Influence across the region killed as he left the airport in back that along with others including the 2nd in command of the Popular Mobilization forces ever met the hundreds weve been hearing in the last few minutes from the iraqi president urging for calm and restraint and unity and in the in the hours leading up to this weve been hearing from various political leaders including the Prime Minister saying that a is this was a violation be this cannot be condoned in any way shape or form weve also heard from various political factions in iraq only how the and im ready and also the leader of the sudras bloc a book that al assads are saying that this is going to be to putting their forces on alert to some commanders calling them their their their forces on the ground their fighters on the ground valuing them telling them to be ready saying that this is the beginning of a great victory that was promised to them alluding to the ideological fight that they have been having with the United States not just in iraq but but across the region as well but iraq it internally is a crisis point right now it is being led by a caretaker government a government which has faced months of protest a government which will have to answer not just the iranian side about how was this Security Breach how were the americans able to target customs and the money was womans are very very guarded as well as to words to the militias whove just 48 hours ago were protesting outside the u. S. Embassy and were told to leave only on the promise that they say have been made by the government that they will legislate a law which will force all foreign troops out of iraq 3. In the last hour or so weve also heard from the Iraqi Oil Ministry saying that Oil Operations of opec 2nd largest producer are as normal despite the pullout of some u. S. Personnel as has been advised by their government some i wonder if we can reflect just for a sec on whats he might be like to be one of the protesters at a rear square waking up this morning and wondering if it pushes the reform of politics in iraq further down the agenda now that theyre having to deal with this in as you point out are already a caretaker government. Absolutely so it is a very tense calm in baghdad now in the streets the end although shops are open but everybody is waiting for a reaction and in the early hours you saw those celebrations happening in Tahrir Square which was then very quickly move muted down and they did say that although they call this a sovereign violation of sovereignty of iraq but they dont did not condemn the killing of possibly the man who many protesters here in iraq have been holding responsible for the killing of hundreds of people as they continue to court as there was a there was a massive crackdown on these protesters some estimates suggest hundreds up to 500 people need to be killed in these months long protests as protesters tried to cross the bridge to try and get their voice through the corridors they were gunned down and yet again when we saw that the Popular Mobilization forces and and the powerful militias were marching the Iraqi Government and the Security Forces give them free passage so like he said it is a very divisive moment in iraq the times once again where you see that there have been some celebrations but theres also the call for revenge theres a very high and to us sentiment amongst the farmers of the Popular Mobilisation forces they have moved their camp from the u. S. Embassy but we were with them yesterday and we saw that a lot of them say that they will take the fight to the americans if the call is made so that is something that many analysts here are fearing that this could take the turn for the worse and could maybe may well become violent some of the interview there with the very latest from baghdad ossama thank you well lets cross straight now to tell us achieve our hes been following this story from the early hours from tehran hi there door so so tell us more about the man whos going to be taking over for Major General custom sort of mani. Well the Supreme Leader has issued an order or a decree he is the commander in chief of the armed forces of the entire Islamic Republic and just a short while ago he appointed the Deputy Commander of the ports force to take over for us and selling money that is the Brigadier General a smile on me will now be the head of the bullets force of the revolutionary guards this commander was very close to us and so in money since he was appointed as a deputy as his deputy in 1907 and we were told by the Supreme Leader him self that the policies the methods and the ideologies that were under the direction of us and so the money will continue under the new leadership of the police force that nothing will change when it comes to that weve also been hearing that a number of high ranking officials have been commenting saying that this is an act of war essentially and revenge will be sought the former head of the forces in iran that is the volunteer units of the revolutionary guard has said that the United States better start sending coffins for all the u. S. Soldiers that they have stationed in the middle east because that is how they will all go back home very strong words there move also heard from has the president of iran saying that iranians will not stand by there will be revenge sought were waiting to get a clear idea of how iran will respond there is an emergency meeting that has been chair for the 1st time by the Supreme Leader himself of the Supreme NationalSecurity Council that is a body that is in charge of irans Foreign Policy the president and the head of the judiciary as well as the speaker