A friend apparently that christmas phone call christmassy. Rang me because he spent christmas with me and my family in 2010. 1 time ago. He said to me but im slowly dying. Well over again even just turned 7 oclock welcome to the weekly with me kevin owen here now to International Live from our main studios here in moscow its a roundup of the stories that have made and are making the headlines of the last week and one big one happening right now as you see on the screens and read the the breaking news the Iraqi Parliament has passed a resolution in the last hour or so calling on the government there to expel all Foreign Forces and to formally terminated initial request for assistance from the u. S. Led and i still coalition the vote follows the United States. A nation of irans most powerful general in the air raid on Baghdad International airport of friday as mentioned iraqi officials described that strike as a violation of their countrys sovereignty and now were starting to see the revocations coming through tonight he goes to correspondent across this one yet so as weve said before this is a normal binding. State but at the moment but either which way its huge political news and its a huge backing of rock for but for viewers just joining us rewind it all whats happened over the last hour or so well long story short irans just one this is this is the bottom line of this because this is a huge victory for iran the expulsion of u. S. Troops and all for and Coalition Troops from iraq this creates a perfect void for iran to fill in now this vote it has been a difficult one it has been a very close school because there were barely enough people barely enough members of parliament showing up for the vote to reach a quorum do reach the minimum amount of members of parliament to vote for the vote to be legitimately to be seen as successful and that is because some factions like the kurds for instance in iraq they have been under tremendous pressure from the United States to boycott the vote so literally almost half of the parliament did. And in general i have to say that this world it wasnt only about the United States and its troops it was indicative of how the iraqi people how a lot of iraqi people feel and its not necessarily just about u. S. Troops or iranian troops or anything theyre just sick of being between a walk and a hard place and there is sick of the fact then of a situation when 2 countries are getting it out between themselves but they are getting all the punches the rockier getting all the punches so as the vote as the as the parliament trees or as the m. P. s were debating this bill this this resolution here is some chance here are some chance heres whats been going on outside the parliament. One of the conflict taking place between america and iran inside iraq is unacceptable we will not be the fuel for your wars your problems must be solved away from iraq. We are opposed to recent events we reject them and there is fear in Iraqi Society because of this conflict we are against any regional conflicts but harm our countrys interests. With the conflict between america and iran should be solved outside iraq and if they also have a military conflict it must be resolved outside iraq this is what we hope for from this struggling government so as was said whether this gets through the government we think it will anyway although of course as a caretaker pm there at the moment things are in political flux as theyve been for so many years there in iraq but when it all goes through even it doesnt the vote is there that they want to kick americans out whats it going to mean internally for iraq for the political side of it for the Security Side of it and even of course even at the end of the day if the americans do go ok were out and thats going to be another thing how easy is that going to be to do oh absolutely well 1st and foremost just a quick remark yes indeed it is a nonbinding vote but the approval the i mean the fact that the government has to sign it into action this is largely viewed as a formality it is i mean pretty much everyone that ive seen that ive read all analysts that ive paid attention to they all agree that this is this sounds like a done deal but this is side indeed its a very its very significant because internally for iraq it bears a massive split in the society theres a lot of people who want the United States to be present on the iraqi soil and theres equally as many people who do not want that who again who are sick of ending up between and between a hammer and a nail whats that going to bode for the future of the place there could be i mean there could be some are some are saying that this this could be the beginning of an end the beginning of a civil war in iraq and you know how bad those are and again about the. Taishan again its a big question how is iraq going to force us out because again the kurds probably troops were talking about some 5000 some 5012 bases a lot of people yeah thats a lot of personnel exactly thats a big logistical operation and i mean and its you it could be a huge political defeat as well which is i think is more important here but for instance again the kurds control a large portion of the iraqi territory there of largely autonomous they didnt vote they are an american ally so the United States they could just move the troops over there some portion of it so theres a lot of ifs and buts and so on influence on so forth in this whole situation whole the u. S. Be viewing this i mean surely donald trump really went into this the pentagon. Must have known to be huge ramifications if theres more you can tell us again the more ramifications or more thoughts about why the general was there