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of two american military officers today by an unknown gunman. the officers were shot in the heavily guarded interior ministry in kabul, while in kunduz to the northeast, three people died in a violent protest outside a u.n. compound. it is all part of the turmoil since u.s. troops inadvertently burned copies of the koran earlier this week. mandy clark is in kabul. >> reporter: the shooting erupted at the command-and- control center inside afghanistan's ministry of interior. it should have been the most secure location in the building. sources told cbs news that the two american officers, a colonel and a major, were shot in the head with a pistol at close range. witnesses heard three shots. a colleague ran to the command center, finding the two dead. the gunman had disappeared. there are reports he was an afghan officer who had earlier argued with the americans. later, the taliban claimed responsibility, saying one of its members had infiltrated the

ministry. general john allen, the commander of nato forces in afghanistan, announced he is recalling all nato advisers from government ministries out of security concerns. the advisers are a key part of the american mission here, training afghans to handle their own security as the u.s. aims to complete their withdrawal by 2014. the attack comes on the fifth day of protests across afghanistan. ( gunfire ) on monday, u.s. soldiers accidentally burned copies of the koran along with regular garbage, a desecration of islam's holy book. hee koran burning has led to the killing of two american soldiers on thursday. 25-year-old army sergeant joshua born of florida and 22-year-old army corporal timothy conrad, jr., of virginia, were shot dead by an afghan soldier in eastern afghanistan. general allen visited the base

personally, warning his men now is not the time for vengeance. maurice? >> dubois: mandy clark, thank you. turning now to syria's uprising. diplomatic efforts have so far failed to end the fighting or help the civilians under siege. the assad regime's shelling on the city of homs entered its fourth week. clarissa ward is tracking the story from beirut, lebanon. >> reporter: there was no respite for the people of homs today. heavy shelling continued, destroying homes and lives. black smoke choked the sky but not the voices of these protesters. "we swear to remain peaceful and stand up for our martyrs," they chanted. the international red cross struggled to negotiate the evacuation of the seriously injured from the embattled baba amr area, including two western journalists wounded in wednesday's attack on a makeshift media center. "where are you, friends of syria?" the man behind the camera asked.

"baba amr is being shelled as if it did not exist." yesterday's international conference was a disappointment for syria's opposition which hoped the international community would offer concrete pledges of support. burhan ghalioun is the head of the syrian national council. "what we are asking of others is not that they fight our battles," he said. "what we are asking of them is that they support us." part of the reason why that help is not arising is the syrian opposition is so fractured, with many different factions all jockeying for power. inside the country, a multitude of poorly equipped and loosely organized rebel groups are fighting separate, local battles. we spent time with a group in northern syria that calls itself the syrian liberation army, not to be confused and often at odds with the free syrian army, a group mostly made up of soldiers who have defected from the syrian army. they told us that they are desperate for money, weapons and training.

but with no clear chain of command and no unity among these different groups, it is unlikely that will come any time soon. and that, maurice, is part of the reason why the situation is growing more and more desperate every day. the reality is that these lightly armed, uncoordinated ragtag groups of fighters are simply no match for the syrian army, which is really crushing them with heavy weapons. >> dubois: okay, clarissa ward tonight in beirut. thank you very much. y's more perspective on today's developments we're joined by former undersecretary of state nicholas burns. nick, good evening to you. with the whole world watching here, can anybody do anything to stop this? >> right now, it's all up to the neighboring countries, the arab league, saudi arab, and turkey. they have the influence, and they have the proximity, but no one else is intervening at this point. >> reporter: what about the united states. can it play any role here at all? >> at this point, the obama administration has decide not to intervene milltarily. it's going to rely on those

other countries in the region to take the lead in the international efforts and to try to find some way to help these besieged civilians, the victims of their own government. >> dubois: and then there were chine expha russia. so far they have been no help at all. >> chine and russia have vetoed all humanitarian efforts. hillary clinton rightly described the efforts despicable yesterday. they are certainly are. >> dubois: when we look at the fighters, the rebel fighters themselves, who are they made up of? who are these people? >> the rebels are average citizens, trying to oppose the atrocities of the syrian government. they're also members of the syrian military who have defected. some of them, unfortunately, seem to be terreservists from al qaeda affiliates, tore it's a very complex and messy situation. >> dubois: that is a big concern going forward. okay. nicholas burns we thank you very much tonight. >> thank you. >> dubois: and in a footnote to last year's killing of osama bin laden in the pakistani city of abbottabad, bulldozers today began to demolish the compound in which he was finally tracked down.

pakistan says the demolition was delayed until its investigation of the u.s. raid was completed. former south african president nelson mandela is in the hospital tonight. the anti-apartheid icon, who is now 93, underwent a "diagnostic procedure" after being admitted for a long-standing stomach ailment. officials say mandela is comfortable and fully conscious tonight. now to campaign 2012 and a reversal of fortune for mitt romney in michigan. the polls show romney leading rick santorum ahead of tuesday's republican primary. dean reynolds is in detroit. dean, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, maurice. well, the two top contenders here spent the day attacking each other, questioning their conservative values and principles, and seeking an advantage in the waning days of this critical primary campaign. ( applause ) >> we were lucky this morning to wake up and see that snow, you know that? >> reporter: aware that a loss in his native state could knock

