1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: We've been waiting for Iran to respond, while they've done. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 2: In the last hour, they have attacked you with spaces 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 2: in Iraq and Katar. So far, no injuries or deaths 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 2: or casualties have been reported that according to the Pentagon 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 2: via Fox News in the last couple of minutes. Alistair 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: Buncle is the Middle East correspondent from Sky News with 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: US this morning. Alistair, what is the latest on these attacks? 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, the only confirmed attack is the one 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 3: on Kata, on the Alu Ded Air Base, which is 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 3: the biggest American air base in the region. The Iranians 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 3: reportedly fired ten missiles, saying they are saying fired a 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 3: missile for every missile that the Americans fired at them 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 3: when the Americans attacked the nuclear bases over the weekend. 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 3: I'm not sure that figure exactly tallies, but we haven't 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 3: heard more reports from Iraq at the moment. On the 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 3: one hand, it is a major major escalation. Iran attacking 17 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 3: a GCC country in the Middle East, a country like 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 3: Katar is a huge escalation. But we knew the Arenas 19 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 3: would have to respond in some way. This is well start, 20 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 3: possibly the end of their response, and no reports of casualties, 21 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: so possibly, you know, it does provide everybody with a 22 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 3: bit of an off ramp. But then it depends on 23 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 3: the way President Trump sees it. 24 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: Does the fact that there are no casualties indicate that 25 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: the Americans, because they had been warning their own citizens 26 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: and Kata for a couple of days, and we heard 27 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: from the UK in the last couple of hours that 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: these citizens should be aware in Kata, is it possible 29 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: that they did give them a well, that they were 30 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: no one about and that you know, that's why we 31 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: didn't see any casualties. 32 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I reckon so, to be honest, we don't know 33 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 3: that officially, but I think that's probably very likely. The 34 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: Ataris are pretty close to the Uranians. Katar hosts the 35 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: leadership of Hummas, for example, an Iranian proxy, but they're 36 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 3: also closely the Americans. They host major US military bases. 37 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 3: And my sense from covering these things for many years 38 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: is that this would have been known about. There would 39 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 3: have been a maybe not more than a few hours, 40 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 3: but there would have been some notification that this was happening, 41 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 3: and it would have allowed everybody to ensure that there 42 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 3: were no US forces above ground. They were either not 43 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: at the base or they were underground in safety. Ditto 44 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 3: to the British. The British have a very large military 45 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 3: personnel at that air base. I understand that they had 46 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 3: evacuated it in the recent days and so if that's accurate, 47 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 3: then what it does is it gives run the kind 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 3: of the story to say, look, we have attacked the 49 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: biggest US in the region, and it gives the Americans 50 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 3: the ability to sort of back away having suffered no damage. 51 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: Alistair appreciate that analysis. This morning, Alistair Bunkle, who's the 52 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: Middle East correspondent for Sky News, confirming there that there 53 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: have been a missiles fired from Iran into a US 54 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: air base in Katar, though apparently intercepted. No injuries or 55 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: casualties reported at this stage. Iran has said that they 56 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: have fired missiles not just at US air bases and Kata, 57 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: but also in Iraq, as Alistair says that hasn't been confirmed. 58 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: For more from earlier edition with Ryan Bridge. 59 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 3: Listen live to news Talks there'd be from five am weekdays, 60 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 3: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.