A you create International Airlines 1st fatal accident in his 20 year history. Of a warm welcome to you im on the. U. S. President is expected to make a statement shortly reacting to irans missile attack on u. S. Bases in iraq the u. S. Different is still assessing the damage but iran claims it has killed more than 80 americans the missiles reportedly ship the. Base in western iraq and another near the city of in the north irans revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the u. S. Assassination of general. In baghdad last week. Its all about the war here paul strong. The mouth of the house a rainy and state television claiming at least 15 missing aisles 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 a run Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how monday 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 did respond accordingly and we would 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 our concern. To them enough from the iranian capital is. Costing is a whats been the reaction among the people of iran over this attack we know emotions have been running high over the us assassination of jenison amman he resists attacks be enough to satisfy them well iran or announced casualties from the last nights attacks 80 people killed. That would be satisfactory to the iranian nation and the people who are wanted revenge or a limb on an assassination but even if the u. S. Or iraqi official claim is true that no one has been character in the attack. Attack rather than bali in it so i was a victory because. Of that because as they were in the 1st minutes 1st that earlier today it was the 1st attack on the us day after the 2nd world war so it is significant for they really nation to be able to crush the u. S. Power and the u. S. Image in the. Original and it can be convincing for. The recent Supreme Leader come in a and present how soon rouhani have said the 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 to lead to. Force the us troops leave for example their bases then. By rain and dont wait there were reports today that. The us troops are going to leave their own weight base but it doesnt reject that and the. News agency has been given immediate requests from iran is livid through all of us forces from iran but youd have to name now based on the letters exchanged has been the Us Central Command they write all of them and it is a still a great victory for the Islamic Republic thats the general Hossam Soleimani shouting that ive achieved himself before his assassination so it would be a great victory for iran to. To make the americans need the. Iraqi terrorists a d. Journalist there is the cost to him dead on thank you very much for that update from that. List on the street to washington d. W sound is on the phone naaman is standing by there on account of the fullest tweet on the subject of missile strikes my donald trump was born is that what you make of that. Well i think that yesterday president going on to trump seems to be inclined to call him things down 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 as you will the runyon chess chess players on the ground to see what may be coming next if they are moving their troops so President Trump 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 the hear from him today now we learned that chairman of the joint chiefs of staff 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 thinks 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 the region and the assassination of genesis only money had divided lawmakers there whats being said now on to these missile strikes. Well Trump Supporters support the president senator Lindsey 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 s trama and what they call hes impulsive actions for this escalation of the situation and its under phenomena Washington Bureau chief thank you very much lets go to the iraqi capital and joining me from there is a shia. We just heard that. Reason because this seems to think that u. S. Troops might be leaving. At the same time iraqs Prime Minister is calling from restraint on all sides what well can you tell us a month in iraqs reaction to these attacks on u. S. Bases there. Minister acting Prime Minister he said he was informed and had a time thats. Very. Clear base and he said that as you said news calling for restraint from all parties but it is also worth marking that reaction has been notably more muted in his reaction to the american violation. When they killed customs and money and 100. 00 earlier. You know. But the message has been very clear across the board iraqi leaders also normal iraqis on the streets have been saying that you know they dont want it all to become the battleground between the us. Docs parliament has already said it wants u. S. Troops out of the country the government has to sign off on that so will this attack affect their decision. You know its complicated part of the reason why. They want u. S. Troops or not but why the parliament you know just by. You know their resolution calling for u. S. Troops to believe it or not is not only you know violation your state of iraqs sovereignty but also because its dangerous for u. S. Troops in iraq with the park and they also put it off risk. Will they actually leave its unclear you know the parliaments decision was just a recommendation to the government so its not binding its up to the government to request u. S. Troops to leave but you know already. You know troops begin moving out and you know well see as you know the days go forward whether the u. S. Will either move their troops within iraq maybe to the north or whether they will start to wind down if it doesnt its unclear if. He but so far i guess President Donald Trump has insisted that u. S. Troops will stay in iraq and theres no question of taking them out right now at least now this action these missile strikes by iran what diana by the states and the iranian minix what about the militia who lost supported by iran also operational in iraq could they also respond to