of parliament will be attending that meeting and were waiting for the spokesperson to come out with a statement that will give us a clear idea of how iran will respond in the next 24 hours dosage of our there with the very latest live from toronto thank you. Well israel has bolstered its military presence along its border with lebanon and syria and were hearing that Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has cut short his trip to greece live there standing by as imran khan joining us from west jerusalem in run so what decisions have been made as a result of these targeted killings. Well israels security cabinet met in the early hours of this morning is worth noting here that we are hearing that term is the Benjamin Netanyahu was informed of the attack either as it was happening or just immediately afterwards according to local media reports by the u. S. So thats why they had this security Cabinet Meeting a couple of key decisions taken that firstly see up the. Against attacks against any Diplomatic Missions abroad so the seas abroad are on high alert also that Troop Movement toward the borders with syria and lebanon also were hearing that these really air forces flying sorties over southern lebanon certainly now this is the border thats of real concern to the israelis clearly with lebanon its as below is below of already reacted with a statement saying that they will respond to this killing of qassam so the money this is the real concern for the israelis is what happens on the border in syria you also have iranian linked militias may be able to give some problems particularly the occupied Golan Heights to Israeli Forces that so theres political reaction as well now what Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has told his security cabinet is not to speak to the media but theres been a lot of opposition political reaction actually some are accusing the Prime Minister of using this as a Political Tool because he has an election coming up is worth noting that the Prime Minister himself as actually said anything but his silence is being seen as a way all the electioneering others have said that whats going on right now will be used as an election airing tool by the Prime Minister emraan if there is any amount of fear from thinking for the you know average israeli waking up this morning and seeing this news about what the next steps might be and what it might mean for their security at a fragile political moment. Well israels neighborhood the place that it actually lives in is surrounded by people that many israelis consider their enemies the you know you talk about syria for lebanon except and so having a strong leader which is what netanyahu is saying as has always been this and you know his key strength and israelis have tweeting and social media reacting to this saying that this is not the time to change leadership with the support is a really going out and supporting netanyahu others however arent convinced they wondering whether this will be used by the Prime Minister but for ordinary israelis life you know it goes on its when you get to the border areas the people be very concerned about any potential escalation but he is very much a political story rather than a security one right now of course that could change and might come there live from west jewish the thank you for lebanons hezbollah has issued a statement about going to pursue the punishment of those who are behind sort of killing. Is the responsibility of quote all trying to surround the world he went on to say they will work day and night to achieve those goals will mohammed judge and joins us live from they would ahmed i know that there was plenty of other content in that statement take us through it. Now julie 1st let me just mention a couple of other developments weve heard just in the past hour when it comes to hezbollah representatives of hezbollah have confirmed that no hizbullah officials were killed in that attack that killed some so they money of the reason they did so is because earlier in the day there were reports that perhaps there were some hezbollah representatives on the ground as well because some for the money who may have been killed in the airstrike as below officials here are saying that is not the case also it has been announced that the leader of hezbollah has in the thread is not going to be making a Statement Today it was expected that he was going to be making a televised statement to his supporters but that is not going to happen no reason for that given although clearly that suggests the protocol that is in place when it comes to something major like this is quite obvious here in lebanon that hezbollah would want to wait until they got more direction from iran as to what iran was planning next now as far as the statement from house and the let me read you a bit more of what he said 1st of all he offered his condolences to as he said 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 mr nasrallah went on to say that this is how we see the scene and the situation we will complete qassam so they moneys past and work night in day to achieve his goals and we will carry his flag in all arenas fields and fronts and really this is causing some concern this hour here in lebanon for several reasons one is people are concerned that perhaps retaliation could happen from within lebanon what exactly what exact form would retaliation take where would it happen could violence be revisited upon lebanon these are things that are very concerning for the lebanese public at a very fraught time such as this another reason is causing concern not just because of the military implications but also. Because