Leader one fido is physically blocked from entering. By there and a bit of rain all for a bushfire rest my tennis but nowhere near enough to end the unprecedented disaster. While the fallout from the u. S. Militarys assassination of irans 2nd most powerful man Major General custom sort of money is rippling through the middle east in baghdad politicians have voted to expel all foreign troops from iraq a nonbinding move is being backed by iraqs outgoing Prime Minister maki now after the vote theres been a 2nd night of rocket attacks inside the green zone and elsewhere in baghdad and iran says it will no longer abide by any limits to uranium enrichment under the 2015 new. Clear deal with world powers germany france and the u. K. Are doing it to reconsider and lebanon the leader of iran backed hezbollah says all u. S. Bases warships and soldiers are now targets indeed calls for revenge are growing louder especially among the hundreds of thousands of people mourning qassam saw him on it during his ongoing funeral procession in iran i will begin with al jazeera is osama bin jared in baghdad. And to us in iran in the Iraqi Parliament elected representatives came together for an extraordinary session the iraqi pm laid out his preferred option after the assassination of buttons in the money by american missiles well the larger the for what 1st ending the presence of Foreign Forces as an emergency measure and making arrangements for that secondly to go back to the draft decision that was put forward to the parliament before the current government took office. But all kurdish representatives boycotted the session and most of the sunni m. P. s were in there the emergency session of parliament is a reminder of the deep ethnic and sectarian divisions in iraq between sunnis shias and kurds at least one commander of the. Group has said that if the Parliament Fails to pass a decisive resolution against the u. S. Presence in iraq on sunday all future sessions will be worthless. A powerful cleric who heads one of the leading blocs in parliament criticized the decision as a weak one so theyre called for the shutting down of the us embassy on socalled resistance groups inside and outside iraq to form urgency battalions similar sentiments were echoed by other shia majority political blocs. This is a real test for loyalty and patriotism we dont want to disappoint iraqis as their elected representatives if this council cannot protect sovereignty its useless. Not everyone agrees with a quick pullout of polish and troops and these protesters carried out an end to the clash with pro iran supporters a similar sentiment runs through Anti Corruption protesters who forced out of the as the Prime Minister the iraqi pm says legal procedures will begin to fulfill the parliament nonbinding resolution but he leads an interim government with limited powers who are. Home and how its a resolution not a law if its really binding iraq will be exposed in front of vice all americans helped iraq there are a lot of problems for the economy as well. Even if lawmakers could all come together and vote to end the u. S. Presence in iraq immediately that process would take more than a few months to implement on the ground time with groups out for revenge do not want to give u. S. Forces sullivan job it out of they are backed out ok lets go to washington john hendren has been monitoring the u. S. Reaction to the Iraqi Parliament vote to expel Foreign Forces what has been the reaction and what has donald trump been saying about all of this. Well President Trump has been very stern in his word and he did not speak to reporters when he left his mara lago resort in florida earlier today and just within the past hour when he arrived here at the white house he did not speak to reporters again but before leaving florida he did issue a threat a threat to iran that he would retaliate severely if they were to do anything to retaliate against the assassination of sula money he said in a tweet these media posts will serve as notification to the United States congress that should iran strike any u. S. Person or target the United States will quickly and fully strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner will interesting leave that has shown a rift between the president and his opponents in congress the House Foreign Affairs committee responded to that tweet by saying this media post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside within the congress under the United States constitution and that you should read the war powers act and that you are not a dictator that gives you an idea of how contentious this is here in the United States. A number of democrats feel that the president went too far president obama president george w. Bush both had the opportunity to assassinate saloni and decided not to specifically because they were worried about launching a major retaliation the crew would lead to a hot war between the u. S. And iran President Trump while at mar a lago was given many options and by a number of reports surprise the military in the pentagon by saying that he wanted to exercise the most extreme option and that was to assassinate so that has really led to a backlash here in the United States his administration has informed congress of what the reasons were but he did so in a purely classified format so that members of congress couldnt respond Chuck Schumer the democratic head of the u. S. Senate minority in the u. S. Senate said that that was a disappointing response but hes not able to talk about it this is a very contentious issue john i want to ask you about some stories that were beginning to see coming out of the u. S. At the moment there are suggestions that iranians