Crew aboard the plane were killed when it went down shortly after takeoff a car chase suspect mechanical problems caused the crash. On unwelcome im not that she was good to have you with us. Iran claims its killed more than 80 americans after firing Ballistic Missiles at u. S. Military targets in iraq the u. S. Defense Department Says its still assessing the damage the missiles reportedly hits 2 bases the base in western iraq and another near the city of erbil in the north irans revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the us assassination of general qassam solely money. Its all about the. Iranian state television claiming at least 15 missed silos fired by Iranian Forces have hit the. Base in iraq killing 80 u. S. Soldiers. The numbers cannot yet be verified and so far there have been no reports of casualties from the United States or other coalition forces. This promised act of revenge was for the killing of top military commander general salim mani the move has been widely welcomed across iran. Crowds chanting death to america as irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tells them their message has been delivered. In court or youre. Forced to live at last night. But what is important is that the seditious presence of america. In the region should be and it fits. The countrys foreign minister has also spoken out. That weve said very clearly that if the United States takes any further action iran be to respond accordingly and we will respond in a very harsh way but proportionately. U. S. President donald trump visited the Assad Air Base in iraq in december 28th seen his response so far into the strikes has been measured tweeting all is well assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good. Meanwhile Security Forces have been inspecting a sites near below the capital of iraq selfgoverning kurdish region where at least one Iranian Missile landed American Forces are also based in the area but all in to the me now from the iranian capital is journalist. Lizza whats been the reaction among the people of iran over this attack we know emotions have been running high over the us assassination of jenison in mani will this attack be enough to satisfy them. Well. So far now casualties from the last months attacks 80 people killed. That would be suspect there so the rain and nation and the people who wanted to avenge or jealous of them on an assassination but even if the u. S. And iraq the official claim is true that no one has been hurt in the attack. Attack was symbolic and itself and was a victory for this lawmaker paul because ive they were in a defense minister said earlier today it does because the 1st attack on the u. S. Days after the 2nd board was so it is significant for the reigne a nation to be able to quash the u. S. Power and the u. S. Image in the. Original and it can be convincing for the. Supreme leader come in and doesnt housen rouhani have said ill give one goal is to end the u. S. Presence in the middle east so what steps can we expect to once that objective. Well i believe that the immediate request and demand of iran is not to kick us out of all its bases in the region it is not possible chile to. Force the us troops to leave for example their bases then. By rain and dont wait their very ports today that. The us troops are going to need their own weight base but it doesnt reject that and the. News agency has been true to the immediate requests of the wrong. Vidhu all of us forces from iran but youd have to name now based on the letters exchanged has been that u. S. Central command they write to get all of them and it is a still a great victory for this drama good public thats what general hossam soleimani shouts ive achieved him so before his assassination so it would be a great victory for iran to. To make the americans need the. Iraqi terrorists a d. Journalist lives across the entire ron thank you very much for that update from that. Miss on going to be a jockey captain bond on joining me from then is john the spatial logic. We just heard then that the. Reason casa seems to think that u. S. Troops might be leaving a vase at the same time iraq spun mrs clinton from restraint on all sides what well can you tell us about it docks reaction to these attacks on u. S. Bases that. I dont remember mr acting Prime Minister of the of the met he said he was informed and had a time thats. Very. Clear based and he said that as you said news calling for restraint from all parties but it is also worth marking that reaction has been notably more muted and his reaction to the american violation of it off the sovereignty of the killed customs of the money in the hundreds earlier. You know. But the message has been very clear across the board you know iraqi leaders also normal iraqis on the streets have been saying that you know they dont want it to become a battleground between the u. S. Docs parliament has already said it wants u. S. Troops out of the country the government has to sign off on that so will this attack affect their decision. You know its complicated part of the reason why the government said that they want us troops are not recovered by the parliament as you know just by. You know their resolution calling for u. S. Troops to leave iraq is not only you know violation your state of iraq sovereignty but also because they say its dangerous for u. S. Troops in iraq for the park and they also put it off risk. Will they actually leave its unclear you know the parliaments decision was just a recommendation to the government so its not binding its up to the government to request u. S. Troops leave but you know already weve seen. You know troops begin moving out and you know well see as you know the days go forward whether the u. S. Will either move their