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A catalyst will this be a trigger for a bigger confrontation between on the or on the on since the threats from the highest ranking senator on Foreign Affairs saying d if you do anything we want at that field refineries for example that is you know quiet and an open threat and i think iran would probably be thinking twice and 3 times if it was going to do anything because the americans while they dont have Popular Support in iraq for their presence they have the most sophisticated military in the world and are capable of hurting iran iran is capable of hurting the United States in various ways in the region attacking embassies and what have you but the United States has the capacity to retaliate and to hurt iran so if you want to have won today and if youre washington you are going through the list of scenarios what could be and what is my best options just as it or around assassinations as we did before is it called for operations is it low intensity warfare or is it the right out confrontations. Well have to wait and see marwan thank you very much great context thank you. Well lets bring bring you up to date on our breaking story irans top military commander. Been killed in a u. S. Airstrike in iraqs capital baghdad and the pentagon said president drum ordered the attack to quote were checked u. S. Personnel abroad amid escalating tensions between the 2 countries blonds leaders are condemning the attack which theyre calling an assassination and theyre warning of quote severe revenge against the u. S. Iraqs Prime Minister says the u. S. Strike will spark a devastating war where we have correspondents covering the story from all angles will go to dorset in to run shortly but 1st lets get more reaction from iraq with some more fulton who joins us from baghdad simona i know when this initially happened it was very mixed reaction on the streets just bring us up today. Well there was a mixed reaction on the street initially there were some celebrations in baghdad thera square which is the epicenter of 3 months of antigovernment protests which also rejected irans influence but those initial celebrations were quickly taken over by a broader concern about the repercussions of these assassinations on stability in iraq many iraqis feel that if there is further escalation of this tit for tat attacks between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil that they might bear the brunt of this confrontation of also heard reactions come out of the government about 45 minutes ago the Prime Ministers office which is currently in a caretaker role released a statement condemning the strikes in the strongest possible terms is specially the killing of hundreds who is the 2nd in command of the Popular Mobilization forces these forces who are very closely linked to iran are part of the Iraqi Security apparatus so his assassination is seen as an aggression against the iraqi state and Prime Minister either loved or nothing called on parliament to hold an emergency session were also seeing important reactions from 2 leaders of armed groups one of them is that a sutter he is a shia cleric who also holds a great sway over the iraqi streets but who also basically launched an insurgency against the americans in the wake of the 2003 invasion and what he said was basically that he was really activating the socalled mahdi army which was this armed group that was basically fighting u. S. Soldiers after they had invaded iraq and and toppled saddam husseins regime and weve also heard similar statements come from other leaders members of the Popular Mobilization forces so it remains to be seen what kind of actions will follow these kind of statements when they will. Actually see an escalation in the next coming days so our fault in there joining us live in baghdad well we have some live pictures now coming straight from tehran these are live pictures of friday prayers on a day where frankly theres shock for many people seeing so the money as a hero someone that the country could depend on as part of its Security Architecture and as our correspondents have been telling us for many ordinary people including our correspondents taxi driver this morning who was in tears over these targeted killings seeing this is a d. P. Personal attack on their own country of course the narrative around the world will play out differently some also the money as terrorists thats the view in the u. S. But of course the view in tehran very much different. People in toronto as i was saying of been reacting with a mixture of anger and sadness a general sort of manistee. Major general custom solomon a was a Senior Commander of irans Islamic Revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of irans military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying irans i. O. C. Had expanded Islamic Resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. The codes for us runs a runs Foreign Military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u. S. Officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than 600. 00 American Service members 17 percent of all u. S. Deaths in the war the us and irans priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didnt devolve possible actual field in april last year the u. S. Designated the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization with this designation we are sending a clear signal a clear message to irans leaders including his band of thugs that the United States is bringing all pressure to bear to stop the regimes outlaw behavior we ask that our allies and partners around the world do the same. But salomone had the full support of irans government be received irans highest military award last year as tensions between the u. S. And iran so the money continue to support shia militias including the hizbollah brigades who were targeted in 5 u. S. Is strikes last week after they fired rockets at a us space he survived many attacks on his life inside iran and of rulers but it would be in iraq where shia militias trained by his could force killed hundreds of americans that the u. S. Into his writing age 62. 