Youre watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. The u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. We are also in the process of bringing air Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against about another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation around remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism now its important to note that the Iraqi Parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa main
A year ago. Morning this new years eve is just going to 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International now baghdad has summoned the u. S. Ambassador over the latest american airstrikes on iraq and syria which killed 25 people iraqi Officials Say they were unable to prevent the attack with their objections being ignored by washington the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hawk has defended the operation though and insists they targeted iranian backed militants to deter iranian aggression. One of the things we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect American Forces and american citizens in iraq were also working on the mission of restoring deterrence against me and aggression on sunday the United States hit 5 targets belonging to qatar has bella its in our its an armed group that emerged after the u. S. Invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted American Forces is also one of the main shia groups fighting Islamic State in
2019 continues we shed some light. On one minute past 8 am in San Francisco 9 pm and 7 in the evening right here in moscow this tuesday the 31st welcome to international. Our top story hundreds of iraqis have attempted to storm the u. S. Embassy in baghdad with some of the protesters starting fires there theyre reportedly demanding its closure and that American Forces exit the country iraqs Popular Mobilisation forces say around 2 dozen people have been injured and rallies in and around the compound the nations Prime Minister has urged the assemble cried to leave the Embassy Warning of a tough response if they do all the unrest comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and syria killed 25 the weekend. Was. Was was. Was was was well i discussed the situation with our middle east correspondent Paula Michel Greenstein from r. T. America. Paula lets go to you 1st the protests there they show little sign of relenting what do we know but well certainly at this stage they show no sign of dis
Oil markets and the Oil Conflicts of course are going to be disruptive to supply lines the i see that a lot of the. Retail chains that sell extraordinarily cheap stuff to poor people prices are rising rapidly because of the trade war with china so as weve said on this show the poor in america dont notice therefore because the costs of their stuff when they go to the Discount Store gets cheaper and cheaper so their lifestyle never doesnt really get horribly worse because even though they make less money the cost of stuff gets cheaper while china enter america go to trade war the cost of stuff at the local Discount Store starts going up and now suddenly you really are poor there is a trade war and the trade war is ongoing and it is not stopping and tariffs are taking effect and tariffs are taking effect against china and taking effect against europe so those costs are rising but as gary young points out there is oil on the streets on the streets where the people are protesting and its ju
A fire there reportedly demanding the embassys closure and that u. S. Forces exit the country Iraqs Popular Mobilization forces say around 2 dozen people have been injured at rallies in and around the compound the nations Prime Minister reserved the assembled crowd to leave the Embassy Warning of a tough response if they dont rest after u. S. Bombing raids in iraq and syria killed 25 people at the weekend. I. I. I i i i call you know on the discuss the situation earlier with our middle east correspondent Paula Michel Greenstein from r. T. America. Paula lets go to you 1st the protests there they show little signs of relenting what do we know about todays over full circle at that stage they show no sign of dissipating we know and weve received reports that the American Embassy staff including the ambassador have been evacuated from the compound but these reports come as we continue to hear that Iraqi Security forces are firing tear gas on the crowds to try and get them to disperse now m