BBCNEWS HARDtalk January 9, 2020
Now on bbc news, its time for hadtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Americas assassination of one of irans top generals, Qasem Soleimani, has bred new fears of war across the middle east. The key protagonists are in washington and tehran, but the main stage for the conflict may well be iraqi. Soleimani was assassinated in baghdad. Iraq is under intense pressure to pick sides. My guest today is ayad allawi who was the countrys Vice President twice. Does the Current Crisis spell disasterfor iraq . Ayad allawi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Thank you for having me on the sh...