this targeted assassination of genocide the money they were he was much of it by them. I mean they definitely could you know many of these militias you know are backed by iran so you know what they do will also probably be linked you know to what people in the revolutionary guard in the wrong you know are asking but at the same time we have to remember it wasnt just general cost in the money that was killed in the straits it was also. You know hundreds who is the leader of the tribe full of militia one of the largest militias and was part of militias in iraq and i think in the very strange we did not see some sort of reaction from the people in the killing of the leader of this make the out. In the past you know there have been rocket attacks for example on military bases hosting u. S. Troops. Right a journalist in baghdad thank you very much. Shia muslims in the majority in shock just as they are in their powerful neighbor iran but iraqis have had to straddle the fence because of u. S. Influence and military presence in their country the assassination of general qassam so the money has not changed the dynamic in the region and the u. S. Influence in iraq could be the collateral damage. When a u. S. Drone strike killed tehrans top military mastermind it didnt happen on iranian soil but in iraq the country was a target for general cassim solar money and iran in their master plan for the region to extend shiite power using proxies. Like the Shiite Militia that attacked the u. S. Embassy many of these militant groups came to prominence during the fight against socalled Islamic State shiite iraqis trained in iran who were central to defeating is. And many of them took their orders from sort of money. Iraqi lawmakers call out no to america irans influence pervades iraqs Political Class too in the 28000. 00 elections 45. 00 former Shiite Militiamen won seats in parliament that election also made a deal of the Prime Minister he was long a member of a shiite party based in iran abdul mahdi resigned after mass and to government protests at the end of 2019 he remains acting Prime Minister but with the government on the verge of collapse protesters have been calling for a new political order one without corruption and sectarianism and without the u. S. And iranian interference american soldiers ready to deploy to the middle east the position of the u. S. In iraq has been shifting over the past decade in 2011 former u. S. President barack obama called u. S. Troops out of the country declaring that the war in iraq was over 3 years later they were back to fight i. A. S. This time on the invitation of the iraqi government. But now iraqs shiite Majority Parliament wants u. S. Troops out washington says thats not happening iraqis know that if the americans leave socalled Islamic State could take advantage of the resulting power vacuum and resurge and thats the situation no one wants. For some analysis let me join assignment navan from Lancaster University in england hes a senior lecturer on International Relations welcome simon we now have irans response to the killing of the star general ready you think this conflict between the u. S. And iran will go from here. So i think theres 2 different readings of this one is that were caught in a cycle of tit for tat violence if you will that were caught in this traditional Security Dialogue that dominates International Relations weve seen it many many times before where one country responds to an attack the other comes we dont respond in escalates and escalates its very difficult to break out of now the other reading is that. Youre reining in forces of the eerie and senior figures that were able to warn the United States that this was going to happen in order to save face book prevent further escalation in the sense that there was no loss of life now i think that this is perhaps quite a creative way of addressing the situation and possibly getting out of it and the reason why i think that this is a possibility is Donald Trumps reaction to the attack overnight where his tweet was all is good so that suggests that there isnt this necessary anger that has characterized this would succeed well for many many months now but that perhaps there is some hope to mizzen that there is possibly a way out of this crisis that somehow significant is the fact that this a missile attack was done by the Iranian State and my the Iranian Military in the files when they have been attacks have been all done by doxie minissha. Yeah of course and i think what this demonstrates is that there had to be some type of response from the arabian states the killing of cars and sort of money in order for the iranian government to save face they had to do it and in order to speak to their own people in order to demonstrate their credibility that tallahassee and that the Islamic Republic would not tolerate such a high profile assassination so i think thats why the revolutionary guard corps had to be the ones doing this rather than rather than putting it out to one of the shia militias that they work so closely with but now it is it leaves the militia who was supported by iran people who deeply deeply revered jenison in money be it the who thiis in yemen or the hezbollah in lebanon could there take independent action and retaliate for his assassination possibly i guess what well see very quickly is the extent to which it was all down to the saloon money who was responsible for creating and maintaining these networks or whether theres actually more to the networks than just 1. 