Aboard the plane were killed when it went down to trucking after takeoff it was a Ukraine International airlines 1st fatal accident in its 20 year history. An unwelcome. 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 us of ad 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 u. S. Assassination of general chaos and. Its all about the whole youth of all here paula stronger model to how they reigning in state television claiming at least 15. Misao fired by Iranian Forces have hit the. Base in iraq killing 18 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. On. This promised active 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 how money tells them their message has been delivered in court oh youre. A slow force delivered 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 viewed 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 site 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 seems to me now from the iranian capital. Cost is a whats been the reaction among the people of iran over this attack you know emotions have been johnny high over the us assassination of jenison in money with this attack be enough to satisfy them well iran or announced it on the last night a. B. C. Tokyo. That would be satisfactory to the iranian nation and the people who are wanted to revenge or its a limited fascination but even if the u. S. Of iraq is of bringing through that no one has been hurt in the. Attack was involved in it so i was a victory for lawmakers of that because as they were in the 1st minutes 1st earlier today it does the 1st attack on the u. S. Day after the 2nd world war so it is significant for they really nation to be able to crush the u. S. Our and the u. S. Image in the. Original and it can be conventional for. The recent Supreme Leader come in a and present how soon rouhani have said their ultimate goal is to end a u. S. Presence in the middle east so what steps can we expect from iran towards 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 leave for example their bases then or by rain and dont wait there were reports 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 iraq but she had happening now based on the letters exchanged has been that u. S. Central command they d write all of them and it is a still a great victory for this drama curveball big thats what general hossam pulling money out to have achieved himself before his assassination so it would be a great victory for iran to lead to the americans need the. Iraqi terrorists a. Journalist there is a cost to him to have gone thank you very much for that update from that. This song was straight to washington d. W. s on its on the front naaman is standing by there on account of the full us tweet on the subject of missiles strikes my donald trump was born is then what do you make of that. Well i think that yesterday president gone on to trump seems to be inclined to call him things downed by tweeting this tweet he was actually expected to address the nation yesterday evening he didnt do it and it was also a sign that the u. S. Military was. Thinking that they need to more time to assess the situation on the ground and to see the whole see will the runyon chess chess player on the ground to see what made be coming next if they are moving their troops so president s trying so far show restraint however we also have to add that he is a president that often acts unpredictable and predictably and we will hear from here from him today now we learned that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is at the White House Briefing the president ok no president has some rouhani of iran has tweeted that he wants all u. S. Troops out of the region especially out of iraq hows that liking to go down in washington. Well i will to assume that we are going to hear on this topic from President Trump today but we heard from him already yesterday when he was asked if the u. S. Will pull out of iraq and he said that eventually who would like to withdraw the u. S. Troops from iraq but that he things that this is not the right moment right now because that would also mean that iran would have a chance to extend its footprint across that region and the assassination of genesis only money had divided lawmakers there was being said now on to these myside strikes. Well Trump Supporters support the president senator wincey graham was on fox news yesterday evening and he described to irans action as a clear act of war and he also said that that now president s trump has the authority to response and he was also talking about a potential harsh response however we also have to say that many here specifically on the democratic side of the aisle are very concerned and they are actually blame president and what they call his impulse of action for this escalation of the situation and its under phenomena Washington Bureau chief thank you very much joining me now is. She is a journalist in the iraqi capital welcome patient iraqs Prime Minister has called for restraint on one side what more can you tell us about iraqs reaction to these attacks on u. S. Bases on iraqi territory. Yes as you said the iraqi prime and acting Prime Minister and he has called for restraint hes made it very clear that he does not want iraq to end up becoming the site of the battle between iran and the u. S. But he also said that he was warned ahead of time of the missile attack and he you know in some ways has been has been slightly gentler in his language and he was there with the u. S. Strike that ended up killing dozens in the money and in the hundreds last week and he has you know the insulin condemned the straight on the course has been saying that he does not want further escalation under toward completion of this missile strike a worse guy down by the Iranian State than the Iranian Military but what about the militia supported by iran which is also operational. Also respond given that their leader in iraq was also killed along with generously money i think its very likely that they will respond in some way i mean you know as you mentioned it wasnt just a live man killed in the u. S. Strikes it was on those who is the head of all of it is one of the most influential and biggest militias in iraq and so it would be very surprising if they didnt you know have some sort of retaliation for his death in the past you know they targeted you know Iraqi Military bases hosting us forces for using rockets so its possible we could see you know attacks like that continue in the days to go. And special what can you tell us about the possible withdrawal of u. S. Troops from iraq we know thats something that iran would very much like and theres been some confusion in the past few days that the possibility there might be redrawing there might not be withdrawing what are you carrying there and bob. I mean its been very confusing you know there was a letter sent. By you know you u. S. Military to Prime Ministers office and was later you know said to be a draft and initiate defender had to say that it would balad and that u. S. Troops were going to be staying but then the iraqi Prime Minister said since hed received a letter that he was taking as balad. You know he seems to be signaling that he you know is seen as a sign and u. S. Troops agreeing to a drug on the u. S. Side of things they said that theyre not going to withdraw. We anyway i think it depends on what we hear later today from President Trump after he gives his statement and you know things are developing very quickly here its not entirely certain what will happen with regard to u. S. Troops and pressure we know that emotions have been running high in iran but also in iraq whats been the reaction among ordinary people to these airstrikes on to u. S. Bases in iraq. I mean people are very worried larry cant theyre afraid that another war will come to iraq and you know iraq is coming out years of conflict and so i think that people are dismayed at the idea that you know yet again their country could become the battlefield for a war between if they dont they dont have anything to do with they dont want it on or the u. S. Kind of playing out their battles in their country. Gives a journalist in the iraqi capital baghdad thank you very much for your assessment from there. We go to should she standing by in brussels for us today whats the response been from elitist to this is on it 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 Vander lion and Foreign Policy chief joseph 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 Joseph 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 live under len had to say this morning the con crisis deeply affects not only the region but all of us and the use of weapons must now give space to dialogue. We all are called upon to do Everything Possible to rekindle talk and there cannot be enough out so theory or so phone line talking about dialogue and of course is a huge concern as you said among. Leaders about whats happening but can they even do anything concrete to deescalate the situation. It remains to be see what seen 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 jim wagner raef 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 do you also need to for us the what consequences do these developments have for me to 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 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 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 this development 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 relations 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 region everyone must hope that 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 im interested use is a member of parliament fritz hes a defense expert with the governing democrats in germany welcome as different been joined 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 to 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 strikes could have on the president s 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 the from the rocky point a few you know the americans have killed in 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 rockey 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 whats the what the Iraqi Parliament has to say on this and on this matter should play an Important Role in evaluating the situation and the think im a gemini has already been drawing some of its troops from iraq temporarily from baghdad in particular what is the message there. Well we have we had some 130 personnel stationed in iraq with the with the task of training iraqi forces both the near baghdad and. Below in the in the kurdish region and of course the mission has to have a sensible relationship with the risks involved in a situation where the base 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 of it 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 a deal 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 june need do on the diplomatic level and to kind