2018 and met with our troops there. The back up said quote well take all necessary measures to protect and defense u. S. Personnel, partners and allies in the region. The president has been briefed and hes monitoring the situation closely. We are just learning he may address the nation tonight. We may be hearing from President Trump about this attack tonight. Do not forget iran had promised historic revenge for the killing of general soleimani as someone who murdered as many as 00 americano as many as 600 amers on for the attacks on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Joining me former delta force member, retired Lieutenant General william borsma. General, i will start with you. What is yr sense of what the iranians have done . They promised a historic revenge. When you hear about 1 Ballistic Missiles when you hear about 12 Ballistic Missiles launched from iran targeting u. S. Bases, whats your response to that. If they are planning historic revenge there is more to come, there has to be. Th
He was appointed to the head of the courts force. Tasked with dealing with irans. Interest and. In the middle east he was not only a man who wasnt very much revered within the general population but he was also known for his military skills he was believed to be extremely tactical his skills were also put to very good use in syria and iraq where he consulted both the assad regime as well as in the governments of the iraqi the various governments in iraq in the fight against eisel there are many iranians believe that this is a very serious escalation this is the United States telling iran that it has carried out an act of war theres a thank you study there of course well come back to you to check in on developments in iran as we continue to follow this story its just gone 6 g. M. T. Grant and here at aljazeera were bringing you rolling coverage of a major breaking news story lets bring you the latest as we understand it the south irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many has vowed rev
Iraq. The president went to al asad in 2018 and met with our troops there. The back up said quote well take all necessary measures to protect and defense u. S. Personnel, partners and allies in the region. The president has been briefed and hes monitoring the situation closely. We are just learning he may address the nation tonight. We may be hearing from President Trump about this attack tonight. Do not forget iran had promised historic revenge for the killing of general soleimani as someone who murdered as many as 00 americano as many as 600 amers on for the attacks on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Joining me former delta force member, retired Lieutenant General william borsma. General, i will start with you. What is your sense of what the iranians have done . They promised a historic revenge. When you hear about 1 Ballistic Missiles when you hear about 12 Ballistic Missiles launched from iran targeting u. S. Bases, whats your response to that. If they are planning historic revenge t
A strike in the capital baghdad iran is calling it an assassination he was the leader of the elite could support a division of revolutionary guard corps which has a far reaching influence in iraq syria lebanon and also beyond all the pentagon and so the moneys death in a tweet it said at the direction of the president the u. S. Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad by killing kasim solo monny the head of the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps could force thats a u. S. Designated foreign terrorist organization. Hold donald trump after authorizing that strike tweeted this no words just a simple picture of the american flag. Well it wasnt just solomonic who was killed the u. S. Forces of also killed the Deputy Commander of the iranian backed coalition of armed groups in iraq. This from the Popular Mobilisation forces was killed when the airstrike targeted is vehicle on the road to the baghdad airport. Well the u. S. Air strikes in iraq have drawn mi
The protesters here in lebanon they have not been as focused on trying to lessen the iranian influence as say it is the case in any talks i mean thats something you hear from a lot of the protesters in Tahrir Square in baghdad and other parts of it off where i was several weeks ago here in lebanon on the protesters mainly have been talking about trying to come together as a country and really get a government that works for the lebanese people a government made of technocrats they want to in corruption and this is something where now you have this complication thats really going to impact the formation of a government because it has but let is a huge political player in lebanon because they are going to have to agree to whomever the Prime Minister designate assumes will be his cabinet so this just really is just really causes more complications at a time when the lebanese are tired they want to get a functioning government and they want the country to be in much better shape economical