troops within iraq need to the north or whether they will start to wind down the present its unclear but. Even so far i guess President Donald Trump has insisted that u. S. Troops will stay in iraq and theres no question of taking them out right now at least now this action these missile strikes by iran what donna by the state and the Iranian Ministry what about the militia who lost supported by iran also operational in iraq could they also respond to this targeted assassination of genocide the money they were he was much of it by them. And you know you definitely could you know many of these militias you know are backed by iran so you know what they do will also probably be leaked you know to what people in the revolutionary guard the wrong you know are asking but at the same time we remember it wasnt just general customs with the money who was killed in the straits it was also. Hundreds who is the leader of the well a militia one of the largest militias and was brought militias in iraq and i think to be very strange if we did not see some sort of reaction from the people in the killing of their leader this might play out. But in the past you know there have been rocket attacks example on military bases hussein u. S. Troops. Right a journalist thank you very much. We now go to do you should shes standing by in brussels for us today whats the response been from e. U. Leaders to this is a missile attack. Its interesting because the European Union response is largely unchanged due to the overnight attacks they are still saying theyre very worried and theyre calling on all sides to refrain from for live further violence and to deescalate the situation now this is something as we know will not sit well in Washington European Commission president ursula vonder lion and Foreign Policy chief Joseph Burrell came out after an urgent Cabinet Meeting this morning and said that it is very important for all sides to resume talks now this comes even as some European Union governments themselves are condemning the attacks germany france the u. K. Even finland have come out and condemned the missile attacks but not vonda lyon and burrell they say the e. U. Has an Important Role to play and that role lies in communicating with the Iranian Regime lets hear what underline had to say this morning. The country i says deeply affects not only the region but all of us and the use of weapons must now to give space to dial we all are hold upon to do Everything Possible to rekindle talk and there cannot be enough out so terry or the phone line talking about dialogue and of course is a huge concern as you said among. Leaders about whats happening but cant even do anything concrete to deescalate the situation it remains to be see were seeing whether this will be effective but the e. U. Can in fact play an Important Role in talking with tehran because its something that of course washington doesnt do but the e. U. Does have an open dialogue with the Iranian Regime particularly over the Nuclear Program which the e. U. Is trying desperately to save hanging by a very very thin thread at this point the e. U. Has invited Iranian Foreign minister zarif to come to brussels perhaps hell even make it this week for an urgent Foreign Ministers meeting called for friday we dont have any confirmation of that yet but again repeated this morning that he would very much like to see the Iranian Foreign minister here in brussels soon so we shouldnt underestimate the role that negotiation that talks does have to play at the same time as i said earlier i think the u. S. Will very much be looking for a stronger condemnation of the missile attacks on u. S. Bases and they do in fact affect europe because u. S. Forces on the ground are Protection Forces for the europeans who are also working there in iraq and here you also need to for us the what consequences do these developments have for me if your troops who are in the region. Neer troops are in the region in a noncombat role they are training the Iraqi Military and that is also very important and the mission was suspended immediately where within 24 hours after the killing of customs the money when it was clear that the violence was going to was going to escalate the coalition to defeat isis also suspended its training activities there so this has had a large impact on military forces in the region who were working very hard to help improve the Iraqi Military capabilities so thats not going to be a Welcome Development and while while the nato says that the mission is only suspended if things go the way theyre going now its pretty hard to imagine how how 500 people will again be safe in baghdad training the Iraqi Military forces half of the nato personnel have been moved out of baghdad some of them out of iraq altogether as National Governments have also done with their personnel given these developments is still a danger that the assassination of general sulu monny we drag need to into a conflict with iran. I cant imagine that nato is not going to go to war with iran remember that nato acts by consensus only and there is no way that youre going to get 29 countries approving that at the same time as as i said it does have an impact on. Improving in the region because nato cannot continue its training activities with the Iraqi Military and of course there are 29 individual governments inside nato. Also would like to improve relations with iran and thats not going to be possible while while violence is escalating on the ground nato of course will very much back its member of the United States and so this is a very great concern at nato headquarters if there is a danger to the United States or to other nato allies who are there on the ground in iraq this is a very serious matter and back channels