an internationally recognized government in t

iran was on a higher were because the us has just killed their highest ranking military official gen somani this was a case where the command and control. in iran was not working properly and again most likely it wasn't working properly because people were under panic from what happened in iraq with the killing of solomon with found out later course this week that the us tried to kill another general in yemen. you know so again this was a terrible accident a terrible tragedy. in clearly it happened because. of the war tensions created by the trial because the u.s. has decided. first quite some time that international law applies to every country in the world but the united states. in a sharp rebuke to the french government more than a 1000 doctors and hospital workers have stepped back from their administrative duties they say working conditions in the health sector have been gradually worsening due to a lack of funding and chronic staff shortages taking the pulse of the situation or to charlotte. the moving clued some 600 heads of hospital to parliament and 470 heads of health services and

actions regarding iran i'd actually like to hear a democrat speak to the 600 gold star families the somani killed i'd like to hear them to finn that the resolution resolution before the house today is a step towards reasserting our constitutional duty to reign in a president who is unilateral actions have isolated us from our allies increased the risk of a nuclear armed iran and made us less safe don't try to pass some figley fig leaf resolution that is only intended to try to undermine the president in the middle of a conflict with the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism iran just about to publish this in washington pablo so talk us through what this resolution actually means well this is essentially you mentioned it before it was you know mostly along party lines of course to majority is held in the lower house by the democrats but this is really a show of force and power by the legislature here in the u.s. to say you know president trump you need to remember that we're here and that in order for the president to for example go into a war in the case of iran if he were to want to

recent fighting so we have to be very very eyes wide open that more can happen do you think killing somani was a mistake. maybe there is a tactical justification for it from an american military perspective but it's a real strategic blunder in that it's not as if the i or g.c. the revolutionary guard corps that he led suddenly has been dismantled it's still there number 2 came in his lieutenant is now the leader of it he became a full hero inside of iran and so the united states we didn't really achieve a strategic deterrent victory they're not necessary state pompei a said deterrence has been restored but that's something that we heard back in june after we withheld against the strikes and and laid down some tough rhetoric that's something we heard when we bomb syria a couple of years ago after a chemical strike and then chemical weapons were used again so it's going to take a more robust comprehensive policy to change the direction of this relationship assassinating one leader like this has isolated us as well and i do want to mention that it's put us on our heels and our variety of our

if he doesn't testify later this month about the situation ok also stood by the assassination of somani added that washington plans a much more aggressive deterrence policy in the future held up and picks up the story. in u.s. foreign policy buzz words are everything administrations love to have a single term they can use in order to explain their international actions so let's review some of the greatest hits to be ready for preemptive action a reset in relations between the united states and russia might bomb peo seems to be rolling out a new one when defending the actions of the white house in dealing with international adversaries of the united states mike pompei ohs new favorite word seems to be deterrence reestablishing deterrence real deterrence military deterrence deterrence is hard to establish an easy to loose so according to the white house and its surrogates the killing of top iranian general qassam solomonic was necessary as part of this deterrence strategy but want to lay this out in context of what we've been trying to do there's a bigger strategy a strategy to this we ha

assassination of general somani on iraqi territory last week sparked massive protests across the middle east and beyond that's prompted iraq's parliament to call for the expulsion of all foreign troops from the country a decision that now awaits government approval and a lingering consequences of the u.s. invasion of iraq may now be focusing on white house mines but it comes to iran a report. he calls a rally as good as the originals many characters don't sign on for a repeat of parents and they often end up losing money but apparently there's nothing washington likes more than dusting off an old script and adding a new line or 2 sometimes a badly needs to change the name both countries which have been consuming america's attention for a while now the threat comes from iraq saddam hussein needs and pretext terrorists the coalition forces did not come to colonize iraq we came to. overthrow a despotic regime everywhere we go in the middle east it's a rare. major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record here's behind ev

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 iranian 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 as the wounding of thousands more following the announcement that from the u.s. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif commented on the attack friday in toronto. america's action. is an act of state terrorism in violation of ir

was trying to make peace when he was ruthlessly cut down furthermore reports seem to indicate that somani was not the only official to be targeted reports now show that a different iranian general was also in their sights but the strike was unsuccessful so who else could now be on the list as the united states claims it has the right to assassinate top iranian general extrajudicial lee and explain later well mike pompei o has thrown not only iran but also russia and china into the mix we saw not just in iran but in other places too where american deterrence was weak we watch russia's 2014 occupation of the crimea china's island building to the south china sea and its brazen attempts to coerce american allies undermine to deterrence so if the united states dislikes you it can pressure you economically diplomatically isolate you or brutally assassinate you know this is geopolitics in the age of deterrence mask is coming off this idea of supremacy that we we have you know this is you can call it american supremacy that we can do whatever we want and it's will get back to it later on the stor

embodiment of iran's meddling here i sure wish i didn't have to listen to me i feel happy about killing somani the reason is because of his foreign interference in iraq would you accept that our intervening in all the families issues everything has been trees. in the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport a u.s. strike targeted a convoy of silly money and his close ally hondas the deputy head of the iraqi popular mobilization forces an iranian backed part military group other members of the group were also killed for iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali common a soul in money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and he warned there will be revenge the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom well make iran more decisive to resist america's expansionism and to defend our values with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge. already. while there is talk of revenge many ira

killed a top iranian general qassam somani locusts have been swarming in the billions across kenya somalia and ethiopia causing so much havoc the u.n. has called for international help to avert a crisis kenya is facing its largest invasion and 7 decades insects have destroyed thousands of commerce of crops and the u.n. is concerned that that will impact food security in east africa a slinky invasion to unseasonal rains last month that caused the locust population to bloom. those are the headlines keep it here 101 east us up next here on al-jazeera. talk to al-jazeera let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption of the current we listen so if you reprint place china's enemy of the weather and that's really vendors we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. following the trade lines of the aged silk road the belt and road initiative is china's ambitious plan to link the country to the rest of the world sure that's a load of bullshit hype. to tell yet again in the case of us what. chinese leaders say all countries a

strike on general somani 69 percent said the attack made war with iran more likely and half said they thought it made the united states less safe. room right i guess was boxed out of miami do actually they can actually pick ron out on the map all right everybody as we go to break watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on our social media be sure to check out watching the hawks the podcast which is now available on spotify awful music and everywhere you listen to your favorite or maybe not so favorite podcast coming up representatives from both the left and the right of us politics join us to debate and discuss some. most important unique news stories of the day including social media censorship surrounding the rising tensions between the united states and the state to watch. as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary that is to assess donald trump's performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises and where has he come up short will any of this really matter. and the united states pres

more strikes against iranian backed militias and also on that list was a strike directly against somani administration pentagon officials did not expect trump to select that option killing soleimani but that's exactly what trump said that he wanted to have happen he apparently made that decision late on thursday it forced the pentagon to scramble to try to find soul monny when the pentagon found out that he was on his way from damascus to baghdad they had unmanned drone over the baghdad airport monitoring the situation and when they saw the money given his convoy that's when they fired the missiles that ultimately killed him and others but based on these what did sources are telling the new york times is the pentagon did not expect trump to make the decision to specifically target and assassinate soleimani it should be said that 2 previous u.s. presidents george w. bush and barack obama both at some points during their presidencies were also presented with the option to assassinate soleimani both of those. presidents former presidents declined to do so they said no because they were wor