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Shelters. now one bit of broader context here. hezbollah as well as being a militant group is also a major political player inside of lebanon. it is possible that hezbollah is trying to divert lebanese public attention and anger away from the unbelievable economic crisis that is engulfing that country. they may be trying to create some kraction there. distraction there. this could be a signal from iran. iran bankrolls hezbollah. hezbollah is an iranian proxy group. u ran is swearing in their new president this week and also under a lot of pressure from the international community because of th...

Iraq. they are not a terrorist group. they are an actual militia that was supported by the government of iraq as well. they are suspected of being the group that fired off a couple of dozen i k kirkuk, killing one and injuring others. >> was this an -- a proxy attack on iran? >> well, no. we have been -- since 2004 we have had clashes with iranian-backed groups and militias in iraq. they were assimilated into the government of iraq or demobilized for a long time. only once we came in and started attacking isis and the iraqis did their major offensive against mosul, these groups came back into ...

Saudi arabia in stead of defensn the interest and assets in the region but also to reestablish h respect to iran in the wake of an attack on saudi arabia. >> defense secretary asked for president trump's new joint chief of staff with deployment to include two f-15 squadrons, two missile batteries and one terminal battery used to take out missiles and drones. and a rainy and drones and cruise missiles carried out the attack on the two saudi oil refineries. before the attack, pointing south toward yemen and a proxy group carried out attacks on the kingdom in recent years. in a press conference e...

Claiming responsibility. what's the significance of all this, brett? >> look, it's a huge, it's a very serious event. this oil infrastructure in eastern saudi arabia is about 10% -- responsible for 10% of the world's oil supply and it's coming out of the conflict in yemen, this escalating conflict in yemen. look, we have to condemn -- this is an iranian-backed proxy group. this is an unbelievably outrageous act that needs to be condemned universally. but it requires diplomacy from the united states. we should be calling our allies, even competitors like china and others, and rallying the world...

President hassan rouhani taunting the white house. questioning how trump could simultaneously ask for talks with the regime. >> they do strange things that no sane person in the history of world politics has done for at least i don't remember. this is because of the total confusion. white house is suffering from mental disability. >> reporter: trump firing back with a string of tweets, promising war if iran targeting any u.s. interest. quote, iran's very ignorant and insulting statement put out today only shows they do not understand reality. any attack by iran on anything american will be me...