will definitely be used to try to convince tehran not to launch any more airstrikes like this that could endanger personnel on the ground and again as you said earlier we dont know yet if there have been casualties or ron says there has been and the United States and iraq are indicating there hasnt been so for the prospects of call in the reason everyone must hope that its the u. S. And iraqi stories that turn out to be true. Thank you very much for that update from that. Joining me now from up on the menu studio is a member of parliament fritz hes a difference expert with the governing democrats in germany welcome mr philbin truly 1st an initial comment from you in response to the strikes. Well evidently i think the airstrikes are an acceptable its its simply not the way to proceed in a situation like this you have to really have to deescalate and start negotiating again escalating by striking each other will only makes the situation worse ok so it is unacceptable to have these airstrikes but what impact do you think these airstrikes going to have on the presence off a u. S. Troops in iraq well the Iraqi Parliament has made a decision that it doesnt want the u. S. Troops in iraq any more this should have a more important impact on the what washington says because you have to look at this from the iraqi point of view you know the americans have killed. General from iran on iraqi soil endangering iraqis the iranians have launched air strikes against you are american troops stationed on iraqi soil again endangering your iraqi citizens if i were in charge of the security and safety of my population this is what i would be worried about and i think. The the issue what the what the Iraqi Parliament has to say on this note on this matter should play an Important Role in evaluating the situation that the think im a gemini has or it already would join some of its troops from iraq to be relieved from baghdad in particular what is the message that. Well we have we had some 130 personnel stationed in iraq with the with the task of training iraqi forces both near baghdad and. Below and in the kurdish region and of course the mission has to have a sensible relationship with the risks involved in a situation where the place is under attack and where the Iraqi Parliament says we dont want foreigners in the country and the more we made the decision to move all but particularly to the ones closer to baghdad where we judge the situation to be more dangerous after the iraqi the iranian air strikes which were also directed against i feel we have to reevaluate the situation in the north as well so you began your comments by saying there needs to be deescalation what can jim need do on the diplomatic level and to kind of ease tensions now well considering that we have pretty good channels in both directions that we are able to the definitely talk to our american friends and allies on the one hand and tehran on the other we can function we can we can serve as an intermediary to simply convey some simple messages that might make it possible to deescalate i think this is a situation where diplomacy can be helpful. Ok no the German Government has of course condemned. Strikes but i you actually happy with what the u. S. Is doing there at things like this dog did assassination of generosity money. You know. Im simply trying to look at it from the iraqi perspective if Something Like this happened on german soil we had. A visitor from a foreign country assassinated killed here by another foreign country i would resent that. He was a horrible person its not like i would like to defend the man and his role in the region but i think from an iraqi perspective this is unacceptable and we have to we have to make sure that the basis for for argument for dialogue for discussion is not historical matters like this. Right of fritz enjoy a member of the German Parliament and a defense expert with the governing social democrats thank you very much for talking to us from d. W. Youre welcome. Now shia muslims are a majority and in shock just as they are in their powerful neighbor iran but the shock has had to straddle a fence because of u. S. Influence and military presence in their country the dog did killing of general qassam silly money has now changed the dynamic in the region and its thought that the us way in iraq could become collateral damage. When a u. S. Drone strike killed tehrans top military mastermind it didnt happen on iranian soil but in iraq the country was a target for general casey im still a money and iran in their master plan for the region but to extend shiite power using proxies. Like the Shiite Militia that attacked the u. S. Embassy many of these militant groups came to prominence during the fight against socalled Islamic State shiite iraqis trained in iran who were central to defeating is. And many of them took their orders from sort of money. Iraqi lawmakers call out no to america irans influence pervades iraqs Political Class too in the 28000 elections 45 form a Shiite Militiamen won seats in parliament that election also made a deal of the Prime Minister he was long a member of a shiite party based in iran abdul mahdi resigned after mass Anti Government protests at the end of 2019 he remains acting Prime Minister but with the government on the verge of collapse protesters have been calling for a new political order one without corruption and sectarianism and with our u. S. And iranian interference american soldiers ready to deploy to the middle east the position of the u. S. In iraq has been shifting over the past decade in 2011 former u. S. President barack obama pulled u. S. Troops out of the country declaring that the war in iraq was over 3 years later they were back to fight i. A. S. This time on the invitation