at that time on friday morning that fated morning for him he was there of all official diplomatic purpose this is very interesting what youre bringing up because according to the iraqi Prime Minister i mean we have to take his word for it but apparently money was there with an appointment he had an appointment with the iraqi Prime Minister and thats because the United States are asked baghdad to mediate to mediate the conflict between washington and tehran and iraq agreed and for one reason or another they invited silly money on a Diplomatic Mission of sorts to check if theyre on the same page to check how the how what how the how to run feels about the United States and what can be done to mediate going through to. Fill the americas to fulfill americas promise americas request excuse me and thats when the United States apparently decided to bomb him not only is it sounds sneaky but also defectively means that the United States bombed a person who was at least acting in the capacity of a diplomatic envoy. This could have huge ramifications because ramifications because from the standpoint of International Law this is a big big no no and so again we have well have to see well have to again the iran has been abstaining from any common sense to why their top general was in iraq but i mean this would at least this would be at least in some explanation doesnt provide some explanation as to why for instance this top general was traveling and was feeling so safe traveling on a regular line and not taking any extra security they would have no sense of. Pm in iraq they also said that they were only given literally a couple of minutes warning from washington that this drone strike was going to happen and he went on to stress there that is government denied the u. S. Permission to carry these drone strikes now lets it happen that there was probably very little to be to be done dont think when you when youre giving a warning a few minutes before doing something its pretty much a dead cert you know its a telltale sign that you are dead set on service the way its being put together this is going to be we need to hear what americas got to say about this but it sounds like a kind of an ambush doesnt it well it does sound like kind of an ambush but what is americas going to do now and this is a good question because well it is tongue in cheek but donald trump has been has been very adamant on calling on american boys and bringing american boys and girls home. We want to bring our troops back home its been many many years its been decades in many cases we want to bring our troops back home and i got elected on that if you go back and look at our speeches i would say we want to bring our troops back home from these endless wars. This could be a Good Opportunity for donald trump to bring some 5000 american boys and girls home for all men and less war in iraq but i mean again this is just the start of it is a bit tongue in cheek and america is still to this there has been no reaction as of yet coming out of the United States so they are waking up to this news on this sunday night and well see how they will respond itll be interesting to see what all the other regional players are going to say as well about it as well turkey closely to the return of the Saudi Arabians want. To get us more info from a certain date as a book or follow with us im sure will the next hour as well egos dont offer correspondent thanks so much lets get more thoughts now Nicholas Davis on the line author and political analyst at the necklace thanks government short notice much appreciate it live on air so as you see it weve seen the big headline how significant is it still to be ratified if you like by the government or or put into force by the governments one thing to tell 5000 troops in 12 bases get out we dont want you here anymore is america just going to go yeah were out ok no worries or is it going to be much more protracted than that. Well its hard to tell this is this is now a confrontation between the Iraqi Government and the us government. You know the us already attacked iraq forces thats thats what how this began a week ago. And. Its. Its hard to know how this is going to play and i get what you think the Ground Forces here really do think friday morning what was the pentagon what was donald trump thinking would be the reaction of this killing the 2nd in command if you like in iran. Well i think the u. S. Is is really just behaving as a rogue state at this point you know all of this is is is just in flagrant violation of International Law and since so many ways. You know that the u. S. Has violated its agreements with iraq the u. S. Forces are in iraq at the quote invitation and request this was this was the Iraqi Government this was this was the strategic Framework Agreement between the u. S. And iraq in 2008 that led to in fact the withdrawal of the u. S. From iraq in 2011 they had to get the last troops out of there by the end of 2011 people there. And its 2014 to expire year there is on an admin backup purpose at the moment although theyre not there officially is fighting forces that help if you like these 5000 troops at least 12 bases correct. Well world theyve been using those bases to conduct strikes against Islamic State and they are yes they are there supposedly in support. The Iraqi Government fighting Islamic State and you know theyve just in the past week attacked the forces that they are supposed to be there to support which is you know the. Popular Mobilization Forces and the you know hezbollah is one of those militias but there they are part of the Iraqi Armed Forces theyre not independent to raney and backed militia so the u. S. Is now attacking the forces