000 that was an explainer there of the life and times of the significance of kasim somali well lets cross to toss the device who joins us from tehran who can give us more on the very mixed reaction that weve seen to these targeted killings and there are so how how are people feeling. Well theres a lot of anger that is taking over what was earlier a shock when iranians woke up to this news very early in the morning here on friday which is the weekend we are now hearing from friday prayer leader ayatollah hatami who is conducting friday Prayer Services at Teheran University and he be very very critical of the events that have unfolded and its a very Important Service today weve already seen the head of Irans Nuclear program. In attend then among the crowd we are also hearing that they have called the officials of call for rain inside come out to march against the actions that have been taking place. In baghdad to show their anger at the United States and their policies towards iran this stuff has huge ramifications not only for iran but also across the middle east it will unleash a chain of events that really nobody can predict at this point we have heard that there is going to be an emergency meeting of the Supreme National Security Council headed by president Hassan Rouhani that is a committee that makes up irans Foreign Policy decisions under the guidance of the Supreme Leader so were waiting to find out what takes place at this meeting who also heard from various high ranking officials from the defense minister to the foreign minister to the president and the Supreme Leader himself who have all that they will be revenge taken for the killing of awesome seller money now weve also been hearing from the french. From the French Embassy in tehran theyve urged all french citizens inside iran not to go out into public crowd at spaces not to be taking photographs or videos of any of the images unfolding on the streets in the hours and days ahead so there is a sense that the next 24 hours was very very important and the decisions that will be made by ultimately by the Supreme Leader will determine the course of history in this region. Just so watching these pictures of friday prayers and listening to you i just want to listen in for a 2nd. But one heart. Baxters sure my. Will would you move out all your. Reading time. And clear. Your region from these. Bills. Chanting the same. Oh im not the last to see general call them not because no time no recall you hope im not you know show more resistance to go americans and show our resistance with action to tell them yankees get out of here get lost. They already have what other than god willing middle tier whats owed them on how great nation his state has been we. Showed their respect harbor to this great leader off hand chart and the commander that day you are you and god willing. We ensure the war followed him all that money not the same on his part your and missionary followed and continued god willing this is the way this is the mission this is the mission that will have a lot of followers in a name a mighty god. It is not time to have our friday prayers let me. Know. A lot so i will try to finish my speech with these awards from koran. Home run up. This is a big. Knot in farsi. Of course. The whole problem. Lets head back now to the door so jabari listening in to friday prayers at their door so hearing the words we now have to cleanse the region from these devils do we have any idea how and when it will be decided what the next steps are. Well i think well know in the next 24 hours and as i mentioned that meeting that is due to take place between the highest ranking officials in the Islamic Republic theyre going to decide how theyre going to respond but what is clear is that the death of hossam so the money is not the death of the revolutionary guards it is in fact going to be the opposite we heard from the friday prayer leader there saying. You will now live on in every iranian and that is the sentiment here because he was such a revered figure now iranians will take on this identity in this staff as a duty for them to carry on his work and his message me and try to live through others his words and it is a point of trying to keep iran. As a Regional Power to chime maintain the stability of iran to try and extend this influence in the region to keep the strength of the iranian revolution that happened in 1079 so the ideology will certainly be strengthened with his death and as we heard it is not it is the us him so the money but its certainly not the death of the soul the money ideology. Are there joining us live from tehran dorsai thank you weve been watching these pictures of friday prayers in a very emotional tehran the smalling ayatollah but its talking to everybody praying and saying its time to cleanse the region from these devils to responses of chants around the room were going to cross no to gape elizondo hes standing by for us in washington d. C. With an update on whats going on. You know we just got confirmed some new information that we wanted to bring to immediately the u. S. Embassy in baghdad has posted a statement a communique thats pretty serious and it is urging all