Raging red glow the scene is confronting Emergency Service workers as they continue to battle huge. So that the u. S. Defense secretary says theres been no decision to put american troops out of iraq this comes after a draft letter by top u. S. General in iraq revealed that forces will be repositioning to respect bank that sovereignty the confusion in the pens can follow sundays nonbinding vote in the Iraqi Parliament calling for the removal of all foreign troops in response to the u. S. His assassination of irans Top Commander custom sort of money. Iraq has as the u. N. Security council to condemn the killing of sort of money and i would have. Had to rein in back to recchi paramilitary groups it wont swirled leaders to ensure that bank that is not dragged into international and regional crises here in sexual general hunton you could terraces also calling for restraint ive been following the recent rise in global tensions with great concern i mean Constant Contact with living officials around the world and my message is simple and clear stop escalation exercise maximum restraint restart dialogue re new International Cooperation let us not forget the terrible human suffering caused by walk meanwhile in tehran mourners flooded the streets in grief and rage irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Khamenei led funeral presence for the money and at one point was seen weeping well well have a report from tehran in just a moment the 1st his own binge of 8 with the latest from baghdad. Just outside of the green zone we started to hear helicopter traffic heavy helicopter traffic which we hadnt heard since the death of christ in chile money on friday night and that indicated something was happening and after that a letter was released by various Media Outlets and we confirmed with multiple iraqi sources in the government as well as in the military who said this letter was authentic now it to be is that this was a draft of a letter for coordination purposes and the Troop Movement which was which were signaled in that letter is only for coordination purposes the u. S. According to the department of defense is not pulling out of iraq it does show the kind of confusion that has existed here in iraq after the assassination of course insulin money every night has been eventful whether it was bin rocketing rocket attacks or some sort of statement from from armed groups it was monday a very busy day for the Iraqi Government the iraqi Prime Minister and i spoke to a number of World Leaders the qatari of mir leaders from the u. K. Britain china and the United States ambassador and the essence of that was that he wanted the world to see that he wants iraqs sovereignty to be respected he wanted the world to see that he wants iraq what is standing behind what he called a quick draw for troops lets rejoin 100 he joins us live from washington d. C. And john though so much confusion is all clarity now. Well there is a little more clarity certainly and that clarity is that this letter was apparently never supposed to go out if you look at the bottom of this theres a curious thing missing it is the signature from general Brigadier General bill seeley who wrote this letter and the pentagon says that the reason for that is that letter was never supposed to go out the reason the iraqis had a copy of it is that they were sending drafts back and forth we are told but mark esper the u. S. Defense secretary says this is not the policy of the United States of america the u. S. Has no plans to withdraw from iraq and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley the highest ranking uniformed military officer in the u. S. Says it is poorly worded implies withdrawal that is not what is happening so apparently there was a bit of daylight between what the pentagon wanted and what the general on the ground in iraq in control of u. S. Forces wrote in a letter that was never fully signed or vetted by the pentagon so this may look good for the iraqi Prime Minister but it does not look good for the trumpet ministration or the pentagon and they made it clear that this is not u. S. Policy right now you have to wonder how its possible that they could be such a situation where which is not joined up in any way that theyve got it completely wrong. My understanding from talking to people with close ties to the pentagon is that whats going on here is that the u. S. Is repositioning troops that repositioning may or may not be directly related to the vote of the Iraqi Parliament kicking u. S. Troops out a nonbinding vote but that whats happening is is the u. S. Is moving some troops it doesnt want to specifically say from where and to where that is because those bases become sort of rocket magnets they have been attacked repeatedly and a contractor u. S. Contractor was killed at one of those bases in the last few weeks but they insist that these are simply movements within the region and that they are not leaving iraq that would be a tremendous embarrassment to President Trump who just 24 hours ago said the United States is not leaving iraq if it were to be required by the iraqis to leave that country that iraq would be required to pay billions of dollars for an air base the United States built there and that the u. S. Would levy heavy sanctions against iraq so the United States government here in washington anyway wants to make it clear that its not leaving all right john thanks very much john hendren reporting that. Well as we mentioned huge crowds packed the streets of irans capital because some sort of many funeral said because the latest now from tehran. A nation in mourning and tears from the Supreme Leader for irans top military general assassinated in the u. S. Drone strike in iraq to the how many a friend of customs in the money lead the Funeral Service at the wrong university outside the streets of the capital were packed with the iranians who considered for the money a hero a man who defended his country crowds like this have not been seen since the death of the founder of this logic republic Ayatollah Khomeini 30 years ago so them on his daughter addressed the crowds you know its hard to harness how you would see anwar photo ha ha today the philosophy and struggle of my father has made the resistance front into a principled and victorious philosophy. So the money and iran have long supported palestinian groups a senior hamas leader Ismail Haniya paid his respects. Were here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the Islamic RevolutionAyatollah Khomeini general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the us the crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just a run for the entire region but here for President Donald Trump all of the fascination of boston for the money would result in people coming out and celebration coming out against the political establishment in iraq well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there were chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond with we should take revenge the feeling that i had to was the digital its unique i dont have this feeling towards anyone else in government hands thats not my heart theres no one is valuable as the general a little on some blood with blood residual that what i was since i heard the news ive been crying 100 so weird feeling but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyone agrees on what action to take and their intended political struggles in parliament. If roger before you are the best response is to expel us forces from the middle east and make efforts to liberate palestine but the specific response of iran shouldnt be hasty and should be well considered an important body called the assembly of experts condemned the killing of said the money and said silence in the face of assassination would make iran weaker they called upon young people to mobilize and prepared to oust American Forces from iraq as the world awaits irans response the government here will find it hard to ignore the calls for revenge and when its revenge for a man of course and so the money standing it would appear this