Sounded bored when you said to me but im slowly dying. From moscow where its just past 2 in the morning youre watching r. T. International welcome to the program and baghdad says it is summoning the u. S. Ambassador over the latest strikes on iraq in syria that killed 25 people the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hook has defended those attacks insisting that they were to terence against a rein in aggression arties caleb maupin has more. The u. S. State department has defended the decision to conduct air strikes in iraq and syria saying that this was done to deter the influence of iran in the region now 25 people were killed in the raids and dozens were injured 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. The mission of restoring deterrence against me and aggression now its important to point out that the target of these strikes was an iranian backed militia and accordi
All right. Hearing will come to order. Welcome, everyone. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on u. S. Policy in iraq. I thank our witness for appearing today. Before recognizing myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement, i would like to take the opportunity to recognize and thank the members of our committee who served in iraq. Were grateful for your service and your input today is going to be invaluable. I will now ill make an Opening Statement and turn it over to the Ranking Member. Also before i begin on my comments here, i would like to take a moment to express my condolences to the families and friends of the sailors killed in pensacola last friday, the three sailers dedicated their lives were taken from us far too soon. And we need answers about the shooter and how this happened. Certainly at this point, the president and all of us must require the kingdom to give full and transparent cooperation with the United States investigation so we can understa
All of what he said to me but im slowly dying here. Youre watching r. T. International im whereas other loquitur thank you for joining us. From baghdad says it is summoning the u. S. Ambassador over the latest airstrikes on iraq and syria that killed 25. 00 people the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hook has defended those attacks insisting that they were to terence against iranian aggression aunties caleb maupin has more. The u. S. State department has defended the decision to conduct air strikes in iraq in syria saying that this was done to deter the influence of iran in the region now 25 people were killed in the raids and dozens were injured 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 a room will give you a mission of restoring deterrence against me and aggression now its important to point out that the target of these strikes was an iranian backed militia and according
Sounded awful and he said to me but im slowly dying. Life from moscow where its just past 4 in the morning youre watching r. T. International welcome to the program. Baghdad says it is summoning the u. S. Ambassador over the latest airstrikes on iraq and syria that killed 25 people iraq Officials Say they were not able to prevent the attack with their objections being ignored by washington. I said this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this well after the attack hundreds of protesters gathered on the streets of the iraqi capital they condemned the u. S. s strikes and expressed support for the militia who were appalled and the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hook has defended the operation insisting it was meant to deter rain in a question on the scale of hope and has. The u. S. State department has defended the decision to conduct air st
Waiting 20 kilograms heavier than his title rival and just what saudi arabia is getting ready to host the middle east and the heavyweight championship fight. Ok we begin in iraq where theres been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night less than 24 hours after that attack gunfire has again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and what appears to be a related event sources close to the prominent shia cleric. Say a drone has dropped a bomb on his home in jaffa his party says he wasnt there at the time he has been a backer of the antigovernment protests which have swept across the country. Lets get more now from correspondent dosage of body he joins us from baghdad door so as to what happened to those h