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
A warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me the carriage well 1st we start with the overnight breaking news from the middle east the United States has assassinated a top Iranian Revolutionary guard commander in a drone strike in iraq the arabian Supreme Leader is now warning of a harsh retaliation against the u. S. Because the insulin money let the revolutionary guards the leads could force them was killed in an operation directed by u. S. President donald trump well t. C. D. Our correspondent joins me in the studio now with more details now more on this strike is being seen as a potential turning point in u. S. Iranian relations can you talk as though one happened and how serious this could be its incredibly serious this is perhaps the most serious it is being between the United States and iran in recent decades that there are now all the obvious this is potentially you know a big war big conflict just just around the corner there seem. Mani was called the 2nd most power
Past week weve heard a lot about escalation deescalation and what is proportionate weve also heard the words war this is how the u. S. Ran complex describe what is not talked enough about is the necessity of ending the American Military presence in the middle east these endless wars must cease. Talking the us around conflict im joined by my guest Mohammad Marandi and to him hes a professor at the university of toronto in washington we have christopher and i when he is founder of American Veterans policy network and in iraq war veteran and in sydney we cross the alley risk he is a middle east expert as well as contributor with a monitor all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate when home and let me go to you 1st here if you were to believe the media things are settling down a little bit after this tumultuous week involving the United States iran and the entire region and were going to talk a lot about iraq here where do thing
The minimum wage. Tech entrepreneur Richard Wayne on the skills gap, the future of work, and rethinking traditional Fouryear College degree or rims. College degree programs. Host good morning. T is friday, january 3 u. S. Airstrike near the bank that airport killed the top corps. Er of the guard could stoke a cycle of retaliation with the islamic republic. We are tracking reaction and we want to hear from you. Let us know what you think. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can send us a text message this morning. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from cspanwj cspanwj. On twitter, it is. On facebook it is, facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning, you can start calling now as we show you the Statement Released last night from the department of defense. This is how it read at direction of the president. The u. S. Military has taken action to protect u. S. Military abroad by killing the head of gua
Foreign occupation water 25. 00 call to libyans as turkish troops prepare to join the war. Hello there good to have your company we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General custom so money on friday the former funeral for the top it wane in command as well as. This the Deputy Commander of the iran backed. Forces as you can see is underway will want to swell later be buried in not just in iraq so the manis body will be flown to iran. Well salamis assassination has inflamed already tense relations between the United States and iran President Donald Trump said the order was made to stay off a war with a tirana not to start one he added the u. S. Is prepared for any reprisals solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the United States did yesterday should have been done long ago a lot of lives would have been saved just recen