are being detained as theyre trying to enter into the u. S. Are you seeing anything about that there. Thats right there was a press release by a group called the council on arab sorry the council on American Islamic relations they put out a press release saying that more than 60 people were detained in the state of washington in the northwest of the United States coming down from canada and that their passports were confiscated and they were asked about their political beliefs among other things and that sparked a response from the u. S. Customs and Border Protection agency they said they do not discriminate people against people by National Orientation or any other way but they did ignore ledge that. They are engaging in an enhanced posture that means there are more intense interviews at these customs post and they acknowledge that the average wait time at that particular washington site was 2 hours and for some people it was 4 hours so we have some reports that people are being singled out for being iranian or iranian american the customs and Border Protection agency simply says that everybody is being questioned and that those procedures are taking an extra long time but theyre certainly upsetting some people by so. Let me take you to. Iran i said begs reporting on the massive numbers of people who have been filling the streets for qassam solmonese funeral procession. A sea of mourners millions across the country came out onto the streets nothing like this has been witness in iran since the funeral of the founder of the Islamic Republic at a loss how many 30 years ago the assassination of qassam so the money has united a country and its different political factions donald trump street threatening to targeted rein in cultural sites has encouraged even more defiance. But if we sacrifice our life for him if we sacrifice our blood for him hes still not enough and. Yes you did you kill. Them or their parents or it. Gets ready to love. The money get ready for a big brother where khaleel. You on the streets of iran the event has reshaped the political dynamic. In november there were antigovernment protests across the country but now the government and political establishment here have unprecedented support images of generous of the money put up across the country and airport named after him even streets named in his honor everyone is being reminded of his contribution to iran and whats seen as his ultimate sacrifice. So the moneys daughter has asked to bring in president Hassan Rouhani and the need to of lebanons hizbullah. To avenge her fathers death this as a nation has now resulted in iran announcing it has no limits to its Nuclear Activities including uranium enrichment its stockpiles and research and development the deal is now old but. Iran says no one can dictate what kind of response it will give to america no need in my. Its adventure has painful repercussions for you mr trump dont fret in the iranian nation with your ignorance you put the lives of americans in this vast region at risk you better pack up and escape from the region. Recently countries and the rest of the world wait nervously as the fear of a new conflict grows the killing of one man that is now threatening to reshape the face of the middle east aside big aljazeera that iran. While in lebanon has. Warned that here us forces will pay the price or so the moneys killing calder as in beirut. His images were put up across beiruts Southern Suburbs qassam so many is being mourned in hezbollah stronghold for the iranian backed group and its mainly shia are supporters the late head of the elite could this force the revolutionary guards external wing was their commander the public face symbol and architect of the Islamic Republics influence across the region was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in baghdad on friday since then iran and its regional allies have been promising revenge i feel ill be clear their response is to target their merican military presence in the region their American Military bases their vessels every american officer and soldier in our region and our countries on our soul. Many was not only irans concern but the entire socalled axis of resistance a term used to refer to groups in iraq syria lebanon havent and the palestinian territories he said it was up to those groups to decide if and how they would retaliate but the hezbollah leader hinted lebanon will not necessarily be an arena. Lebanon is not a front line of americas and irans rivalry there is a us embassy in a few soldiers who trained on me by hezbollah has a presence in the region and i can take part in any retaliation outside the country. It now seems clear with. The retaliation may involve Iranian Military commanders made the same threat and irans allies in iraq have already singled out u. S. Bases as targets and the u. S. Presence in the region is in a strong those words fair punishment for all or has repeatedly threatened a regional war if iran is attacked by the United States iran will not stand alone is what hes promised it is an expected statement of support from an ally which has grown into a Regional Force photos are emerging of now stronger with still in many who the hezbollah leader called a brother he confirmed the late military commander was in lebanon before heading to baghdad via damascus while hezbollah doesnt hide its links with iran it is the strongest political player in lebanon its careful to protect that power at a time of increasing pressure is the condition for success for retaliation out of there because of the Economic Situation because they cannot cannot sustain what sort of a. Likeable to 2006. Called so many assassination a turning point and a new phase