lebanon is effectively without a government right now there have been massive antigovernment demonstrations since mid october so almost 2 and a half months now soon after the demonstrations started you had the current caretaker Prime Minister saad how did he resign that means lebanon effectively is without a government there is a caretaker government there is a Prime Minister designate right now he is a a sunni has been backed candidate his name is has son but his he is now trying to form a government at a time when the country is on the verge of bankruptcy when this economic crisis that is and spoiling here keeps getting worse and worse and worse and the longer it takes him to form a government the worse it is going to get what happened in the dead the killing of course of the money many people here many analysts here believe that is sure to make the forming of a government even more difficult at such a difficult time why is that because you have the candidate who is the Prime Minister designate was tried for a government he is backed by hezbollah he is opposed by many other so many politicians here there has been a lot of political horse trading going on but everything comes to a standstill right now because many of the candidates here many of the political blocs who oppose his boat they have wanted has a bill of for some time to renounce iran to get further away from iran certainly that is something that was not achievable for hezbollah even before all this now its impossible so this really just worsens a crisis here that already seems to be getting worse at a time when people here are desperate for things to improve Julie Mohammed on that no and weve talked about this many times havent we over the past few weeks looking at protests in that vein and there were also feeling wasnt just just for a short amount of time that there was some progress on the horizon politically so i wonder if we can reflect on what the lebanese people waking up and seeing this news today is it do they feel yet more frustration that you know reforming their politics getting a government in place is just simply falling off the agenda. Look many of the people julie that ive spoken with they have said this initially means the government is not going to be formed anytime soon and they also believe that this but this has the potential to end the uprising here that this really complicates the situation in a way that they could not have guessed would have happened there has been a lot of shock expressed here whats interesting is that you know we have not yet really heard from from representatives of other Political Parties here we have not heard statements of condemnation or support in any way from other political leaders in lebanon and you know its now starting to get rather late in the day for such a deafening silence its clear that right now you know lebanon a lot of people in lebanon are really quite shocked quite taken aback at what happened and worried about what exactly this means Going Forward look youre right there was a sense of hope for some time that perhaps there was going to be a government that was created here in lebanon that would listen to the demands of the people the demonstrators that have been out in the streets want to see lebanon more independent want to see a lebanon that is not so boxed in by regional proxies that includes iran but they have also wanted to make sure that they have a government that represents them that represents lebanon the functions and they can appoint people in key ministerial positions can really try to create opportunities to fight corruption and really start trying to fix the economy and right now a lot of these people that im speaking with today believe that perhaps their hopes have been dashed truly homage ever to their latest from beirut mohamed thank you well a little earlier we spoke to floyd is adi hes a professor of world studies at the university of tehran he says even if they are waiting government doesnt retaliate all the support its of sort of money will acts. I think iran is spineless to this illegal isis a nation is going to be quite serious. If by cooler heads you mean iran will not respond i dont think that will happen even if you dont end leaders decided which is very unlikely but if they decided not to respond general so money had a lot of friends throughout the middle east and internationally and not all of them take direct. Advice from iran and so you will see response and thats why you see a lot of politicians in the United States issuing a statement condemning this act by President Trump because they realize that at the end of the day. The consequences for this act is going to damage the United States the u. S. Has lost its legitimacy they have not only attacked any iranian general they have also killed an iraqi general and someone who has been part of iraq he military force for many years someone who was a war hero against isis when isis was trying to take over baghdad just a few years ago. So there are medications are going to be quite severe and this is going to be the beginning of the end of u. S. Presence in the middle east january 3rd we can mark it on your calendar. Omar wimbush our senior political analyst joins us here in the studio to continue our discussion marwan just broadening the lens a little bit i wonder if you can reflect for me up upon how much what weve seen in these targeted killings and this news that the u. S. Has made in the middle east is much about domestic politics not just in the u. S. Potentially in israel as well as it is about geopolitics on a much larger scale yes absolutely earth because i think in the end of the day. This k