Hello there good evening just gone 9 oclock here in moscow youre watching international now the u. S. Secretary of state has defended the trumpet ministrations decision to take the iranian general course im still a mommy my pump was confronted by a journalist apparently unconvinced by the evidence presented so far to justify the assassination with more now were joined by aussies maybe United States good evening to you caleb. Facing a tough day at this Media Conference just bring us up to speed as to what happened. Well things got a little easy mike pompei o the u. S. Secretary of state appeared at the press conference along with steven newsham the secretary of treasury and journalists got got pretty tough in asking him questions and basically its now been almost a week since the killing of qassam solomonic the top iranian general and a lot of questions are being raised about the trumpet ministrations claim that this was absolutely necessary to save american lives they say it was a justified killing they say that qassam solomonic was plotting attacks against america but a lot of these journalists to ask questions at this press conference pretty clearly werent buying it lets review some of what was said. If you have specific information about the threat and didnt have anything to do with our embassy. We had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threats trim included attacks on the u. S. Embassies what is your definition of it in that. This was going to happen and american lives were at risk because community is not flawless we we get it wrong in this case the Intelligence Community got it fundamentally right there was an imminent attack that was active plotting is that right now gone with sort of monaco threats are never going. Now it wasnt just the journalists who dont exactly buy pompei as claims but american lawmakers also have their doubts we just saw in the u. S. House of representatives the lower house of the u. S. Legislative branch a resolution was passed attempting to restrict the activities of the trumpet ministration and trying to prevent them from further escalating tensions with the Islamic Republic of iran however these doubts about whether it was the right thing in order to kill qassam solomonic go well beyond legislators and journalists they actually go to the us public itself we have new poll results that have been conducted and it shows that less the only basically 2 turds of the u. S. Public believes at this point that the country is less safe because of trumps decision to kill the top iranian general furthermore 69 percent of the u. S. Public believes that iran is more likely to attack the usa as a result of trumps decisions in addition to that weve got 63 percent of the u. S. Public who believe the terrorist attacks against the United States on u. S. Soil are more likely because of the killing of qassam solomonic 62 percent of americans believe that iran and the United States are more likely to go to war as a result of that action and 52 percent of americans well over half about 2 percent over half believe that as a result of trump killing qassam solomonic the United States is less safe and that this they agreed 52 percent agree that this was a reckless action and only 34 percent of the u. S. Public just one percent over a 3rd only 34 percent of the u. S. Public believe at this point that it was not a reckless decision so a pretty solid opposition to trumps killing of qassam solomonic among the American People themselves. General points to the secular state have to say then about tensions in the middle east at the moment. Well the pump ale basically laid out these new sanctions that are being imposed along with secretary of treasury steven utian they got into specifics they talked about how the sanctions are targeting specifically high level individuals from iran but then mike pompei o he basically described what he believes to be the ultimate end game of the trumpet ministration in the United States when it comes to dealing with iran rather interesting choice of words take a listen president said we dont want war we want iran to behave like a normal nation the reason that secretary treasurer here this morning is to continue this campaign our strategic effort to get to run to behave in a way that doesnt continue their 40 year long effort to terrorize the world. If you hear those words he refers to saying that he wants iran to be a quote normal country so essentially it seems the United States is asking threats and carrying out more sanctions with the goal of forcing the Islamic Republic to conduct itself in a manner that the United States considers to be normal not exactly clear what that means but basically theyre going to force iran to conduct itself in what they call a normal way until that happens there will be further activities and sanctions and threats and what not now many are hoping that the Current Situation is in a state of deescalation but at the same time people worry about what could happen next you know the sanctions still remain iran still has the capabilities we saw the recent strikes that took place so a lot of nervousness in the Global Community at the moment but at the moment people are wondering if its possible that at the moment things could be deescalating ok sure thanks that was kind of. Reporting from new york when we mock the iraqi caretaker Prime Minister has demanded that the u. S. Begin preparations for a troop pullout and a phone call he asked the u. S. Secretary of state to send a delegation to iraq to work with rule mechanism the u. S. Department of state has responded though hailing american troops as quote a force for good in the middle east the statement goes on to say that any delegation sent to iraq would discuss americas right to have a presence in the middle east as opposed to troop withdrawal lets get some reaction now to all of this with plan he joins us this evening and you are very welcome as usual your reaction to this. Iraqis are to pull out its troops america said look basically were staying for the good of the middle east in summary what are you a foolish to go along with that argument. Are you going to go i mean you could you know you