u. S. Citizens to depart iraq immediately the statement from the u. S. Embassy says that american citizens should leave by airplane if possible but if not if that is not possible for every reason the u. S. Embassy is saying that american citizens should leave. Other countries the land to get out of iraq immediately. That is new information theyre also saying that no american citizens should even try to approach the u. S. Embassy in baghdad at this point they say that the u. S. Consulate general in your view is open but beyond that this is a new communique from the u. S. Government urging all american citizens now to leave iraq immediately. Im gay but in terms of what we talked about this before the other right reactions that weve had from the u. S. Obviously we havent heard from the president that save for that flag a lot earlier walk we take from the Troop Movements that weve seen on top of this request for americans to leave baghdad. Yeah theres Troop Movements for sure theres probably some going on that we dont know about right now quite frankly the pentagon for sure probably is secretly moving assets around we can thats a pretty safe assumption at this point we do know that the pentagon has already announced before this was thoroughly early thursday Late Wednesday if im not mistaking that 750 troops from the 82nd airborne have been moved to the middle east region again that came out was announced by the pentagon before this latest development on the killing of so the money we do know since then the 82nd airborne has said that some paratroopers have arrived at an air base in kuwait that would make sense because kuwait is where the marines were at they were sent to the embassy in the immediate hours during the attack on the embassy a couple days ago so the u. S. Military is moving assets around theyre moving military personnel around but to get a clear picture of it we just dont know at this point because the pentagon has not released any sort of information along those lines we expect to hear from perhaps the pentagon later on friday its just before 4 am here local time here in washington so were not probably going to hear from the pentagon now but clearly there is some movements of american troops going on in some way shape or form gave them listen to their joining us live from washington d. C. With the latest bori is a political analyst and joins us now from baghdad a very warm welcome to the program so we just heard that request there from the u. S. For people to leave the embassy in baghdad just trying out for us if you will the reaction that weve seen this morning to these targeted killings. Its shocking to start with nobody was expecting such an huge retaliate from americas towards what happened. At the American Embassy a couple of days ago. There are mixed emotions with respect to iraqi people and of course the response of the government to the sponsor of the Popular Mobilization forces is also expected nobody. Of course is welcoming such an action. And they are rocky soil its not very much welcomed and we dont like to see the iranian american confrontation. On the iraqi soil because we feel that iraqis have paid a lot because of that confrontation and we are still paying a huge price then the salary for an extent from what you are saying that that essentially this is been accumulation for the Iraqi Government price the Embassy Attack and now these killings does iraq feel that to some degree its perhaps being forced into the middle of a bill with escalation. We have been in the middle of this nation and. Of course most recently we are very much in the middle of it. And its quite unfortunate because already we have the caretaker government we have and stable situation we have the demonstrators in Tahrir Square but that and many other cities who are demanding a change of regime and in the middle of all d of that instead of progress towards. An actual process of changing that e. G. Now we are facing this confrontation and of course this will affect the spacious of the iraqi people to change that is because there will be retaliation from the iranians and most probably within the iraqi soil because they have a lot of influence in iraq and of course the. Popular Mobilization Forces would tell us as well so we are facing a very difficult serious situation here in iraq and the i dont think it would be for the benefit of the iraqi people what we have with the signal. I wonder also if you can take is you the process for how iran will decide what its response should be and how much conversation will there be between the iranian government and the Iraqi Government about what that response should look like. Well. As you know that the Iraqi Government is now crippled kind of and i dont think they are capable of taking decisive actions towards whats happening in iraq. The most Important Party who is taking the lead role in iraq now is the Popular Mobilization forces and its leaders like. A lamb body or as i leave. To others who are taking charge of the situation effectively in iraq and of course they would retaliate because they have suffered of loss of life during the american attack on 5 bases of hezbollah and the good. Immediate retaliate in was towards demonstrations towards the American Embassy was unfortunately lead to even more serious escalation and the targeting of. A man and of course i will mention one destroys one of the most prominent leaders of the Popular Mobilization their forces so the situation is very critical and of course there will be a lot of discussions between the Iraqi Government and their medications as well as the iranians and to trying to calm down the situation as us as much as possible