Popular Support for whatever action may follow. That run well tensions in iran causing concern at the United Nations lets cross straight away to mike hanna at un headquarters in new york and mike a number of questions being raised not least iraq wanting some guarantees. Yes indeed well iraq has sent a letter to the president of the Security Council and the secretary general asking for the Security Council to issue a statement condemning the United States for its action iraq says in the letter it stresses that any military operation on iraqi soil without the consent of the Iraqi Government and without prior coordination is considered as a provocative hostile act that violates the charter of the United Nations so iraq wanting at the very least a statement from the u. N. Security council but this isnt very likely the council and as on so many other issues deeply divided on this matter the Chinese Ambassador is saying that he is consulting with other members of the council when asked whether he will call for an urgent meeting the Russian Ambassador being even more blunt asked whether there was a likelihood of a joint statement from the Security Council he simply said no so clearly the issue of the Security Council and dealing with this crisis at the moment very very difficult with the council remains totally disunited the thing is that youd expect with Something Like this that this significant and its just happened that there would be meetings galore going on in the corridors of the u. N. Well its quite ridiculous in a way because its obviously not on the agenda of the Security Council libya and syria were on the proceedings of the council today and while its not for me being discussed it certainly being discussed in the corridors behind closed doors obviously its of deep concern to diplomats what is happening here and diplomats some of them took the opportunity coming out of the shuttle meetings to make their comments about what is happening the Chinese Ambassador for example or sharply critical of the United States saying that its violated basic norms of International Relations this is by Russian Ambassador as well so certainly there is deep concern within the corridors the United Nations but there again theres a sense of impotence because the u. S. Is a permanent member because russia and china are permanent members this simply cannot be agreement on whether or not to call an urgent meeting on this they cannot even be agreement on whether to issue a united statement condemning the ongoing crisis mike thanks very much and they mike hanna reporting from the u. N. There in new york and lets take this all we can speak to Glenn Collins a former Deputy NationalIntelligence Officer for transnational threats at the cia and he joins us on skype from boston mr cole welcome to the program what do you make of these latest developments this confusion over the letter that seemed to suggest that there was an imminent pullout from iraq but it was later denied by the defense department. Right well there are 2 kinds of confusion i think one needs to have conscious in ones assessment here the 1st is the understandable bureaucratic kind of confusion that happens every day in every ministry of every country in the world and thats what were dealing with with regard to the letter i know this is how it happened is the vote by the congress the parliament in iraq came for the removal so the american officials. In place would start to draft responses to that that that letter would then be sent or that that draft proposal would be sent to the period for coordination clearance and change and saw it would go up the chain of command through the military to the national Security Council and so on and as that was that process was going on clearly we heard from the secretary of defense there or the joint chiefs of staff chairman the answer in washington was no no no that goes too far lets try to find some way to keep from having to pull out completely well talk about redeployment but the letter was leaked or issued inadvertently that i think is a classic kind of bad mistake but an understandable team one the larger confusion is from Donald Trumps capricious and incoherent policy decisions where he acted viscerally without concern without taking any consideration of his advisors positions and ordered the killing of sulaimani now thats debatable action to take but clearly in concert in line with Everything Else hes done as president there was no thought to step 234 how that might relate to some coherent plan right and he still continued to be bold new threats not only to iraq in the suggestion of potential sanctions but also for potentially targeting cultural sites in their own. Yes well he doesnt he is by this point everyone on earth should have the measure of the mat he is utterly amoral self focused narcissistic and doesnt care about the law. Custom coordination or consequence he thinks. In an emotional this or a way in response to what he perceives as slights or threats or opportunities and thats it always inclining to a position of apparent strength without much thought and thus we killed silly money we the United States and now he doubles down as he will always do right i just want you about to be the vote that the Iraqi Parliament held that you were alluding to a little bit earlier they held this nonbinding vote to get troops to leave foreign troops what likelihood is that. She taking effect given that a significant part of the parliament wasnt there including the sunnis in the cut right you know that what thats thats the important point now iraqi like all societies has all sorts of countervailing forces and ethnic groups and interests so the shia who have largely been sympathetic to or in the sway of iran since frankly the American Invasion of iraq. Voted to have them the americans go of course the kurds and the sunnis arent so thrilled by that because to the extent that they have a protector and forcing a rule of law and not simply a shia dominated revenge driven majority arent so happy so i would anticipate and im not an iraqi domestic political expert but i would anticipate that there would be some modification and look for a way to square the circle everything is in conflict with itself in her. Back in the United States between iraq and United States between the United States and iran and most things there are incoherent and all the leaders in the world you and i included as observers are trying to make sense of what cannot be made coherent because it is an incoherent step of this series of visceral steps taken by the man in the white house arguing khalil even though i do appreciate your perspective on this thanks very much indeed and time but im more ahead on the us are including well tell you why fountains have rallied in liberias capital of monrovia. And protests in india after months group of time students and teachers at a Public University in the capital. Small chemicals Christina Rinaldo starts near and starting to vent to. The actions. Set and forces loyal to the libyan warlord who for have to have reached the center of the city of sirte thats off they took control of the nearby like how to be the base one of the largest in the country after strips of trying to wrestle control of the strategic city from the un recognized governments part of an offensive which the general launched in april to take control of the capital tripoli. Having the difficult but i have said this strike which was planned for very efficiently and with great caution was under the direct supervision of the commander in chief the plan was executed great detail in spite of hours in no more than 3 hours approximately we were in the heart of the city of sirte well its a now from the one whos in tripoli and he says the situation in sirte is changing rapidly. Were getting news from military sources in this cause to the city of sirte saying that have to those forces have taken control of several parts of the city including the poor and the city center thats also along with the military camps in Southern City fighting is still going on until now according to military