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Today to commercial airliners flying over the persian gulf. u.s. diplomats say aircraft risk being misidentified as the tensions escalate between the u.s. and iran offering a reminder that 30 years ago the u.s. shot down an iranian passenger jet that it mistook for a war plane. joining me now the world news editor at the daily beast, also animist innocence contributor and a very good friend to us here. his latest article is about that incident in 1988, what the last war in iran tells us about the next one. pretty chilly details you recount here. are you having a kind of deja vu moment, you kno...

Sent mistake an iranian passenger jet for a war plane, and the vincent was protecting. and president trump is angry with his national security team. >> they put out so many false messages that iran is totally confused. i don't know, that might be a good thing. >> the president has offered to negotiate with the iranians, a message delivered through the swiss, who represent the u.s. in tie ran. the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear deal a year ago and listed the iranian guard corps as a terrorist group, raising fears that iraq could be the site of a proxy war between the u.s. and iran. secretary of...

Say showed iran was preparing to strike u.s. forces using proxy forces in iraq, and possible missiles on board ships with the uss abraham lincoln in the gulf u.s. officials say they have seen signs the missiles that they say iran had loaded on to at least two ships have been removed. foreign passport holders working with exxon-mobile have started evacuating an oil field in southern iraq, which follows the ordered evacuation of u.s. embassy personnel from the u.s. embassy in baghdad. that warning to commercial airliners flying over the wider persian gulf is a grim reminder that 30 years ago the...

Annexed crimea, and now its defense officials say the u.s. is trying to stoke tensions by flying a warplane near the russian border. but america's top military officer has strong words for the kremlin. our barbara starr has this report from the pentagon. >> reporter: a u.s. b-52 bomber caught on a russian aircraft camera over the baltic sea. moscow claims a russian fighter jet forced the americans to back off, something adamantly denied by the u.s. air force, which said the russian aircraft did not chase the b-52 away. it's all part of the new front line between moscow and washington over supe...

Most governments were reluctant to impose punishment. germany took a stand against saudi arabia. this week it extended a unilateral email bar go of arms to the kingdom. some have applauded germany's stance as principled, it's wreaking havoc across europe. german components used in military equipment made the countries like france and the uk are blocking them from dealing with the saudis as well. take this war plane for example. one third of its components are german. because of that a $13 billion deal between the uk and saudi arabia is in jeopardy. these missiles the saudis want, planned expor...