although. We feel that the iranians would have to retaliate and would have to take some actions whether in iraq or other places in the middle east and eventually the whole situation is very critical and unpredictable unfortunately and i am boy john joining me there live from baghdad so i thank you very much for your thoughts i will taking it back at these live pictures here this is inside went to irans major moves this is friday prayers we heard i. Like to me theyre talking to those who are praying and talking about cleansing the region from what he called devils replies of chance saying get out and he said our great nation will surely respect to this great commands our correspondents have been talking to us about the very fragile and emotional atmosphere in tehran the smore ning and of course thats probably in direct contrast to the stories of silly monny that perhaps might circulate in the u. S. Where he was seen as terrorists and those were the targets of american action. While israel has bolstered its military presence along its border with lebanon and syria meanwhile lebanons hezbollah leader has issued a statement of valuing to pursue the punishment of those who are behind sort of manis killing with said its the responsibility of quote all fine kiss around the world he went on to say that they will work day and night to achieve his goals well mama judge and joins us live from beirut well mohamed we were waiting for some sort of statement that we have one. Yeah thats right julie let me read you a bit more of what hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had to say in that statement he offered his condolences to what he calls our dear brothers the officials of the Islamic Republic of iran especially the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary guard and the great and resisting iranian people he also went on to say as for those who remained we will complete his path talking about costumes of a money that we will complete his path and work night and day to achieve his goals and we will carry his flag in all arenas fields and fronts now again that leaves many more questions than answers at this hour what exactly does it mean that they are going to continue to walk in his path does that mean that there is going to be retaliation seen here in lebanon its one of the reasons people weve been speaking with in beirut today are very nervous theyre shocked and they also dont know exactly what this is going to mean for the future of this country is in a very delicate situation right now youve had more than 2 months of antigovernment demonstrations you had the former Prime Minister who is now the caretaker Prime Minister saad heavy he resigned and now you have a Prime Minister designate named he is a sunni politician but hes backed by hezbollah hezbollah is a Major Political player here is part of the government and so for any government to be formed for any cabinet to be formed which everybody is expecting here that means that hezbollah has to approve as well you had a lot of fighting here between political groups many of them wanting hizbullah to renounce iran that was impossible for hezbollah well before this its certainly impossible now also you have this country on the brink of bankruptcy a dire financial crisis here that people were hoping could be solved or might be solved with the formation of a new government now that all looks very much in doubt so a lot of questions in lebanon right now many people worried about if this means violence will recur in lebanon once more if we tally ations will occur from here and also wondering what this means for the future of the government in this country julie on the tension there joining us with the very latest reaction from that statement they were mohamed franky. Well were hearing from local media the Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has cut short his trip to greece him on conjoined us now from west jerusalem so hes cutting his trip short emraan what else weve been hearing. Well theres a number of developments here in west jerusalem julie firstly yes youre absolutely right he is returning from greece where he was signing a gas pipeline deal with the cypriots out in the greeks hes cut that trip short we are also hearing that he was briefed before the u. S. Action on customs so the money took place by u. S. Officials after that they was there was a security Cabinet Meeting where they decided to really key decisions to up the level of alerts on the u. S. Diplomatic israeli Diplomatic Missions abroad and also to the alert on the border with lebanon and with syria also here and there is Troop Movement now this is fairly standard when tensions are high towards the border but we are hearing that over southern lebanon on the witness reports of israeli jets flying quite low so clearly israel is very worried about any reaction on its border with syria and lebanon and that means any action potentially with the hezbollah you heard. My colleague talk about hasan the straw that the leader of hezbollah statement a very clear statement this will be of real concern to the israelis theyll be wondering what happens next this is the neighborhood where any potential reaction may well take place by hezbollah so it clearly is a big concern for the israelis and montcalm their lives from west to islam with that update. On jelly donuts and we are continuing our special coverage here on aljazeera live from doha when irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for 3 days of National Mourning after a u. S. Strike killed a Senior Commander of irans revolutionary guards Major General kasim

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