could do their release. Clearly that they want all the troops to american troops i mean to be kicked out from from iraq. Kind of to deduce by their everyday. Problems so if the American People like to state. That wish to everyday people but even parliamentarian in the present so clear out old american bases and there are so i think this will cause a problem i believe the act of landing now to hide this shabby. American bases them. Out that make. You anything they would attack american bases in iraq. Just 5 days ago you know. I mean it can be kind of cool they won i made a contract im just a girl so just so i can eat well as that intention is that im not surprised that these kinds of plants will take place especially dating that said i wonder things from my pov that this. Man made the man of that. Will be old american only from iraq but also the whole of the middle east what do you think americas niceties than to stay on either side generally look at what pace in the middle east but from youll perspective like you think iraq is so important to them. Well i believe that actually. Consider that the only way to deal with americans using violence against their president if they dont lie doesnt commit themselves to the active parliament in the real dilution so we have to remember by the end of 2011 president obama actually pulled out old american troops from iraq and older students use the losses that human laws are picking up among these forces so im not surprised the same tactic is going to be applied the whole of 5300. 00 american soldiers will be kicked out and the same way so i believe it is the best interest of the americans to pull out the troops as here today and act upon them as a douche and out of all the problems youre old and i just wondered why you think that america still wants to stay give me hostility towards them you know i make last more than 2 trillion dollars in iraq they lost also about 5000. 00 soldiers that. Were asian so they will lose everything if they pull out from there on the pretext you know well fighting that they thought i did and that are we dont want them to come back but this is completely fabricated. To be honest because this time it is defeated and who defeated them big it is it is that action that is a iraqi it is that any anything thats falling feels different than it is this time is dead and complete i dont believe there is a chunk of this kind of comeback unless United States wonders to come back to the ones to finance them and the only the only way for that to come back. That were going to leave that one out of is a body athlon rice and also thanks for your time. Cranes prison for him is alinsky has tweeted his gratitude for american support over wednesdays crash of a ukrainian passenger jet in iran that after he spoke to the u. S. Secretary of state by phone had a phone call with secretary pump am grateful for the condolences of the American People and valuable support of the u. S. In investigating the causes of the plane crash information obtained from the u. S. Will assist in the investigation earlier washington passed quote important data relating to the incident ukraines leader the u. S. Canada and the u. K. All say that they have evidence suggesting a rocket from iran itself brought down Ukrainian International airline jet killing all 176. 00 people on board iran denies though any missile was involved and has invited International Experts to monitor its investigation this image in the home of the well the americans the french the canadians and the swedish to come here and see how we investigate this crash special is bothersome canada and america that investigate crisis we trust those borders what we can say with absolute certainty is that no missile has had the spray. Well these are the latest pictures from the crash site where passengers belongings can still be seen here the area is reportedly no longer cordoned off and investigate is are no longer present earlier iran said that wreckage from the aircraft had been collected and taken to a safe location ukraines foreign minister said that experts from his country had been given access to flight recorders and fragments of the crashed jet the planes black boxes which side were shown by Iranian State media turan says the claim that the jet was downed by a missile a logical and also impossible although the nato chief does beg to differ. We are no reason to not believe reports we have seen from different a little odd couples have expressed concern about of. Information indicating that. The plane may have been downed. Iranian air defenses systems. Tail and i looked at how speculation is be mounting even before any probe has been carried out. And some International Leaders more than the love of precise language. We have intelligence from multiple sources including are allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an array near a surface to air missile and it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say was be can it go i personally dont think thats. Even a question there is now a body of information that the fly was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile which may well have been unintentional we are working closely with canada and our International Partners and they now need to be a full transparent investigation on specific intelligence unnamed allies multiple mysterious sources hardly the right one expects a at that level of diplomacy and b. When discussing the tragedy thats left 176 dead but its on surprising that iran has batted off this latest slew of unfounded allegations about the crash of Ukrainian Airlines flight 75. 