his campaign off the tracks, mitt romney tried to sow doubts about rick santorum's consistency and commitment to conservative principles. >> he was opposed to planned parenthood funding and title ten but vote for it. he was opposed to no child left behind-- i favored thatt-- but he opposed it. >> reporter: and romney noted that santorum had endorsed him back in 2008 as a true conservative. >> he's right, i'm the conservative candidate. and what we need in the white house is principled, conservative leadership, and i'll bring it. >> reporter: the former pennsylvania senator fired back, first in st. claire shores and later in troy. >> it is absolutely laughable to have a liberal governor of massachusetts suggest that i am not in the conservative in this race. are you going to vote for someone who says one thing one day and says anything else that's necessary the next day to win? or are you going to vote for someone you trust? >> reporter: romney mocked santorum's statement in this week's debate that as a member

of the senate leadership he tried to be a team player and sometimes voted against his principles to get along. >> this is not time for the politics of the past. this is not time for... for lifelong pols to explain why they voted for this or that based on what they were asked to do by their fellow colleagues. >> reporter: not to be outdone, santorum has begun suggesting there may be some collusion between the campaigns of romney and ron paul. >> the coordination that i felt at that debate the other night was pretty clear. i felt like, you know, messages were being slipped behind my chair and things like that. ( laughter ) but it is... it is pretty remarkable in 20 debates that ron paul has never attacked mitt romney. >> reporter: now, because ron paul and newt gingrich are not really contesting this race here, it boils down to a two-man contest, romney versus santorum. and while it's impossible to say who's going to win, the loser will be badly damaged. maurice? >> dubois: dean reynolds tonight in detroit. thank you.

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uniform, most of it in special forces, sergeant first-class andrew mccaffrey is a broken soldier. >> i've been stripped of my special forces credentials, and now i have a... basically a very low-level job. you take the hand off here. >> reporter: eight years ago in afghanistan, mccaffrey lost his right hand to a defective grenade. he fought a medical discharge, learned to shoot again and became the first soldier to lose part of an arm and return to a war zone-- three more times to afghanistan. he never found glory there, just the daily grind of military operations. but even so, he seemed the epitome of perseverance. being a soldier is a hands-on job. >> yes, sir, it is. >> reporter: and you're... you're down one hand. >> no, i'm not. one just works differently from the other. >> reporter: but once he was home, mccaffrey's perseverance turned to anger. in this army document, his commanding officer detailed multiple violent outbursts. mccaffrey was described as a

significant risk for suicide and homicide and said to have poor insight, judgment and impulse control, and appears to also have antisocial personality disorder. mccaffrey had gone from being a poster boy for rehabilitation to a problem child. sometimes your own worst enemy? >> yeah, sometimes. my mouth can get me in some trouble. i won't deny that. >> reporter: it was his mouth that got him confined in this state psychiatric hospital for four days. >> "if you don't stop busting my chops, i'm going to go home and blow my freaking brains out because you're driving me crazy." that was the statement i made. >> reporter: he insists he wasn't serious. >> i would never kill myself because i'm not going to give certain people the satisfaction. it is that simple. >> he is not the most pleasant person in the world. he is abrasive, he is direct, he is not gentle in any way. >> reporter: john nickerson has been mccaffrey's attorney since this incident in may 2009. that's mccaffrey in the camouf rts at a gas

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than a larger bank. >> reporter: they still take risks and make loans the big banks run away from. >> the bank unilaterally decides that their industry is just not one they want to lend to anymore and they actually ran away. >> reporter: duncan's ohio ermmerce bank lent friedlander $3.5 million. he paid off his investors, expanded into florida and created 350 restaurant jobs. >> they showed us everything. they worked with us on a daily basis. >> reporter: can they save the business? >> yes. >> reporter: would any of those jobs have been created without this alone? >> no. >> reporter: none of them? >> none. >> reporter: all because a small bank looked at a small businessman and saw a big opportunity. next.

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colorado rockies camp, pitcher jamie moyer may have more hope than most players. at age 49, he is the oldest out there by far. anybody been teasing you, the old man of the team? >> i had a couple little grumblings first couple of days, but other than that-- i'm sure i'll get some more. >> reporter: he started at age 23 with the cubs and pitched for team after team. the texas rangers, st. louis cardinals, baltimore orioles. boston red sox. seattle mariners, philadelphia phillies. >> jamie moyer at the age of 47. has thrown a two-hit shut-out. >> reporter: how many times have you moved over this career? >> jamie's about to pack for the 81st time. >> reporter: in his latest home, he has a wall of memorabilia, including the best baseball has to offer, helping lead the phillies to the world series title. what's it like to stand on the mound of a world series game pitching? >> it's a culmination of pretty

much my whole life in baseball. >> reporter: it came with a victory parade and a world series ring, but for him, it is still not enough. >> i hear, "why are you playing? you know "why do you want to do this?" because i feel like i can. >> reporter: using his major league fame, he and his wife, karen, started and still support camps across the country for coping with the loss of a loved one. even though they already have their hands full with eight kids, two of whom may get to play in the major leagues one day soon. did it ever occur to you that he might actually end up pitching to one of his sons? >> oh, i think the sons dream about that and something tells me daddy would strike them out because he would get in their heads. >> reporter: strike out your own ston? >> of course i would. >> reporter: it's not just how old jamie is. it's how young some of his teammates are superpower. some of them weren't born when he started his career, like nolan arenado. >> he has a lot of wisdom.

he knows a lot about the game and how to handle yourself up there. >> if i can do so, i can lead by example. >> reporter: you're certainly a role model for the a.a.r.p. >> thank you. >> reporter: is that okay with you? >> it's all good because you know why? i'm still living my dream. >> reporter: and living one more thing-- the love of the game. barry pedersen, cbs news, scottsdale, arizona. >> dubois: and that is the cbs evening news. later on cbs "48 hours mystery." i'm maurice dubois. cbs news in new york. jeff glor will be here tomorrow. have a good night and a great weekend, too. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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