In the playoffs. Would begin in iran borders have gathered in the thousands to walk among the body of custom saw the body of the Iranian Military commander assassinated by a u. S. Airstrike in iraq on friday a short time ago body arrived in the city of mashad where tens of thousands of whitey his death has dramatically escalated tensions around the region on sunday donald trump issued a warning threatening to hit dozens of targets inside iran if it retaliates against the u. S. And in the iraqi capital there were several rocket attacks one exploded in the heavily fortified green zone with the u. S. Embassy is located 2 other rockets hit close to an iraqi base where there are u. S. Troops and contract. Crowds as weve reported are gathered in mashad at the shrine of reza are indorsed jabari joins us live from the now endorser after the initial shock some solo on his death this is a chance for people to pay their respects what hes saying. Well the. 5 anguish and. Sadness through the menu here still do the most good the long you can and there are the people who say that they still cant believe that hes gone and the day was killed so very much a shock so here are they wouldnt but he didnt get to ride his body just landed after Sunset Airport and look at it then it will take about 2 hours for a coffin to make it to 2 and longer that shrine where your ears are lined up along the route from the airport to the. We seem to last. Of course that position in the morning session. I will try to get back to iran and if we can really go to some other folks in is live now in the rocky capital and some other tell us about the significance 1st of all of those recent rocket attacks what more we learned. Well one of these rocket attacks hit. One of them inside the fortified green zone and one of them across the river tigris in the. Neighborhood and the other rocket attacks hit a military base around 80 kilometers north of baghdad there were no casualties and these rocket attacks are not really something new they are among a series of similar attacks 13 to be precise that weve seen over the past 2 months aimed at military bases where u. S. Personnel are stationed in the u. S. Has accused Iranian Armed groups for perpetrating these attacks including the hezbollah brigades now for us this comes at a time of grave concern and fear over escalation between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil we have not just heard. Threats of retaliation from iran but also from iranian groups. Groups inside iraq for example the hezbollah they issued a statement yesterday calling on iraqi forces to distance themselves from. Forces including u. S. Forces so as to not become Collateral Damage in any forthcoming attacks and now were also getting news just now of an incident taking place in the Southern City of what appears to have happened was that a symbolic funeral procession consisting of supporters of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces try to enter a square where antigovernment protesters have camped out for months now and these. That tried to prevent this procession from entering and then the supporters opened fire at demonstrators killing excuse me injuring at least 4 people and this is perhaps an important time to explain the difference between these 2 crowds because on the one hand we have these funeral processions which at least in iraq consisted mostly of p. M. S. Supporters and on the other hand we have these crowds that have been demonstrating against the government and against iranian influence in iraq and some of the parliament is holding an emergency session will anything more you can tell us about the. This emergency session was called by a Prime Minister in reaction to the assassinations of stolen money and the hundreds who is the 2nd in charge of the Popular Mobilization of forces here in iraq and the objective of the session is to discuss the possibility of expelling foreign including u. S. Troops from iraq now there are 2 possible ways that this might unfold montt of them is basically the reversal of the ratification of an agreement that already exists between the u. S. And iraq and this is a very broad agreement that talks about political and military cooperation also economic and cultural cooperation it is a very general agreement that does not really specify the number of u. S. Troops in country does not specify what these troops are supposed to be doing and i understand that there is a reluctance to complete the revoke this agreement as it would basically leave the relationship between us and iraq completely undefined and based on this agreement it is also true that iraq would have to give the u. S. One year notice to actually for example remove u. S. Troops from the country the more likely option here is that the iranian backed political groups inside upon a mental draft some kind of proposal to focus on the departure of u. S. Troops from iraq what remains to be seen whether there will be quorum and what remains to be seen whether there will be enough support because for now it appears just that its just the she had groups in parliament who are backing this proposal and the kurds and the sunnis thus far appear opposed to such a move basically saying that this is a very strategic decision and not one that should be taken in haste or some other thank you some other 14 law of the. Law to dorset now in iran of course where thousands of mourners of turned out to pay their respects to custom so the body uses body is brought back on door so you were telling us before we lost you about what youre seeing there the numbers of people in hell people are paying their respects and mourning just saw the body pick up that thought for us and tell us again what were you saying talking points there. Certainly