00 to a nudge for calm and not check to prevail scientifically it is impossible that a missile hit the ukrainian plane and such room is illogical its not an unreasonable request the investigation into the events of wednesday morning which saw the boeing 737 bound for t. Have crashed just minutes after takeoff has only just begun final report into aviation disasters take months if not years to be published they require coordination between numerous government organizations which is why iran has invited multiple investigators including from boeing to visit the crash site in the meantime all there is a series with nothing but unnamed sources to back it all up which is why amid all the confusion and contradictions the ukrainian president who lost 11 of his citizens that morning is they were tonto. Also called for an end to all the chatter and noise he ever asking everyone to refrain from speculation conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions and its not a topic for hype but the spiraling tensions between tehran and washington especially in the past week have triggered an unprecedented level of scrutiny on the region and people dont seem willing to heed calls for calm especially when they feel the tide might be turning in a favored direction rocket Strike Missile system is among the main working theories since there was information on the internet about elements of the Russian Missile being found near the site of the crash it didnt take long for the Mainstream Media to jump on that bandwagon c. N. N. Has never been one to turn down an unverified source especially when russia is involved pointed the finger at a bomb or missile new evidence indicates iran shot down ukrainian flight 75 to with 2 surface to air missiles made by russia an undeniable evidence they offered a photo from twitter posted on the count that was later suspended maybe it breached the companys fake news guidelines but nonetheless even all the way across the pond the hysteria continued for the 1st one is the possibility that that plane was hit by a Russian Missile just after takeoff independent also published an article citing something called the o. P. s group an independent organization which has little to recommend itself other than it provides information and aviation professionals and foxs thats according to its twitter page nevertheless if confident enough to recommend people just assume the plane was shot down until evidence to the contrary emerges guilty until proven innocent its a new name of the game in todays political landscape. Well its been claimed to that new video does show a missile streaking into the night sky over to iran and exploding as it hit an object c. N. N. Has suggested it was taken approximately at the time ukrainian plane was on its flights lets get some reaction to Michael Maloof and an analyst and these are with us now good evening to you michael what do you make of all this speculation is fair enough to call it speculation because nobodys actually presented any hard evidence yet including nato even though it secretary general says in his opinion theres no doubt that iran is to blame. Well it clearly requires investigation and if in fact it was downed by a missile. Least i think iranian authorities iranian authorities would regard that as a as a very tragic accident was not intended the other thing you got you cannot rule out is the possibility of somebody like the m e k using manpads. Surface to air missiles like a stinger that could have been used in order to cast blame on the iranian government cant rule that out either i think we really need to have an investigation of the of the crash site and the pieces of the of the aircraft unfortunately theyve moved a lot of the evidence theyve contaminated the crash site unfortunately and one of the other things that im bothered by im perplexed by frankly is why the Ukrainian Pilot was so stupid as to take off. At a time in a war zone especially after International Flights had been grounded hours earlier it just makes no sense to me and and i think that. Pilot judgment here and even ukrainian authorities need to look at this again and and maybe put out some directives and stop flying in in a hostile area in particular at a critical time like that like it was at that at that time. Clearly we need to have. An investigation i do know that the u. S. Has and certainly its probably shared intelligence from satellites with infrared with the canadians and with the brits and with the u. S. To be able to actually pinpoint an ignition of an engine of a missile and thats how they also are able to locate the exact location of if there was a missile actually fired we just need to determine what type of was lets say. They fifteens are popular mention the iranians also have hawks from the United States so this is surface to air and they have an array of other items you cant blame the russians although thats the thats one of the allegations im hearing i was the russian small once again because it was their missile well that they bought that in 2005 i think the iranians did so its crazy with this guy mark i mean its going to become quite clear quite thing isnt it whether a missile was involved in even somebody some side is going to end up face. Well if the rain is a claim it was it was flying and it was impossible to have been a missile because the plane would have blown up not necessarily the book that was shot at the m 817 ukrainian malaysian flight over ukraine a few years ago actually exploded outside the cabinet and shrapnel flew into the cabin killing everybody including the pilots i mean and the shrapnel evidence was right there we need to find that kind of evidence on that aircraft in order to. Make that determination as i said unfortunately theyve moved a lot a lot of the crash scene debris and they should have left it alone let us look up in the bodies of course but leave the show what would be the logic in the the well 6 you cant dismiss the possibility you cant dismiss the possibility it could be potential cover up and thats going to be the allegation i mean they should have used their heads if your and if you if youre sincere in your statement that it was x. That it was engine problems and we had nothing to do is shoot down leave the debris where it was take up the bodies 4 but leave the debris for an investigation happily the iranian authorities have invested havent invited authorities from other countries including the United States and. Secretary minutia and already said they will grant waivers to boeing to come on in at the invitation of the iranian officials and i think that that will happen but again it makes it it makes in the investigation much more complicated really strings that much in a much longer frame as it was the mh 