the message here may be one of defiance but in reality the u. S. Maximum Pressure Campaign on iran and its allies seems to be already in a new phase. Beirut or Joshua Landis is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of Oklahoma City is joining us now on skype from the city of norman thank you very much for being with us just with regards to the killing of the iranian general do you think that the u. S. Actually understood the consequences of that action. It seems quite clear that it did not taking revenge is one thing but actually this makes no sense for us Foreign Policy i mean if you go down the checklist it doesnt deter iran it provokes ron it pushes iraq into iran as arms it invites the expulsion of u. S. Forces from iraq as weve saw Iraqi Parliament do this afternoon americans in iraq and lebanon are now targets and it shows the world that the us policy is not constrained by International Law what kind of his response do you think that iran is going to make in reaction to what has been going on. Well were going to have to wait and see obviously theyre theyre ratcheting up the pressure theyre trying to figure out which targets are going to be appropriate weve seen iran. Has to be very careful because clearly the trumpet ministration as its backup it can hurt you iran very easily a Moron America is tremendously and powerful and iran has been very cagey its moved from attacking shipping to oil now to hitting american soldiers but both. And iranian advisors to khomeini have said that theyre going to go after american personnel military personnel they have clearly stated that civilians should not feel in danger but military personnel are clearly very worried and were seeing the results of that already because soldiers and the military in iraq u. S. Military have said that they cannot carry out anti isis operations now or continue to train iraqis because theyre just hunkering down in their bases i want to ask you about the emerging situation that were going to see over the next couple of weeks and months in iraq particularly weve got a fragmented government weve now got essentially a fragmented military as well which appears as though the Popular Mobilization forces are also beginning to split apart in terms of loyalties what are the risks that we are going to see a significant political and potentially military up he will in iraq possibly also with the introduction of isolate into that mix well youre absolutely right this puts tremendous pressure on a state which is terribly corrupt extremely divided we already see the split in iraq between shiites the sunnis now. Completely revivified because you know over celebrations for killing him and those who are horrified by it it is going to ratchet up. Foreign interference iraq between america and iran as they struggle over this and its going to put tremendous pressure on a country that is notoriously weak that doesnt have a government right now it has a caretaker government and it could undo all of the efforts that the United States has made to to build a democratic or at least quasi democratic iraq what is going to be this to t. J. Comporting is to the u. S. If it is forced to leave iraq along with other foreign troops as they are iraqi government. Intends well you know this is what iran and silly moneys strategy have been which is to drive the United States out of the northern middle east and that means lebanon syria iraq and weve saw anyone jump in today and the state that revenge needs to be taken against america for this so. The United States position in the entire northern middle east is extremely weak today it has very little leverage if its driven out of iraq which looks likely now its going to have very very little position in this entire region 500. 00 people in syria but that will become untenable of course in the southern middle east the gulf states in parts of north africa is still very strong but but this far cry from what america would like to see and china and russia are going to exploit this as well they see america weakening in the persian gulf thats something that they welcome i want to ask you very briefly about the iranian announcement that it plans to remove the limits on enrichment a sense really it is taking yet another step back from the nuclear deal to what extent does that actually play to what the white house has always wanted. You know the white house seems to be a little confused about what it wants pompei of course today jumped in and said. That this is all you know that this whole process is is due to a bomb as weakness and that his signing the agreement with iran if you know on the face that that doesnt make much sense because the agreement with iran stopped refinement of Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Capabilities and it had iran working on a diplomatic basis with both both countries and the United States it wasnt in this process of escalation now you know its possible that irans economy and its internal unity could collapse in the future and thats what the u. S. Administration is counting on on the other hand for the short term that looks very far away and the cracks that we saw in iran look like they have the least temporarily been united around this nationalist drum beating and escalation that has been driven by u. S. Sanctions scuttling the iran deal and driving. A confrontation with iran which which its even europe seems split over this Joshua Landis as always great to get your views on this thank you very much indeed pleasure. Moving on to the rest of the days news now a u. S. Soldier and 2 American Defense contractors have been killed by al shabaab fighters who stormed a military base in kenya it happened in lamu county in