So that we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General custom sort of money on friday the formal funeral for the top iranian commander as well as. The Deputy Commander of the iran backed Popular Mobilisation forces is underway but will later be buried in najaf in iraq sort of on his body will be flown to iran lets go live to samoa fulton whos in baghdad for us and so many thousands out on the streets all seems pretty peaceful right now and theyve theyve actually crossed the river now is that right. These crowds are now marching through an area thats called the japanese which is opposite of the fortified green zone on the other side of the tigris river were seeing huge crowds consisting of people who are wearing civilian clothing were also seeing some people who are wearing military fatigues presumably members of the Popular Mobilization forces and you can see that some of the footage that we have shown earlier that a lot of the people are bearing flags some of them are iraqi flags but were also seeing a lot of flags of the Popular Mobilization forces and especially the hezbollah brigades thats specifically that yellow flag that were seeing quite a lot in the crowds and of course this is the group that was struck in the u. S. Airstrikes earlier this week and the group that was also very much present during the tuesday funeral procession which then resulted in the attack and siege on the u. S. Embassy now of course as a matter of mohandas who was killed in that latest u. S. Air strike he was not only the 2nd in command of the Popular Mobilization forces he was also somebody who was previously a leader of the hezbollah brigades which which is one reason why you can see these large numbers of their supporters and followers turning out were also seeing senior officials from both the Security Apparatus as well as the government we have a Prime Minister i dont love the mathy who is walking among the crowds now and lets remember that in the statements that he really released yesterday he called both customs for the money and. Hundreds martyrs basically come commemorating their contribution in the fight against eisel so his presence at the funeral procession is another sign that hes paying his respects to the contribution of these 2 men in the fight against eyeful now it remains to be seen whether these crowds will remain peaceful whether they will actually try to march across the Hanging Bridge in the direction of the fortified green zone ramona always ahead of course a real emergency move for the government to mars lander. That is correct they have been mounting not just following the latest strike that killed my hondas and for their money but also following the earlier strike this week that targeted hezbollah brigade positions to see a complete withdrawal of foreign troops from iraq including us troops and tomorrow Parliament Session is supposed to discuss it is unclear until now whether there will be an actual vote to officially ask the troops to leave because based on the constitution its supposed to be the government and not the parliament that initiated initiates legislation but were also hearing from some legal experts the parliament make whos to simply 5 the agreement that currently exists between america and iraq which would then basically initiate part of u. S. Troops not a lot of leaders populum organization forces especially. We have vowed that they will support such a bill and of course many of these groups have also political wings inside the parliament but he has also vowed military action to basically see the withdrawal of these troops from one way or another. Or its about it thanks very much to do some wonderful to reporting there from baghdad well a spokesman for the Iranian Armed forces has just issued a statement and it says that iran has the right to respond to the assassination of sort of money and he says that our response will be strong if there is a war in the region the cause is the United States of america iran will avoid any hasty response but it will retaliate for the assassination of silly money any u. S. Move after the iranian response will face more robust action well cousins foreign minister is heading to the iranian capital to talk says the gulf state urges all parties to exercise restraint lets join the dorsetshire bari whos in tehran the iranian capital and also the Korean Foreign minister arriving at a critical time. Certainly i weve just heard from the Foreign Ministry the Qatari Foreign minister mohammad been up over one al funny is in the rain in capital and Holding Dialogue with his iranian counterpart how much about zarif we understand that this was a very last minute trip it is the 1st official visit from the Qatari Foreign minister at a very very critical time we believe that he will also be meeting with the iranian president Hassan Rouhani later on saturday these meetings come at a time when the International Community is extremely concerned about how wrong will retaliate to the assassination of a Major GeneralHossam Soleimani weve also been hearing from reigning president Hassan Rouhani who wisit at the family of these sasa needed general early on saturday morning into lets hear some of what he had to say just d. The americans do not realize what a big mistake theyve made they will see the consequences of the mistake not only today but in the years to come and this great men deserve not to be killed by an ordinary person or terrorist but to be mastered by the historys biggest terrorist in this general is martyred the whole sum is put on alert the entire region. And also weve been