00 individual and i would imagine that its more of the law that there are structures in place to facilitate relations between this by law. And the revolutionary guard corps force for example i mean much in that there are other aspects to these relations its not just contingent on one individual that being said i wouldnt be surprised if there was some independent agency operated by conflict is by these who no doubt is going to be incredibly angry at the steps taken by the United States you have to leave it there simon even from Lancaster University in england thank you very much for that analysis. Let me now bring up to its an other major developing story that were following for you more than a 170 people have died after a ukrainian passenger jet crashed in iran its not immediately clear what caused the plane to come down the ukraine International Airlines jet was on its way from irans capital to head on to the ukrainian capital kiev ukraines president wanted near zelinsky has broken off a foreign visit to return to kiev because of the crash. A field of burning debris lights up the night sky near the iranian capital the apparent remnants of the ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran throughout all rainy and t. V. Stations where the 1st to broadcast images of the crash including this mobile phone video which appears to show the plane going down. But its daybreak that reveals the extent of the destruction and the human toll the plane was carrying 176. 00 passengers and crew from several Different Countries mainly from iran and canada was not the last year that i could have that much nobody survived all the passengers are dead. At the International Airport in kiev the arrivals boat lists the flight that never arrived. People out of strollers. This man thinks his son was on the plane on the cultural yes both of which will be my son is a senior Flight Attendant at. The iranian and ukrainian officials have both planes mechanical problems for a crash but the airline says its still trying to determine the coals. A statement by ukraine International Airlines said the plane was one of the best in its fleet and that the aircraft had passed a safety check just 2 days earlier. As a rainy and small one another tragedy ukraines president and others have warned against speculating about a potential link to the current flare up in iran u. S. Tensions. But Current Events are very much on peoples minds are when you know the key i was watching the news of the reunions hitting u. S. Bases with missiles after 10 minutes i heard a massive explosion and all the hoses started to shake there was fire everywhere at 1st i thought the americans have fired missiles and i went into the basement to take shelter so i did the things i mean for. A few hours after the crash the Ukrainian Embassy in iran released a statement saying the crash wasnt a result of terrorism. That statement was later redacted. As investigators search for answers a number of airlines have suspended flights in iranian air space. And on the ground emergency workers are getting on with the grim task of recovering the dead. And for more on the plane crash im joined by aviation expert Steven Wright steven from the information we have so far what do you think caused the plane to come down. This time we really not sure it could be a number of items one is possible engine far some sort of catastrophic event in flight what particularly unusual is the loss of data so this aircraft transmits study to altitude direction and so on and this is picked up on the ground we can all read this information on various websites and yet about 7 minutes after takeoff theres data just so you just and thats particularly unusual so it means that something really bad happened in flight. Because they you kiran and embassy in iran initially said the accident wasnt caused by terrorism but the what terrorism was removed from the statement later what do you make of that could this have then been a deliberate act. Well at the moment were just not sure if it is a deliberate act it wont be very long before we know it weve got the debris we know where the aircraft has landed you can quite rapidly analyze the match the objects that we can tie and inside the sacro and if there was lets say for instance if a bomb did go off its really quick im fos to find the material because it leaps resit you the white test the aircraft paul is very tell tyo and weve seen these sorts of investigations before when aircraft have been subjected to these events theyve known quite quickly that the causal factors were untoward. Where its at is a bit more difficult is if it was some sort of maintenance event where we then had catastrophic failure due to something that we didnt know about before and then all the recording. Senses stopped we then have to analyze and try and predict whats going to happen thats the more complex and. In the coming days weeks we should know quite rapidly because the data recorders the black boxes as we know them they will be recovered by the Security Services they will be sent to our country i suspect that will probably be france where the title will be downloaded strikes who i know put it into i fly like a Flight Simulator and see what the initial thought was that this crash was caused by a mechanical what can you tell us a lot the Safety Record of this plane and the airline that was operating it. Well the 737. Recently familiar with this is a passion 800 aircraft. Its quite modern it was released into commercial service around the year 2000 mark. Very very popular and really popular flies everywhere all over the world and the Safety Record of this aircraft is really quite good. And to see even though you know this crash happened just as iran was launching a Ballistic Missile has against aa gets in is could that have been a factor in any way in bringing the plane down. Well i dont think so and the reason why i dont think thats likely to be the case. Where you normally launch missiles you know where the missile launches are going to pay what you dont what cannot envisage somebody doing would be to put a missile battery. 1520 miles down the end of a runway you know where the airports are you know that these airports they fly across by and die out regularly. So that back to me just doesnt quite stack up that its being taken out by a face to missile doesnt seem very plausible to myself right Steven Wright an aviation expert thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us. 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