Lets just get you right up to speed with what we know 2 leading militia commanders one iranian one iraqi have been killed in a u. S. Airstrike about 1. 51. 6 kilometers outside the bag that International Airport they were near an area where there was an antiterrorism unit an antiterrorism building was within a secure compound there the key casualty there is custom in the money killed by u. S. Forces people have been demonstrating their support of what has happened the joy at what has happened inside Baghdads Tahrir square lets just play you that video and give you a sense of the atmosphere right now in the iraqi capital back that. Was the the. The and. It. Was. And you have been watching pictures there of people in baghdad stuff or is square celebrating the killing of Senior Iranian commanded. By u. S. Forces on stan grant here in doha of course taking over this breaking coverage live coverage of this strike by American Forces inside iraq now weve had information confirmation from the
By broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our Team International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us we have to start with some fast moving developments in the middle east of this hour at the pentagon confirms the u. S. Has struck iran linked targets Near Baghdad International Airport now it has also confirmed that high profile iranian general solo money was killed in that strike along with an Iraqi Militia commander donald trump tweeted a u. S. Flag after the announcement of solar moneys death now iraqi forces are said to be surrounding the green zone in baghdad where the u. S. Embassy is located there is no information yet on the reason for those troop movements arties cable mop and reports. It appears that washington is confirming that it did indeed carry out air strikes against iran linked forces in iraq now at this point were hearing that 2 vehicles were hit outside the airport in baghdad and 5 members of the Popular Mobilisation forces were hit as well
Died in a stampede at a funeral for cost them money in iraq. And we go on air with a developing story coming to us out of iraq a number of missiles we understand have been fired at multiple u. S. Facilities in iraq including the. Base which houses u. S. Forces irans state t. V. Is saying that tehran launched quotes tens of surface to surface missiles the white house says President Trump is being briefed and he is monitoring the situation the base there you can see it on our map its about equidistant between the iraqi capital baghdad and the border with syria our correspondent there was Osama Bin Laden joins us on the line from baghdad clearly its a way a ways from baghdad osama so maybe details a bit sketchy as of yet what do we know. So far weve spoken to multiple sources in iraq the Security Services at least one come on there from the hashish are the proper Mobilization Forces to confirm that a good team if i have landed. Landed in the. Base not just the coalition of them. We are ge
So in the dark without light so that theyre not easy targets there was a time when planes would would come to the major bases in iraq that they would do socalled corkscrew landings so that they would minimize their exposure on the way down but this is precisely the kind of provocation the pentagon was expecting maybe a little bolder in scale than they had expected previously but it is exactly the kind of thing that the president that the defense secretary and that the secretary of state here in the United States have been warning against the question now is what will they do to retaliate we know the white house is monitoring these events they have been briefed the pentagon had apparently closed early for snow but there are now people there meeting in secure areas presumably talking about what the response would be of course the u. S. Central command will be on this they have confirmed that these rocket attacks have happened as well so youll have people in the region talking to people h
Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization thats important that it is designated a terrorist organization it also goes on to say donald trump after authorizing that toris has also or that strike is also tweeted no woods just a big picture of the American Flag well it wasnt just the man who was killed the u. S. Forces of also killed the Deputy Commander of iranian backed coalition of groups in iraq the hondas from the Popular Mobilization forces was killed when the airstrike targeted his vehicle on the road to the Baghdad Airport and we have correspondents covering the story from all angles gabrial of zone though is in washington d. C. Dosage a bar is live in tehran 1st i will go to some other 14 who are standing by in baghdad and some other just bring us the latest of what youve been hearing there the response to this strike the the the response on the street some of the celebrations indeed weve seen from some people in iraq to this killing of cousins on the money. Well its passed down