seeing the funeral procession is taking place in baghdad the monies body will then come back to iran tell us about the plans that. Well the body of the slain general will return to iran on sunday morning we understand of where it will go to russia that is the holy city in iran and people there will be able to pay their respects and then it will come back to the capital on monday where the Supreme Leader will be presiding over a Prayer Services over the coffin at Teheran University then finally on tuesday the body of awesome seller money will travel to his hometown of care mine in central iran where he will be laid to rest that is apparently his own request to be buried in his hometown all this is going to be a huge event for the iranians theyre expecting millions of people to come out to pay their respects this general and as we heard from president rouhani this man wasnt just a military figure he was so much more in the rain in a society in the way the nation in the point of view of every means he did a lot to try and preserve the security and stability of iran by securing its borders by preventing the likes of eisel from reaching reigning in soil so little to matter where that is you want to go to this assassination is very much being regarded as something that the rains will have to avenge very soon. Thanks very much indeed reporting there from tehran in iran. Sort of monies assassination is inflame already tense relations between the United States and iran the pentagon says it will deploy more than 3 phones in troops to the region security in the u. S. Reaction to his killing has been split along party lines largely. Reports now from washington d. C. President donald trump tried to justify his decision to order the killing of Iranian Revolutionary guard commander qassam sulaimani by claiming the sulaimani had been planning eminent and sinister attacks on americans in the region we took action last night just stop. A war the us president said sulaimani was responsible for the deaths of thousands d of American Service people over 2 decades solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the United States did yesterday should have been done long ago trumps republican allies in congress agreed or to a law this evil man operated without them strike and countless and often have suffered for now his terrorist leadership has been and democrats say trump ordered the drone strike that also killed the leader of tehran back Iraqi Militia groups without Consulting Congress and warned of serious consequences this is the equivalent of the iranians assassinating the u. S. Secretary of defense i do not believe the administration has gamed out. How very badly this could go for the us and our interests this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into. Iran has promised retaliation the u. S. State department issued a security alert urging all american citizens to leave iraq immediately despite the secretary of states claims on u. S. Media that americans in the region are now safer after sunni manis demise while no one is accusing president shrub of ordering fridays drone strike for political purposes and does overshadow all political headlines in the u. S. Including trumps impending impeachment trial the u. S. Senate was to begin this new year by taking on that as their 1st order of business and instead senators are preparing for briefings on the u. S. Military strike and whatever response it may bring heidi joe castro aljazeera Washington Well a diplomatic its a james bays in new york where some of been asking if the strike was legal the u. N. Security council has been meeting to discuss the situation in syria but im told in the margins of the meeting there were various discussions between ambassadors about the killing of general sort of money and diplomatic circles are questions being asked about the legality of the move and whether its a violation of the u. N. Charter. We would just for further deescalation this is what we need no we need deescalation we need stability in the region and we would really encourage everybody. To work for further this case is such a violation in chinas view of china. Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson has made. To this america we are and paying close attention to this situation and me i can stay in the use of. Force in International Relations the suffering and territorial integrity of iraqs would be fully respected meanwhile the u. N. Secretary general antonio good terraces issued a statement hes called for leaders to exercise maximum restraint he says the world does not need another war in the gulf well legal or not there are funeral processions taking place right now in baghdad lets speak to him because ali whos a writer and journalist joins us now from the iraqi capital and welcome to the program as we look at the funeral processions thousands of mourners out on the streets all pretty peaceful at the moment but give us a sense of how you feel the crowd taking this. For you on your trial on your old post this. Think many people arent off or are. In. It for a well for an all to looters general soleimani and. The wind is. It did mind do i keep the issue does it to. Leave all Foreign Forces form iraq. Do you think that is what will happen that this will lead to the departure of u. S. Troops. Question obese so is that what you think will happen this will lead to the departure of u. S. Troops. Very im going to be able. If hell they when artists make a very big mistake theyve really got it all they archys our ability were called to a leader iraqi leader and therefore indicates where to go just on our government on their i. Q. Soil so that they feel very arent they to mind their money. Issue addition to leave all Foreign Forces a form of arc without because early do you think this anger that that youre seeing on the streets is it likely to spill over or will the calls for restraint continue to be adhered to. Releases just the voice. I was just saying that do you think the calls that there have been for restraint will continue to be adhered to. And i think its a very dangerous thing if the United States are beating this. There are forces. Me a fighting gear i says the United States me this mistake sir talks. About 46 time and this time they care rocky off we shall forces it out without give the only result of all our acceptable reason i would leave the house about because ali appreciate that thanks very much indeed. