A few moments into a brand new day here in moscow the 1st speech donald trump has defended the killing of a reunion general cassim solemn money and several others including iraqis the u. S. President said the strike was necessary to stop a war in the middle east 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 we took action last night just stop a war. We did not take action to start a war the world is a safer place without these monsters. The Early Morning a raid also reportedly killed 9 other people including influential iraqi lebanese shia militia leaders theyre believed to have been leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place. The money lead the powerful force an elite branch of the reigning revolutionary guards corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavily involved in the conflicts in syria and iraq and was instrumental in the territory of the feet of isel ortiz came up on us more now on the drone strike and the kind of reaction it house triggered. Weve got the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o making his rounds in American Media and trying to make the case that somehow this effort by the United States in this recent killing is an effort to deescalate the situation with iran and the u. S. Remains committed to deescalation that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from qassam salami in the Iranian Regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation now qassam solomonic is often described as the 2nd most powerful person in the Islamic Republic of iran furthermore he was very very key in the defeat of the ice still terrorists throughout the region however as we hear from the u. S. Department of defense this was a defensive measure that at the direction of the president the u. S. Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad by killing costume so in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world now it certainly has been a dramatic week for the United States in the middle east and the pentagon seems to believe that qassam solomonic was himself responsible for what has taken place in the last few days lets review. Draw some indications that they may be planning additional attacks if that happens the new act and by the way we get word of attacks is some type of indication will take preemptive action as well to protect American Forces to protect american lives. Now Irans National Security council held its meeting and said that at the emergency meeting that was convened they made quote the necessary decisions and that there is going to be some retaliation at the right time in place for what they say was the u. S. His biggest strategic mistake in the west asia region now the iranian side is basically completely unified in saying there will be a retaliate to remove from the Islamic Republic for this killing the u. S. An act of International Terrorism targeting and assassinating general saloon money the most effective force fighting dying shy he says ill kind of hope hes extremely dangerous and foolish escalation the u. S. Busy responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism now how the Islamic Republic will respond is not yet clear now it is important to note that the Us State Department and u. S. Media seem to be echoing very loudly that qassam solomonic is somehow responsible for the death of thousands of americans and that he is somehow a very bad guy they echo these allegations though there have been strong criticisms of of donald trump from the democratic side the risk of a much longer military engagement in the middle east is acute. And immediately this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into now as he is known for donald trump has not been shy on social media defending his decision to take out qassam solomonic however its important to note that in his responses donald trump has actually said that solo money should have been killed many years ago now what is interesting many critics are now wondering if the timing of the killing of a solemn mani is in fact suspicious people wonder if trump did this for political reasons as an attempt to frame himself in a good light as kind of a war hero for the upcoming 2020 Reelection Campaign and weve been getting a lot of response to the incident former u. S. Congressman ron paul joined me earlier to explain the u. S. Strike reflects problems in american politics. Both parties indorse you know interventionism when trouble at times hell say the right thing im coming over im serious im bringing troops home who yelled and screamed the most not about the constitution but it was palosi and her guy was saying oh no he shouldnt do that he should do that. At that time you know removing troops is what we want as a libertarian no nobody should be paying switching parties or at least at this time of year because its all politicized you have to separate the 2 groups of people who think the United States has an eye has an empire to fan and that they are morally justified to do it versus those of us who believe that we should be noninterventionist and follow the constitution and follow International Law and the extra 3 fellows into u. S. Troops are actually being deployed to the region growing tension was not on the table from the start do you think what what this washingtons strategy for the reason for the region as its. Well i think its been very clear this is one thing that trump deserves credit for hes been consistent in his campaign and everything is going on he always wants to escalate you know the antagonism toward iran other places its up and down and back and forth and i sort of im always hopeful that he really doesnt want another war and i think pompei when he gets up there and says all these really challenging aggressive things then he says we dont want war oh well war why are we doing those things the people who are pushing it in an aggressive manner in our country they probably dont really want war but they want peace on their terms. A lot strike happened in iraq lets take a tour. Why revere the assassination has triggered a lot of prayer. As well 3 days of mourning have been over really and you can see here turning out in cities across the country to alter their general. Us. Secretary of states mike. Discussed events with russias foreign minister in the phone conversations target of rauf accuse those codes are part of violating International Law and urged washington to abandon the use of force to achieve Political Goals with more reaction from across the globe heres paula sleep the world has been responding with the number one concern being the issue that this will escalate tensions here in the middle east now we have heard from a band that while were telling 8 Irans National Security council calling this americas biggest security mistake its biggest strategic mistake which is again being echoed by it has said that the American Actions will be stabilized in this serious is that the americans are feeling the tensions weve heard from going to. The iran bet to group based in lebanon. And who has urged the worlds resistance to get together and exact revenge at the same time one mosque which also