weve seen people that have come from all surrounding areas not just masha which is 2nd largest city after the capital theyre gone but people that have come from across the area close to my set of well theyre actually anxiously awaiting the arrival of us and for the money body which is currently making its way from the south airport to mammas a shrine in the center of the city people here say that they want to be able to say a proper goodbye many years see him as one of the leading figures of the Islamic Revolution and hes a man that they know who has fought for iran and its interests over the past 40 years the main sentiment that we keep hearing about over and over again we see but the people here is that there is a state of shock and disbelief and theres a lot of anger that comes after that because of the way he was killed just in the battlefield as many would have imagined one day he died but he was assassinated by a drone by the u. S. Government this is something that is very very difficult for people to fathom here because they say this is a man who fought against the u. S. In his entire life and to be taken out by us very very difficult so theyre waiting to see his coffin to pay their respects there will be a. Prayer service said in the strine once a company arrives we expect that the journey will take about 2 hours and once it arrives here people will probably have a chance to say their goodbyes where and then the body we understand will be taken back to the capital and theyll be further ceremonies theyre taking place tonight and tomorrow that will be attended by the Supreme Leader and a check on the diversity tomorrow morning and all of this of course leads up to that of the burial on tuesday endorsed the safe against the rising tensions as well were seeing the train in iran of the United States and the warnings from the Iranian Regime of retaliation of revenge words. Yes certainly theres been a 6 lot of talk a lot of increased tension in the rhetoric that weve been hearing from all sides and we heard from the head of the countries 5 that the United States cannot you would think that if they wanted to retaliate they could within the white house itself. And this is not the time to escalate tensions in the board in a certain much of all 3 as tweeted saying that what the president saying over the past 24 hours by his twitter account is to 0 already the fact that he would want to take out 52 cultural sites in iran and understand that the president making reference to number 2 because there were 52 u. S. Citizens. When the u. S. Embassy was taken over in 79 so theres a lot of rhetoric going back and forth and there is an increase the tension certainly the language that were hearing. Also heard from the head of the revolutionary guards who had said that there is absolutely no way the United States can do anything that this is just rhetoric and threats and counter threats but regardless its really a tense time i think we can sense actually. Given the events that unfolded over the past 48 hours and what has come as a result of this assassination or so thank you joining us on the line the pictures coming to you live from that procession of people mourning the body of custom so the body will take you now to kenya for a number of alshabaab has been killed during an attack on a Kenyan Military base which is also used by American Forces the bus is located in Lubbock County on the side of his cab simba alshabaab quickly responsibility for this attack is no word yet on any casualties among kenyan or u. S. Troops lets get more from the tulsa he joins us live from. Were still waiting to hear what any casualties. What more youre learning about. Well it was an audacious attack this is manned by the king and and the americans but alshabaab managed to break through right now were being told the attack is over the king as americans are now combing the area trying to find those who were responsible along with a port is closed no flak coming in or out people working near the area have been told to go home for their own security we also know for example that that particular area level county is very volatile boni forest thats where a lot of al shabaab fighters i think to be hiding and over the years the king in Defense Force theyve been going in and out trying to weed them out and theyve been casualties on both sides day that was attacked on a passenger bus traveling in that area they were ambushed by alshabaab fighters suspected also says they saw at the bus 3 people were killed and people have been told to me in that area to try and be aware stay away from dangerous hotspots like that particular area alshabaab has been gaining more ground and becoming more and more braver some people say because theyve been stepping up attacks in kenya in neighboring uganda and most recently in somalia last week there was a truck bomb explosion that killed dozens of people in the capital mogadishu alshabaab things the reason why they attacking kenyans in particular is because the kenyans are in somalia right now the king of Defense Forces and they want the king is to leave somalia there to the king and have no business in that country so right now on the ground and it seems. At the moment the attack is over but officials the king is that americans are still going through the area trying to find those who are responsible and it will for now still remains closed just a couple of things you mentioned that last month. But weve also seen. The. U. S. Forces in the past year or so what does this tell us about the capacity the resilience of a group such as al shabaab to carry out an attack inside kenya life. When you speak to. The seems to be very resolute in the way they fight is the kind of take for example the truck bomb in somalia they