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🗓️ 20 January 2020
⏱️ 84 minutes
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As the US escalates its military aggression in the Middle East, we speak with journalist Elijah Magnier about the future of the Axis of Resistance. After the assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraq's parliament voted unanimously to expel American troops. But the Trump administration is refusing to withdraw.
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0:00.0 | This is Moderate Rebels. I'm Ben Norton, joined by my co-host, Max Blumenthal. |
0:08.4 | And these past few weeks in the beginning of 2020 have been extremely turbulent. |
0:13.5 | There was really fears that a full-scale military war could break out between Iran and the United |
0:20.2 | States after the U.S. government |
0:22.3 | killed Iran's top military commander, Qasem Soleimani, in a blatant act of war. |
0:28.4 | And also, of course, in the past few weeks, we've seen major attacks on Iraq, including |
0:34.1 | the killing of a top Iraqi military commander who was leading the forces that |
0:39.0 | helped to defeat ISIS and the Iraqi parliament had a unanimous 170 to zero vote to expel |
0:46.6 | the American troops that are now illegally occupying Iraqi territory because the Trump administration |
0:53.0 | has said that it refuses to leave. |
0:55.6 | So joining us to discuss the situation today and what it could look like going forward is |
1:01.5 | the journalist Elijah Magnié. |
1:04.0 | Elijah is the chief international correspondent for Al-Rai, and he has extensively covered |
1:10.5 | the Middle East and spent a lot of time in the region. |
1:12.7 | He's an expert and an analyst. So thanks for joining us, Elijah. |
1:16.1 | Thank you for having me. |
1:17.5 | So Elijah, I'm wondering if he could maybe just take a step back, and could you just comment on the situation right now |
1:23.0 | and what you think it means for the region of West Asia know, West Asia, the Middle East, but also really |
1:29.7 | the entire world? |
1:32.0 | I think the situation in the Middle East is very delicate at this moment, particularly after |
1:41.5 | the assassination of two commanders, the Iranian Castle Soleimani and Iraqi |
1:48.2 | Abu Mahdi Mahdi Mohandis at Baghdad Airport. |
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