17 investigation took years because the debris had been to the site had been tampered with and this is an unfortunate development were not going to get a. Definitive answer anytime soon on this kinds of things you feel it was. An even iran for that matter of a misstep the mark in saying whats happened here nato has all come out and said you know the u. K. The u. S. We believe is in the rainy misawa around the said definitely not couldnt have happened this is all before an investigation has barely begun and probably months away from being completed well i agree with you i agree with you and i think ironically donald trump seems to been the most cautious one in all of this saying i think something very tragic happened thats about as far as he would go he wouldnt put any blame on a missile thing or but he did offer help because it is a tragedy its its sickening and i actually have a friend who had friends on that plane. And they were crying to me when they when they call the tell me about it and i feel badly for them and you know that really personalizes that as a consequence this is a very serious tragedy that occurred during a wartime environment when it should have happened because of the stupidity of the Ukrainian Pilots taking off in spite of it all i mean i cant get over that i just cannot get over that michael that were going to have to leave it for now im sure will come back she though over the coming days weeks to talk more about this Michael Maloof former pentagon analyst thank you thank you. Now the head of the organization for security and cooperation in europe has called on stone yet refrain from limiting the work of foreign media that after tyrion pressured employees at r. T. Sister outlets but nick to resign what a ghastly it is more story this lead is just the latest in a Chain Reaction that weve seen from multiple organizations both government and nongovernment the European Federation of journalists the International Federation of journalists increasingly coming out condemning what is seen as stony as crusade vendetta against sputnik news and now the head of the u. C. I. Himself coming out and saying that hes hes concerned about what dystonia is doing commitments to freedom of the media and the free flow of information are in stright in the helsinki final act my colleague is closely following the situation of political stonier he has also encouraged the stoney and authorities to refrain from put in any unnecessary limitations on the work of foreign journalists or media. It was last year the stonier began the grass of campaign against putin news they began threatening journalists most of whom are citizens working for sporting news with jailed with criminal liability with prosecution merely for working for the organization the justification that theyre using here is that the head of the Parent Company that owns news under european sanctions hes personally and the european sanctions so not do you organization that he heads and he was placed there back in 2014 a student here is now saying you know after all these years that because hes sanctioned by the European Union individual sanctions that everything he heads is also under sanctions that essentially new european organizational citizen can work with them and theyre still one year is the only country in the European Union that has seen the law as working like this others of course journalists spitting news itself many media organizations that see this as an attempt to silence to muzzle sputnik Vladimir Putin himself coming out in support of the organization saying that what the sunni is doing is justifiable and that its just an attempt to silence critical media. Now 18 u. N. Peacekeepers and 2 civilians were injured in a rocket attack on a military base mali on thursday just a day earlier the u. N. Envoy for west africa and the sale re raise concerns over an increase in the number of terrorist attacks. The west africa region has experienced a devastating surge in terrorist. Attacks against civilians and military targets emerged to. Alarming. The u. N. Envoy also presented data showing a 5 fold increase over 3 years in terror attacks in kenya fast so mali and i share according to the data 4000 deaths were reported in 29000 thats compared with just under 800 in 26 think the military base that was attacked also. The troops of the france led and operation the mission is supposed to terrorist activity over the region and is ongoing has been ongoing since 2014 approximately 4 and a half 1000 french soldiers are stationed at a number of bases the u. S. Mission also has 1000 troops in mali where we political analysts lagoon can normally says that theres still nowhere near enough to deal with terrorism in the region. It is a symptom of the difficulties that the mali government and the u. S. Are having in taking care of the countrys insurgents rebel. Forces are dealing with areas that are larger than the heart of europe and the African Forces are stretched u. S. Forces are stretched and many of these islamic groups have taken to guerrilla warfare and both fire bombs and it is extremely difficult to police and patrol such a large area the eyes of the world the Global Political structure have always played lip service to the issues within africa. They view Natural Resources more of a big issue rather than actually containing the spread of radical islam. In africa until the world takes the islamic insurgency in africa seriously it will only grow and grow and grow and that is your news wrap for this hour were back again with more for you in about 30 to me. Trump is a new yorker and you know he looks at the global picture and he sees the tension in the middle late sixtys iran doing a dance with the bat and the neighbors and theres like an hour lets just cut to the chase this is take out a guy in iraq and were going to get more money printing right away because i want to make my ya premed this week at a y. Fonts are out this is the new york way of doing things i said it when he 1st got elected its like of a new yorker in the white house and having a new york around the world im a new yorker you know i got a lot of. 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