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including why. After is calling on libyans to rise up against the Foreign Occupation. Another state of emergency in southeastern australia where catastrophic bushfire conditions are back. To town against his former teammates. In sports. A lawyer for the former miss and boss and says he feels betrayed by the Japanese Justice system go on fledge upon this week claiming he was avoiding political persecution over allegations of financial misconduct more details are emerging about guns dramatic escape at alexy abroad reports this house in beirut. Is believed to be holed up now arguably one of the worlds most famous fugitives sort by police in japan and take the subject of an interpol red notice and a global bady a frenzy is a skype has embarrassed authorities in japan where gun had lived under house arrest and strict bail conditions including a ban on overseas travel. Media reports say the surveillance cameras show him simply walking out of his tokyo harm on sunday he didnt return. The former head of the. Making alliance and a giant in the global Auto Industry he was 1st arrested in 2000. He was facing trial on charges of financial misconduct allegations hes repeatedly denied. His escape spanned 3 continents and plenty of mystery contains he was fleeing political persecution of a Turkish Company it says going to a charter flight from osaka to istanbul and another from there to his childhood home beirut. Its understood that theres an interest in lebanon after a transit through turkey from japan the following is very important it is understood that there was a transfer in the Cargo Department at the airport. Feet. And employee falsified flight records didnt 5 people have been arrested in turkey accused of human trafficking. Gone has tried before to evade attention by dressing as a workman when leaving custody and match and his blog lawyer to kashi to kano seen here with the v. It says he felt betrayed by skype but not by going himself instead the japanese legal system had been bad from seeing his wife and want to kano called a violation of human rights and another lawyer was being spied on. Promising to tell his side of the story this week brian aljazeera. Well ajay cable then is a investigative journalist of the daily beast and we can talk to him now in tokyo welcome to the program it is an extraordinary story as ned said vanished on the 24 hour surveillance ramifications of his escape absolutely widespread as to how the escape was facilitated what he reckoned well i mean i think that going on his mr going is been in japan for a very long time so he knows that at the end of the year japan enters new years mode which is probably the most important Holiday Season here so that there would be very few people watching him so if he was going to escape this was the time. And he had been sort of preparing including taking lessons in the martial arts and seeing a physical trainer so he was ready to run and i dont blame him i dont think he was escaping just political persecution he said hes escaping a system in which you only have a one percent chance of winning. Its a very broken system but there will be many to be there will be many there in japan he will perceive that getting his chief justice and its certainly very embarrassing for for japan itself and not least nessun to. Well for nissan this is a huge headache because. You know its long is gone its been shut up. They dont have to deal with their own problems with their own questions of why they did this in the 1st place i think about this you could have just fired crossflow why does new son go to. The prosecutors and make a plea bargain to put across go to jail and why did they consult with the Prime Ministers lawyer to do it its a very odd thing to do and for what it is a you know a negligent well not a negligible but a Financial Crime its very dubious in the 1st place how will this it happened other tips now its going to how is this case played out in the court of Public Opinion in some of the latest developments. You dont there is there is a word that is very popular trending in jeopardy media call now could you what you Call Committee which means the upper class and carlos goes cases been trying to doubt again and again is a case of selective justice meaning that people took electric Power Company who are responsible for Nuclear Disaster that damaged the lives of thousands they were prosecuted the people talking airbag who made defective products that killed people were prosecuted and people are wondering why does crime school get this heavy handed treatment so you know it in many ways theres kind of sort of snickering reportage of kind of like well you get what you deserve for doing this crazy case in the 1st p