u.s. and nato forces are. and are creating so much animosity among the afghan people and i think this latest example is just one example of so many that have happened over the years and i think the taliban understand that. we're just a little. force i'm awfully sorry the sky was broken up to there was going great. service so much we got the gist of what you should live from your car but like i did more activist medea benjamin thank you but. after a wave of hack attacks took out several u.s. federal websites officials were quick to point out there's a new terror battlefront that's the internet the worry from dater experts though is that the threats being blown out of proportion by those making big bucks by playing on people's digital distress from off court that story tonight. it may seem like a quiet day in america but to some it's the scene of a raging battle invisible to the naked eye well there is a war underway right now on the internet this is cyber war is the u.s. ready for a full scale cyber war a quest

remain committed to reducing the impact of u.s. forces on the people of okinawa. still, the two countries also made it clear the united states will keep about 10,000 marines in okinawa to maintain det deterren deterrence. what's behind the agreement?

u.s. bases on okinawa. now three quarters of forces are based in okinawa. he used to advise the japanese government on how to deal with t he says separating the location issue may mean the u.s. gave up on moving to the less populated city. >> translator: the u.s. is tired of waiting for the relocation plan to move ahead. it has decided to organize its military to deal with the strategic environment of the asia pacific region. and it has apparently decided to separate the relocation issue to minimize impact on the u.s., regardless ofolitical developments in japan. >> people in okinawa fear that would mean the air base would remain in futenma. >>> asian leaders are scrambling to work together as the crisis goes around the world. ai uchida has more. >> there's a heightened sense of urgency. the japanese finance minister plans a trip to china next week in aim to strengthen financial cooperation between the two countries. nhk learned he is slated to meet with china's advice premier and the finance minister during a two day visit starting next saturday. they're ex

u.s. bases on okinawa. now three quarters of forces are based in okinawa. he used to advise the japanese government on how to deal with t he says separating the location issue may mean the u.s. gave up on moving to the less populated city. >> translator: the u.s. is tired of waiting for the relocation plan to move ahead. it has decided to organize its military to deal with the strategic environment of the asia pacific region. and it has apparently decided to separate the relocation issue to minimize impact on the u.s., regardless of political developments in japan. >> people in okinawa fear that would mean the air base would remain in futenma. >>> asian leaders are scrambling to work together as the crisis goes around the world. ai uchida has more. japan and china coordinating their efforts? >> they are planning a meeting next week. the japanese finance minister is planning a trip to china next week to strengthen the cooperation. he is slated to meet with the vice premier and the finance minister starting next start. they are expected to talk about setting u

this comes only months after u.s. forcesthdrew and this is described as a frantic attempt by insurgents to show that the country will never be stable. nearly a dozen other cities besides baghdad were targeted. >> once again, smoke hangs over baghdad. the morning rush hour was rent by a coordinated wave of bombings and shootings. the emergency services rushed to deal with the carnage and chaos but it looks like security forces were the main targets of the attacks. as ever, others were caught up in the blasts. a car bomb went off targeting an official or, i don't know who. an explosion took place 30 minutes ago followed by another blast, the shattered glass of a window injured me. >> far to the north of baghdad, the mangled wreckage of a car that carried a bomb and is one at two aimed at police patrols here. most of the destruction was in the capital, not on the scale reached at the height of the insurgency. that might be little consolation there is an economic standoff between sunni and shi'a leaders. these attacks look like

u.s. and nato forces to leave afghanistan at the end of 2014, and similar to the way u.s. forces positioned out of iraq. >> it seems to me that our government is at odds with itself n a sense that senior commanders in afghanistan and also generals are under the clear impression that 2013 is a fighting season for them with full combat operations and not a training support mission only. >> on friday, french president sarkozy surprised hit nato ally, announcing an accelerated withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. on capitol hill today, a hearing to investigate the killings by afghan soldiers of their nato trainers. rudy was 19 years old and six weeks away from coming home from afghanistan when he was killed last march by an armed afghan guard trusted to watch over a u.s. base in kandahar near the border with pakistan. >> at a time when they considered they were safe, they were taken advantage of and killed without any chance to become themselves. >> there were 45 instances of so-called friendly afghan forces killing u.s. troops since 2007. three quarters of the attacks have o