sees becton from gaza has expressed its condolences not the rock where the killing actually took place condemned what are called and aggression that it said would lead to a devastating war the assassination of an Iraqi Military commander is an aggression on iraq as a State Government and people its a flagrant violation of iraqs sovereignty and dangerous escalation that triggers a destructive war in iraq the region and the world it violates the conditions authorizing the presence of u. S. Troops on iraqi soil syria condemns this act of association. Covert cowardly act versus nation dont forget that they were killed in the c. B. D. An airport coming on board for civilian aircraft. In friendly country. Now this way the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu earlier cut short a trip to greece to return home an emergency meeting was held here in tel aviv between the military and intelligence chiefs to assess the situation all israeli institutions around the world have gone on high alert while on the northern and southern borders here in israel the army too has become more vigilant this is what netanyahu in praising the attack had to say the president wrote deserves the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively. With the United States in its just struggle for spruce security. The American Action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which iran is responsible we also see with great concern to around 60 of it is in the region was done before dangerous escalation now the European Response has been somewhat moderate although there has been concern expressed that this will lead to a deescalation it doesnt seem of this anyone is brave enough to come out and strongly and openly criticize the american President Donald Trump nato says it is monitoring the situation particularly keeping an eye on its Training Forces in iraq also monitoring the situation is the Egyptian Government and they have called for a normalization to prevent a new escalation at the same time were hearing from the United Kingdom it says while it recognizes the phrase that sort of money pose it is urging for a deescalation earlier there was a phone conversation between the russian president Vladimir Putin and his french counterpart emmanuel mccrone and both leaders agreed that the American Strike would lead to a deterioration and were hearing from from. Urgent iran not to take steps that would lead to that determination weve also heard from the un secretary general he has urged maximum restraint saying that the last thing the world can afford is another war in the gulf. Policy or with how they reacted to the killing when a political analyst we also heard from believes they are striking the way it was authorized shows that america he ses state on the global stage is not a democracy. Iraq was not warned congress was not consulted. This was this was true in his new york people more than likely mr cushman mr mentioned you know who run mr trump essentially you know alongside compay oh now he sort of officially you know no longer formally as part of the Administration Mr bolton because if you examine whats going on online you see these people posting messages of joy now even if they dont like us and so they made me want to seem to not understand the ramifications of what they have done this movie has united the iranian people it is really united the iraqi people the syrians the yemeni. The Palestinian Movement its united everyone against america sound of death to america is getting louder and louder and louder and theres nothing america can do about it this is by its own by its activity. I want to turn attention on the program not to europe where French Police say one person has been killed 2 others wounded in a knife attack in a suburb several kilometers south of paris officers shot dead the assailant who reportedly attacked process by random arties fronts across want to charlotte dubinsky told us more. Shocking the horror in paris is yet another knife attack its taken place in the city in this one to the south of paris in an area called venusian we fully understand that one person has been killed as a result of that attack and 2 others have been injured. Currently receiving treatment full those injuries no details on exactly how badly wounded they all now i witness is say that the man who carried out this attack was wearing a traditional arabic and screamed out the woods. As he tried to stop those individuals some details coming through about the individual who is dead as a result of that attack the french media saying that he was a local man in these fiftys he was actually a man of the area and they named him as being found a way like people saying that he actually was trying to protect his wife that attack and now we know that following that attack as the man fled the seems chased down by the police shot up 3 times and has been neutralized i. E. He is dead now i know all the camera and Surveillance Footage from here we suggest that this was the time the police are investigating to see if he had any accomplices and to make sure that the area is clear nothing else will happen tonight now the minister for the secretary of state for the interior ministry nor knew this visited the scene not long after that neutralize ation over the attack and this is what he had to say. I would like to commend the swift reaction of the police who intervened quickly to neutralize the salient and put his murderous rampage it was a very brave mark as news of that attack spread supermarkets batten down the hatches closing down they do was to ensure that they customers remain safe inside some of those customers waiting for several hours to be given the all clear by the Police Movement that many will see as being a good step to try and protect customers. From pages in the past have expanded and gone into other areas. Ok an update now on another story were closely. Following several countries have condemned the Turkish Parliament to send troops to libya israel greece and cyprus have voiced their concern over a possible escalation of the conflict in the region they have called reckless. It took his decision to deploy troops in libya presents the dangerous through its regional stability the repercussions of such reckless moves will be dire for the stability and peace of the entire region or in a phone call with the turkish leader the us president also raised concerns that foreign interference could further complicate the situation in libya though they too did agree to maintain their Diplomatic Corp multiple forces have been vying for power in libya since the ice sting of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 a un backed government of National Accord with control of the capital tripoli along with some coastal areas in the west of the country now its rival thats the selfstyled Libyan National army headed by general huffed are with holes this large swades in the middle and central area gas reserves scattered across here a 3rd region quite sizable as well on the border with chad hearing green dots local tribes and militias now the u. N. 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