On what were hearing from the necessarily front area of the embassy but from where theyre attempting to breach the wall around the back with the use of tear gas. Up until this moment, this situation has not escalated any further, but the fact that they made it to this location means that the Iraqi Security forces did not stop this protest from moving forward. The area that the green zone encompasses in baghdad has shrunk dramatically, but this particular part of it where the u. S. Embassy is located is still fairly wellsecured and meant to be fairly fortified. Normally, to get in you need a special badge or some sort of an escort, but the Iraqi Government views this paramilitary force, again, that is made up that includes that militia that the u. S. Was targeting as being a member of the Iraqi Security forces. From the governments perspective these strikes by the United States were not against a proiranian militia, they were actually against their own forces as well. The Prime Minister
The question echoing around the world, whats next . We only know for certain that tehran has vowed harsh revenge for the death of Qasem Soleimani. A funeral going on right now for the deputy leader for the leader of the militia in iraq who died alongside soleimani. Despite dramatically raising the risk of conflict, the Trump Administration has no qualms about taking out soleimani. U. S. Officials say intelligence pointed to his plotted imminent attacks against americans. Heres what the u. S. Secretary of state and the u. S. President said on friday. President trumps decision to remove Qasem Soleimani from the battlefield saved american lives. He was plotting in the region to take action, a big action, as he described it, that would have put dozens, if not hundreds of american lives at risk. This was imminent. It was an intelligencebased assessment that drove our process. He was working actively and was disrupted. We take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. We took acti
General kassim soleimani. Imagine if the head of the cia combined with the joints chief of staff and shadow secretary of state. He was that big. And he was extremely close to irans Supreme Leader who this morning is vowing to respond with harsh revenge. And this morning members of congress are sharply divided with most republican lawmakers applauding the president and this decision. Democrats questioning the authority to assassinate a top official without congressional approval of notification. Overnight nancy pelosi called it a dangerous escalation and demanded an immediate briefing for congress. That is expected to happen a little bit later today. We are expecting to talk to the secretary of state mike pompeo in the next minute. All about this attack. We have our resources covering this story around the world. Lets g to baghdad and begin with arwa damon. Good morning, arwa. Reporter good morning. And the magnitude of this cannot be accurately stated not just in the killing of Qassim
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