american officials made the suggestion during review of the realignment of u.s. forces. the countries agreed in 2006 to keep about 10,000 marines in okinawa, transfer 8,000 to guam. residents are expected to be opposed to the idea. the city already hosts a marine corps air stion and aircraft carrier unit from central japan will be moved. japan and the u.s. agreed in 2006 to relocate the futenma station. they haven't made much progress. now they want to separate the two issues. japanese government leaders say possible moves to ease the burden of hosting u.s. bases on okinawa. now three quarters of forsre bad in okinawa. he used to advise the japanese government on how to deal with t he says separating the location issue may mean the u.s. gave up on moving to the less populated city. >> translator: the u.s. is tired of waiting for the relocation plan to move ahead. it has decided to organize its military to deal with the strategic environment of the asia pacific region. and it has apparentlyecided to sepate the relocation issue to minimize impact on the u.s., regardless of

countering u.s. forces in a taiwan or south chi na sea are a priority. it's designed to' chooef p periodic and local air and sea superiority to include islands closest to the mainland. once focused on territorial defense, china's air forces develop an offshore strike, air and missile defense, strategic mobility and early warning and reconnaissance capabilities. china may incorporate new capabilities in novel way to present challenges for u.s. forces. last year's first flight of a fifth generation fighter in launch of china's first aircraft carrier underscore the breadth and quality of china's military modernization program. however, aa lack of modern combat experience is but one example that steps remain before china aachiechieves the full potential of new technologies, platforms and military personnel. regarding cyber threats, we continue to see daily attempts to gain access to our nation's government and business computer networks including our own secure systems. this threat is large and growing in scale and sophistication. finally, al qaeda losses in

just a very quick note, if i could, while some afghan officials there say that u.s. forces open fire on that crowd, the official u.s. military version is somewhat different as you would well imagine. they said that half began security forces both police and military open fire on the crowd and that it was this one lone person who is in an afghan military uniform who turned and killed the two americans, wounding four others. he is said to then have disappeared into the crowd. it's unclear exactly who this person was, what his affiliation was and what specifically was his motive, although it appears to this burning. >> he's demanding fair and public trial for those that burned koran. what is the pentagon saying about in of this regarding any kind of trial there? >> the general there, the to u.s. commander there in afghanistan, general john allen, within hours went public, went on video tape, which was broadcast throughout afghanistan saying we apologize. this was inadvertent and we will find anybody responsible and they will be held accountable. i can tell you, there's still -

u.s. forces are in afghanistan as well as the forces of our international partners are in information because al-qaeda attacked the united states and other countries. our number one objective, therefore, is to defeat al-qaeda the president's strategy working with the allies resulted in significant progress in achieving that goal. i don't think anybody could dispute that. another secondary goal is to stabilize afghanistan to allow time for the afghan security forces to be built up, trained, and develop the capacity to take over security leads. that process has gun, some sections have been transferred to afghan security forces, and it will continue. the pace of it, the point at which full lead is turned over to afghan forces is going to be a discussion among defense ministers as well as heads of state in chicago in may. the operating strategy is still articulated in lisbon which is the combat lead will shift -- rather the lead -- combat lead, i guess, would shift to the afghan security forces by 20

u.s. forces are due to remain in afghanistan through 2014. panetta did not suggest today that americans would be coming home any sooner. the u.s. goal is to keep the taliban from returning to power, but in another development today, david martin tells us that a u.s. military report says the administration's goal may be out of reach. >> reporter: the report, classified secret and entitled state of the taliban, 2012, makes for discouraging reading to anyone who think it is taliban is a spent force. based on interviews with taliban and al qaeda prisoners, it states that: prisoners, of course, are not the most reliable sources, but the here is weight of numbers-- 27,000 interrogations of more than 4,000 prisoners held at a prison in afghanistan-- gives the report the ring of truth. the prisoners acknowledge they have lost ground in the south of afghanistan and are no match for american troops. but u.s. force levels are going down from a high of 100,000 to the current 89,000 to 68,000 by september. and from t prisoners say they are encouraged to fi

u.s. forces invaded afghanistan in 2001. u.s. forces are working side by side with troops as they prepare to take control of the country next year. >> this is not the time to decide we're done here. we've got to redouble our efforts, we've got to create a situation in which al qaeda is not coming back. >> but nato pulled all foreign advisers from afghan ministries in kabul. it was a precautionary measure after two military officers were shot inside a secure government building over the weekend. afghan police have identified the shooter and there's a manhunt under way. since the quran burnings came to light last week, more than 30 people have been killed in riots and protests. protests and riots including four u.s. soldiers. terrell? >> in washington for us. duarte geraldino, thank you. >>> the compound where osama bin laden lived in pakistan has been destroyed. >>> pakistani officials began tearing down the compound on saturday and finished this morning. bin laden lived there for years. close to

