More following the announcement that up from the u. S. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Zarif commented on the attack friday in toronto. On americas action. Is an act of terrorism and by leaching of iraqs sovereignty which is murdering who dedicated their entire fighting terror russian terror. To be outdone u. S. President donald trump held an address at his palm beach resort mara lago on friday rationalizing the attack in issuing a warning to anyone who would harm americans and my leadership for americas policies on the big us the terrorists who were trying to harm any american. We will find you we will eliminate you we will always protect our diplomats Service Members all americans and our allies so many just been. Perpetrating actually terror to. Destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what do you know already 68 years today should have been done long ago. Now Global Markets are reacting to the assassination as equities tumble and are now swimming in a sea of red with few p
And its impact upon us all. And im christiane and washington hands alike out that today. It would almost be americas actually without any doubt is an act of terrorism and violation of iraqs sovereignty i mentioned in the middle east have roiled markets that the u. S. Has a fascinated and iranian general in iraq we break down how the attack has moved markets and what this could mean for the future of geopolitical relations but the saga of multinational businessman carlos growing takes another turn as he has managed to escape japans argy correspondent sara lee but theres a ok and lauren fix the car coach are both on hand to help us break down the caper we have a packed show today so lets jump right in. And we begin the program with reaction to the assassination of a top iranian general in baghdad general custom so money who led a special forces unit of irans revolutionary guard was killed in a u. S. Drone strike on thursday the pentagon has can. Or the department of defense issued a stat
Strike but weve seen very little criticism come out of the government as a result of this series of rocket attacks one of which resulted in the death of a u. S. Contractor and this is exactly the frustration of the u. S. Presence here they feel that the Iraqi Government is not doing enough to 1st of all reign and the groups like the type hezbollah who are accused of reporting to town rather than to back that also of not really investigating these incidents seriously enough and bringing those responsible to account and this is why the u. S. Is really decided to take matters into their own hands and retaliate against the groups that it believes responsible we have to watch and see what will happen now are we going to see a sort of tit for tat retaliation between. U. S. Forces here on the ground and of course there are fears that this could escalate in some kind of proxy war on iraqi soil between the u. S. And iran. Russias foreign minister has warned that the Iranian Nuclear deal is at r
Troops inside iran the u. S. Has long had its eyes set on trying to impact regime change in iran and much of what youve seen the u. S. Doing with regards to iran has been on a covert level weve seen a report in new yorker by Seymour Hersh that a u. S. Source told him that u. S. Marines who are operating in the blue key missouri and kurdish regions of iran have you ever heard of that report ive never heard of the report ive never read the article nor do i intend to do you have any interest as to whether or not you as the u. S. Ambassador i dont have any interest as to whether or not u. S. Marines are actually operating in iran right now and i said i had not heard of the report and i didnt intend to read the article in the new yorker if i gave you this article right now walked it over would you look at it i dont think so honestly congressman because i dont i dont have time to read much fiction. We have teams inside iran and these include joint special Operation Forces most elite Commando
At the direction of the president the u. S. Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad by killing so a money the head of the iranian Iranian Revolutionary guard corps could force a u. S. Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization general so the money was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats and Service Members in iraq and throughout the region the d. O. T. Release added that general solo money was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans and coalition Service Members as well as the wounding of thousands more following the announcement that from the u. S. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Zarif commented on the attack friday in toronto. Americas actually without any doubt is an act of state terrorism and violation of iraqs sovereignty which is murdering her sons who dedicated their entire fighting oppression terror and criticism. To be outdone u. S. President donald trump held an address at his palm beach resort mara lago on