and the government that is hosting it and. The Iraqi Government has every right to ask them to leave and if the u. S. Resists that request then we have a huge confrontation i mean maybe there are some parallels here looking back in the recent issue street books and look about the u. S. Pulled into libya following the killing of Moammar Gadhafi it pulled out of the syrian conflict after it hits on the could this be Donald Trumps long awaited tick box out of iraq now that yes it was planned this response probably would turn out this way and it would be good news because its donald trump seeing 5000 servicemen in a foreign country coming back home again as you said he wanted to do. Well. But while trump has made these promises trump has an amazing way of getting and the American Media allow him to talk out of both sides of his mouth and say one thing one day and the and the opposite the next in the middle of the controversy over him moving those troops in syria and we still dont have any confirmation they have actually have left syria. The pentagon announced that well actually you know we have in the past since may we have actually deployed another 14000 u. S. Troops to. Theyre middling of course whatever the friday trump and it is im just senate begin to wrap their sleeve or say what happened on friday of course sold under the banner of were doing this to prevent going to war we want to rip with iran and then the 2nd in command in iran is killed by a drone its difficult to work out the logic is never author and political analyst Nicholas Davis thank you for coming on Art International at short notice much appreciated let you get on with the night thank you. Well meantime in iran lawmakers have also fiercely condemned the assassination of general sort of money as would be expected chanting death to america the ticker seems somalis body has been repatriated to iran where he will be buried on choose day theres been a huge outpouring of grief in the country over the last few days with hundreds of thousands of mourners paying tribute to the slain commander crowds also from the streets of iraqi capital saturday as well we brought you the pictures for the funeral procession lot of people out today to iran has responded it has to be said with fury to fridays deadly u. S. Air raid valen to avenge sala moneys death what thats going to mean in the coming hours days weeks months we dont know donald trump in turn threatened to target dozens of Cultural Heritage sites in iran which would amount to a war crime. There this serves as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or american acids we have targeted 52 iranian sides summers are very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard the use a wants no more threats. Well aransas fall into that warning saying the u. S. Doesnt have the courage for a full blown military confrontation the latest exchange of threats comes after several rocket attacks took place in iraq on saturday evening close to both the American Embassy in baghdad and an air base the north of the capital Iraqi Security forces say again weve got nothing more to add to this one so the last hours no it was hurt they say no ones come forward to say theyre behind it so were just barely into her january jenna the 5th of this brand new decade heres a look at how 22 in the open with a turbulent and terrifying 1st week. Or. So after what happened friday morning starting now to see the ramifications solar manis assassination has polarized opinion worldwide including within the u. S. Next our Senior Correspondent regarded takes a closer look at the consequences. You can imagine how trump agreed to it then he was playing golf and up comes an agent Smith Holding a folder he says mr president you remember when we killed baghdad yes the eyes the sky yes the media did love it so how how would you like to do it again oh yeah. The rocky television has just confirmed that cosine sula mani former general in irans revolutionary guard or the commander of the could force has been killed in a rocket attack apparently initiated by the United States. This is for the us at our allies on alert after the tragic attack irans top military commander here and. Salim 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years one gets the impression that the agent that came up to trump didnt exactly brief the president and potential consequences of killing the 2nd most powerful man in iran general seems silly monica monda of irans quds force we took action last night to stop a war. We did not. Take action to start a war then you probably shouldnt have killed him general sulaimani was considered an icon in iran and iraq a man who helped prevent isis take over of iraq and syria who inspired and mobilized tens of thousands of people multiple countries to fight the blight that is isis while qaida you know enough the americans are not aware what a great mistake theyve committed they will face the consequences of discriminant not only today but also in coming years there is no doubt that us is now more hated among iranians iraqis hundreds of thousands have joined funeral processions and protests condemning his murder rage is in the air iran has promised revenge american civilians are being evacuated from the entire region u. S. Embassies and bases in this slew of countries are knocked out troops have been put in combat readiness and now now middle east in the red lert they claim that they only want peace that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt the spot deter further aggression from qassam salami in the Iranian Regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation trump asked no one europe woke up to a world that was a heck of