with the protests still raging, the commander of nato and u.s. forces in afghanistan said he recalled all nato personnel from the ministries for their own protection. he added, the alliance remains committed to its partnership with the afghan government and helping it gain control, when u.s. forces leave in 2014. drew levenson, cbs news. >>> and the former home of osama bin laden is being torn down. pakistan's army engineers began demolishing the house today. the plan is to have it flattened before sunrise. pakistan's government wants to end prospects of the location becoming a monument. the world's most hunted terrorist. last may, u.s. navy s.e.a.l. teams tracked down and killed bin laden. >>> former south african president nelson mandela is in the hospital tonight. the pain that sent him there that actually has been plaguing him for a while. >>> the security scare at sacramento international airport. this morning's problem that got two tsa agents removed from screening duties. >>> well, so much for our temperatures in the 70s. it was quite a bit coole

laming in the violence on criminals and terrorists here's the chief military spokesman for the u.s. forces in iraq we will hunt down the criminals we will kill them or we will capture them and we will pass a far future and here is syrian president bashar al assad. our priority now is to regain security which our country has enjoyed for decades this can only be achieved by using the terrorists with an iron hand it will be seen for those who are using weapons to kill al civilians now in both countries that iron hand targeted a sunni muslim opposition in wars that took on increasingly sectarian tones in fallujah u.s. forces and the shia iraqi troops were seen as infidels in syria their religious wrath is aimed at assad's alawite forces according to some disparaging comments salah white monkeys satanic troops those are just some of the many slurs now amid the violent clashes gut wrenching images like these showing the human toll of war streets littered with bodies of the wounded not to mention those of the dead but this is where the similarities and civilians did suffer most in both wars and y

u.s. military forces anywhere in the world if the u.s. attacks iran's nuclear facilities. we are just getting new reaction to all of this from the white house. steve centanni has that. >> reporter: this latest threat from iran came through reuters from the iranian ambassador to moscow. at the white house the president's press secretary was asked about this threatening statement and here's what he had to say. >> rest assured, we are extremely confident in our

targeted a sunni muslim opposition in wars that took on increasingly sectarian tones if illusia u.s. forces and the shia iraqi troops were seen as infidels in syria their religious wrath is aimed at assad's alawite forces according to some disparaging comments salah white monkeys satanic troops those are just some of the many slurs now amid the violent clashes gut wrenching images like these showing the human toll of war streets littered with bodies of the wounded not to mention those of the dead but this is where the similarities and civilians did suffer most in both wars and yet the stories of pollution innocents remain largely untold most reporters in two thousand and four were embedded with the u.s. troops today the few who do sneak into syria often stick with the rebels and the difference in the coverage is self evident. americans hate the military and murders . more of them by actually doing during the main hospital and blocking a key group they need help from the outside world medicine the most basic supplies the star witness to acts of uncommon valor from the u.s. soldiers that i wa

u.s. and nato forces they're not going to give it up and that has grown because the war itself has grown as u.s. and nato troops have increased in the country well be obgyn government be able to control the country after a u.s. combat troops withdraw may be earlier than expected. well one of the indicators that the the afghan government is not going to be able to maintain control through its own security forces the afghan army and afghan national police is a report that has been published here in the united states by a lieutenant colonel in the u.s. army who has come back from afghanistan after. an eighteen month tour and who says based on his own personal experience traveling all over afghanistan where u.s. and nato forces are are stationed that he has found over and over again that the afghan security forces have been unable in usual cases unwilling to carry out operations effectively against the taliban and in many cases he found that there were local accommodations that had been worked out secretly between the afghan security forces and the local taliban. arrangements which were interce