of the iraqi government. But now iraqs shiite Majority Parliament wants u. S. Troops out washington says thats not happening iraqis know that if the americans leave socalled Islamic State could take advantage of the resulting power vacuum and resurge and thats the situation no one wants. For some analysis let me join simon megan from Lancaster University in england hes a senior lecturer on International Relations welcome simon we now have irans response to the killing of the star general ready you think this conflict between the u. S. And iran will go from here. So i think theres 2 different readings of this one is that were caught in a cycle of tit for tat violence if you will that we caught in this traditional Security Dialogue that dominates International Relations weve seen it many many times before where one country responds to an attack the other country then responds and escalates and escalates and its very difficult to break out of now the other reading is that. Youre reining in forces of the eerie and senior figures that were able to warn the United States that this was going to happen in order to save facebook prevent further escalation in the sense that there was no loss of life now i think that this is perhaps quite a creative way of addressing the situation and possibly getting out of there and the reason why i think that this is a possibility is donald trump reaction to the attack overnight where his tweet was all is good so that suggests that there isnt this necessary anger that has characterized this would succeed well for many many months now but that perhaps there is some hope to mizzen that there is possibly a way out of this crisis thats how many how significant is the fact that this a missile attack was done by the Iranian State and my the Iranian Military in the files when they have been attacks have been all done by proxy minissha. Yeah of course and i think what this demonstrates is that there had to be some type of response from the arabian state to the killing of cause and sort of money in order ringback for the iranian government to save face they had to do it and in order to speak to their own people in order to demonstrate their credibility that vitality and that the Islamic Republic would not tolerate such a high profile assassination so i think thats why the revolutionary guard corps had to be the ones doing this rather than rather than putting it out to one of the shia militias that they work so closely with but message to leave the militia who was supported by iran people who deeply deeply revered jenison in money meet the who thiis in yemen or the hezbollah in lebanon could they take independent action and retaliate for his assassination possibly i guess what well see very quickly is the extent to which it was all down to the saloon money who was responsible for creating and maintaining these networks or whether theres actually more to the networks than just 1. 00 individual and i would imagine that its more of the law that there are structures in place to facilitate relations between this by law. And the revolutionary guard corps force for example i imagine that there are other aspects to these relations its not just contingent on one individual that being said i wouldnt be surprised if there was some independent agency operated by conflict is by these who no doubt is going to be incredibly angry at the steps taken by the United States right you have to leave it there simon even from Lancaster University in england thank you very much for that analysis. If you dont miss youre watching the news coming to you live from heres a recap of the top stories that were following feel iran claims its killed more than 80 americans optimistic on attacks on u. S. Military targets in iraq the attack was in retaliation for the assassination of irans top general but john has not offered evidence of american casualties u. S. President trump treated earlier that all is well as damage was being assessed. And more than 170 people are dead after a youre creating an airliner crashed at fort Iranian State t. V. Says 4th passengers and crew aboard the plane were killed when it went on shortly after takeoff. And this is news stream but in our special coverage continues off the short break in the meantime you can get more indepth news and information on our website just go to w dot com or you can also follow us on twitter. Im on the cima do stay with me if you can on the other side of the break. After. Im not laughing at the germans well i guess sometimes i am but i said nothing with the coven and i think deep into the german culture of. Nudity weve taken as gram a day oh you know its all about who they know im right oh join me for me to get my feet up close. The. Markets. Of the morning world. Your business magazine leave germany on t. W. Every 2 seconds the person is forced to flee their home. The consequences been disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises from around the world. Focusing we dont have time to think i didnt go to university to kill people but accidentally i mean i hate. People fear for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of the worst stay behind and simply our capital my husband went to peru because of the crisis that i wonder if he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger on one of them. Displaced starts to turn her if if. Welcome back to our special coverage and the news im on with that shima as weve been reporting iran claims its killed more than 80 americans after firing Ballistic Missiles at u. S. Military targets in iraq the missiles reportedly hit the base in western iraq and a 2nd base in the city of ed bill in the north iran says the attack was in retaliation
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