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>> Sreenivasan: GOOD EVENING AND

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THANKS FOR JOINING US

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WE SEE THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT

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REPERCUSSIONS TONIGHT AFTER THE

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KILLING OF IRAN'S TOP GENERAL

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THIS WEEK.

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IRAN ANNOUNCED IT WILL NO LONGER

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ABIDE BY ANY LIMITS SET IN THE

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2015 NUCLEAR DEAL.

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ON STATE-RUN TV, THE GOVERNMENT

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SAID IT WOULD NO LONGER LIMIT

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ITS ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM.

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THE DRONE ATTACK ALSO KILLED AN

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IRAQI MILITIA LEADER, AND THE

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IRAQI PARLIAMENT APPROVED A NON-

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BINDING RESOLUTION TO EXPEL ALL

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FOREIGN FORCES FROM THE COUNTRY.

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IN THE SPECIAL SESSION, A

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MAJORITY OF IRAQI LAWMAKERS

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PRESENT VOTED IN FAVOR BUT MANY

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SUNNI AND KURDISH MEMBERS DID

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NOT ATTEND.

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CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER ADEL

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ABDUL MAHDI, WHO RESIGNED LAST

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MONTH, TOLD LAWMAKERS "URGENT

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MEASURES" SHOULD BE TAKEN TO

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REMOVE FOREIGN TROOPS.

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ABOUT 5,000 U.S. TROOPS REMAIN

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IN IRAQ.

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TODAY THE U.S.-LED MILITARY

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COALITION COMBATING ISIS IN IRAQ

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AND SYRIA ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS

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PAUSED ITS TRAINING MISSION IN

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IRAQ AND IS NOW FOCUSED ON

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PROTECTING ITS BASES FROM

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ATTACK.

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IN A STRING OF TWEETS LAST

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NIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP

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THREATENED RETALIATION IF IRAN

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STRIKES BACK AT AMERICAN

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TARGETS, SAYING, "WE HAVE

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TARGETED 52 IRANIAN SITES...

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SOME AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND

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IMPORTANT TO IRAN AND THE

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IRANIAN CULTURE."

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ON ALL FIVE SUNDAY MORNING

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POLITICAL TALK SHOWS, SECRETARY

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OF STATE MIKE POMPEO, DEFLECTED

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QUESTIONS OF WHETHER TARGETING

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CULTURAL SITES VIOLATES

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INTERNATIONAL LAW.

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HE SAID THE U.S. WILL ACT

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"LAWFULLY" AND DEFENDED THE

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PRESIDENT'S THREAT TO STRIKE

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TARGETS INSIDE IRAN.

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>> IRANIAN LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO

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UNDERSTAND THAT ATTACKING

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AMERICANS IS NOT COST FREE.

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SETTING OUT CONDITIONS THAT SAY

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THESE ARE OUR EXPECTATIONS,

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THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT

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AMERICA IS EXPECTING FROM YOU

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AND IF YOU DON'T DO THEM, THE

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COST WILL BE CLEAR AND-- AND

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DIRECT.

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>> Sreenivasan: IN THE HOLY

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SHIITE CITY OF MASHHAD, IRAN,

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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

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MOURNERS TURNED OUT TO PAY

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TRIBUTE TO GENERAL QASSEM

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SOLEIMANI, WHOSE REMAINS WERE

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FLOWN TO HIS HOME COUNTRY THIS

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AND AT A RALLY IN LEBANON TODAY,

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THE LEADER OF THE IRANIAN-BACKED

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GROUP HEZBOLLAH SAID THE U.S.

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MILITARY WILL "PAY THE PRICE"

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FOR SOLEIMANI'S DEATH.

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NEWSHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL

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CORRESPONDENT JANE FERGUSON HAS

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MORE FROM BEIRUT.

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>> Reporter: FURIOUS CHANTS

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BEGAN IMMEDIATELY AS HEZBOLLAH

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MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS GATHERED

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO HEAR FUNERAL

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PRAYERS FOR IRANIAN GENERAL

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QASSIM SULEIMANI.

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IN THE MIDST OF A PACKED HALL IN

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STRONGHOLD OF SOUTHERN BEIRUT,

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SUPPORTERS WERE STILL IN SHOCK.

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THESE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN LEADERS

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KILLED BY AMERICAN AND ISRAELI

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STRIKES BEFORE, BUT NEVER ONE SO

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SENIOR-- OR SO ADORED.

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MOHAMMED DIDN'T WISH TO GIVE HIS

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>> ( translated ): DID AMERICA

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TELL US IT WAS GOING TO KILL

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SULEIMANI?

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IT DIDN'T, IT JUST KILLED HIM.

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WE WILL ANSWER AMIDST SILENCE,

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NO ONE WILL KNOW WHERE OR WHEN

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WE WILL RESPOND.

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NOBODY WILL KNOW.

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>> Reporter: IT'S HARD TO

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OVERSTATE JUST HOW ANGRY THE

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CROWDS HERE ARE IN BEIRUT.

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"DEATH TO AMERICA" HAS BEEN

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RINGING OUT ALL DAY TODAY AND

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THESE PEOPLE SAY THAT REVENGE

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WILL HAPPEN ACROSS THE REGION.

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SULEIMANI WAS-- AND STILL IS--

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REVERED HERE.

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HE WAS A CLOSE SUPPORTER AND

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ADVISOR TO HEZBOLLAH, THE

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IRANIAN BACKED ARMED ISLAMIST

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THE GROUP'S LEADER, HASSAN

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NASRALLAH, WAS THE LAST LEADER

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SULEIMAN HAD BEEN TO SEE BEFORE

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FLYING TO BAGHDAD WHERE HE AND

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SHIA MILITIA COMMANDER ABU MAHDI

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AL-MUHANDIS WERE ASSASSINATED BY

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A U.S. AIR STRIKE ON FRIDAY

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NIGHT.

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VIA TV LINK.

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UNLIKE SOLEIMANI, HE IS ALMOST

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NEVER SEEN IN PUBLIC, FOR

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FEAR OF A SIMILAR STRIKE BY

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"IF THIS TYPE OF ASSASSINATION

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GOES UNPUNISHED THE REGION WILL

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BE VIOLATED BY THE AMERICANS AND

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THE ISRAELIS," HE TOLD HIS

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FOLLOWERS.

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THE SPEECH IN THE STREET.

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MANY HERE SAY SUMEILAMI'S

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KILLING WILL ONLY HARDEN THEM

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IDIOT, BECAUSE HE HAS NO IDEA

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WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF HIS

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HE THINKS HIS ACTIONS ARE GOING

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TO WEAKEN US?

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NOT AT ALL.

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HE HAS CREATED 1,000

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SULEIMANI'S, 1,000 MUHANDIS,

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1,000 NASRALLAHS.

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HE IS THE ONE THAT HAS LOST, NOT

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>> Reporter: HEZBOLLAH IS THE

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STRONGEST NON-STATE FIGHTING

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FORCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY--

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IRAN'S MOST DEADLY PROXY.

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THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR

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YEARS IN SYRIA TO PROP UP THE

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REGIME, GAINING INVALUABLE

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EXPERIENCE ALONGSIDE RUSSIAN

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SPECIAL FORCES.

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IF THERE IS A WIDER WAR IN THE

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REGION, THEN HEZBOLLAH WILL

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ALMOST DEFINITELY BE INVOLVED,

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MUCH LIKE SULEIMANI WAS HIMSELF.