approached a checkpoint and they exploded. And they were wearing civilian clothing it was a normal looking truck so Security Officials couldnt really identify them until it was too late and that is how they operate they tend to be in the crowd kind of hard to spot them and it just shows that the number of tactics taping up it is harder for. Somalia officials other people in the reason to try and fight them because every time they try to push them back coming back and try to attack it was an airstrike last week in somalia the americans say they killed a couple of. Cases they didnt say who it was but there is an attempt on the ground from Foreign Forces the kenyans and the models to try and weve had these proving very very difficult in the fact that they did to attack this base. In the early hours of this morning. And we may not be so easy to weed them out and the 1st thing. Is much more to discuss about this attack. Which is a political think tank covering the horn of africa and he joins us now from the road its good to have you with us we really do need to ask you. The timing of what were seeing you all know with the United States involved with the money with iran we should be careful to not buy direct link between iran because al shabaab is a sunni group not necessarily linked to the iran but the timing is interesting is you read anything into. No i would read it and the into the timing of this attack principally because putting together an attack of this nature of this all dastardly would take a lot of planning a lot of time. And it comes at a moment when al shabaab has been especially active a lonely kenyan border making forays into kenya as we just heard attacking a civilian boss who counts the less than a week ago so there have been elements of al ship and principally a a sub unit called the jaysh i mean that is army active in la county for some time now so this seems to be a part of and ill show about campaigning that has been ongoing for a couple of months now to project its influence its force both in the border region inside somalia and into kenya as well now the united starts over the past year has increased its its attacks on al shabaab positions inside somalia so where is the message being directed yours is directed to the United States or also to kenya of course who contributed troops to the African Union forces insights about. Well i think the message here is actually the message and if that sounds a bit like a paradox this attack is very similar to. Attack in september on that joining us Somali Military base in somalia at balad dogleg which received a lot of attention this appears to be principally an Information Operations or psychological warfare operation where chabad has sent a small number of fighters to a Major Military base they may or may not have caused the destruction that they claim of aircraft and vehicles at the base or outside its perimeter but the propaganda value of having actually struck across the border hitting an american a joint kenyan American Military installation is going to be much greater than the actual damage that theyve managed to inflict and the fact that the force was so small indicates that they didnt intend to overrun the base they were looking for a Major Military victory and they issued a statement so soon after the attack that it was almost certainly written in advance preprepared in to hit the media and score propaganda points just like the attack in september last year so i think what were looking at is the evolution of a symmetric warfare capacity and its understanding about symmetric warfare operations in a way that is intended to maximum Public Impact even if the military value is limited but appreciate your analysis but broad joining is the scott. 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Will cool the temperatures in parts of australia have given firefighters a brief reprieve after whats been described as a horrid course files on saturday blood red skies could be seen along coastal communities in New South Wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across New South Wales and victoria and the death toll has now risen to 25 after one man was killed while defending a property but his side Mass Evacuations prevented major loss of lives this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of escalation of response by kamel government that weve seen to a disaster such as this and i believe thats where we need to focus our attention and and we are seeking obviously to communicate that directly to a strident to ensure that they can have comfort that the response is matching the need well just go washington has this update now from a on the New South Wales south coast. Conditions have eased in many parts of this trial but of course crews are still battling 5 in New South Wales. And in victoria but they are making the most of these temperatures and live to wind to take control of some of the fires which across the area now yesterday here on saturday and its really a was described as a horrific day the damage is yet to be assessed but its estimated that at least hundreds of homes would have been destroyed this particular region of not just New South Wales which is suffering but victoria there are also fires burning in queensland and tasmania although not as severe as what is happening in the 3 day now we do understand that conditions all favorable in most of the day theres even a bit of rain here in New South Wales and victoria but its along the south coast region that the situation is still incredibly dangerous and this is an issue which will go on. Ahead theres just been a town thats. Along the south coast region in between victoria and New South Wales that whole town has just been evacuated so still an incredibly volatile situ