this is the most violent period u.s. forces in iraq have seen. the surge, 30,000 u.s. troops are deployed to root out the insurgency. more troops on the streets means more danger. and attacks against u.s. forces are increasing daily. >> this is at the apex of iraq going to hell. the surge has just started. and the war went from incredibly violent to over the top violent, especially in baghdad. >> we would get blown up regularly. snipers shooting at us. never really tell who the enemy was. >> soldiers from the u.s. army's bravo company 216, including specialist ethan mccord, are on patrol in a rundown neighborhood called new baghdad. early that morning the battalion comes under mortar fire as it leaves the base. while the soldiers patrol, they hear sporadic gunfire. >> this area had been a troublesome area so bravo company was tasked out to go in and kind of flush people out. >> two apache helicopters are trying air support and cameras mounted on their gun sites are recording the mission. wikileaks added the subtitles on the video, but the audio you hear is the pilot's

u.s. surge force, u.s. troops will continue to draw down, quote, "a a steady pace," close quote; yet, the fy overseas contingency budget request now before congress is based on an assumption that there's no additional reductions in the 68,000 troop level in afghanistan throughout all of fy13. the question that i hope our witnesses will address this morning is whether they expect further reductions in u.s. troop levels in afghanistan during fy13, below 68,000, and what associated cost savings would result. if that decision has not yet been made by the president, what is the timetable for its being made? i hope secretary panetta clarifies surprising statements this month that, quote, "our goal is to complete all of the transition to a training advisory and assistance role in 2013," close quote and that, quote, he said, "hopefully by mid to latter part of 2013, we'll be able to make a transition from a combat role," close quote. there's many reports about reconciliation talks with the taliban. if taliban state

clear in putting forward a strategy that included the surging of forces at the drawing down of u.s. forcess the transfer of lead authority over to the afghan security forces. it is a clear policy with very clear goals. it is a policy that is very about what ouryed objectives are. >> one other topic, quickly. [inaudible] it helps pay for eight new york counter-terrorism efforts -- it helps pay for a new york counter-terrorism efforts. i am wondering if the president is aware that the money went to that purpose. >> i have not had this discussion with the president. the office of national drug control policy is a policy office that has no authority and does not conduct or supervise any law enforcement operations. funding is provided to the program of new york and new jersey. i would refer you to that program, which is the place that makes money available to law enforcement. this is not an administration program or a white house program. >> you are aware of it? >> i would point you the concerted efforts that this administration has made to reaching out to the muslim community. the fact that we

. >> we begin in the philippines where the united states is pant skio station a force of u.s.arines on the island of palaoan. it is on the edge of theou in s contested by several countries, including china. we have moren t report. >> reporter: several hi high-ranking officials have told nhk that the u.s. is looking to station soldiers on the island. this phitsilary bases or troops being stationed on its territory. so the two governments are anngo en existing framework that bring together joint military exercises and activities to legitemize the u.s. forces. a deal could be done by march by the defense ministers. america's deployment of a rapid reactionor ihe region is seen as an attempt as efforts by china to expand the influence over the sth china sea. the bay is closed to the islands claimed by the philippines and china amongth countries. china is expected to object to a presence there. reporting for nhk world from manila. >>> a senior official in thla h talked about the blast in bangkok with similar incidents in georgia that target israelidioms. the three explosions wounded

u.s. special forces. and north korea has ordered troops to launch a toiletry strike against the south if provoked the statement comes south korean and u.s. forces prepared to start a joint military exercise of. twenty ten ongoing responded to drills from its neighbor an artillery attack that killed four people raising fears of a wider conflict. bradley manning who is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret military files to wiki leaks has deferred his plea at the first court hearing on thursday he's already spent nineteen months in custody without being formally charged manning is facing life in prison if found guilty for aiding the enemy but many americans consider him here a. moment to noble peace prize well their doubts get a fair trial after president obama said the whistleblower broke the law attorney kevin zeese says that manning is standing trial for telling the truth. well this is a case of very low level classified documents in fact there's questions as to whether they should been clas

u.s. combat forces. and i don't believe, madam secretary, as some have asserted, that this means abandoning afghanistan. i believe a strong diplomatic training and counterterror mission will likely be necessary to support the developing afghan government. what i'm wondering about is whether the state department has begun considering what secretary panetta posed recently about accelerated transition of combat responsibilities to afghans by mid or early 2013. has the state department been considering this option? what are the implications? do you look forward to what is going to happen with the nato summit in may in chicago? is that going to be a part of the discussion that occurs there? >> it certainly will. we agreed with all of our nato isaf partners to have a transition that would begin a year ago, transfer, lead responsibility to afghan we are transferring districts throughout afghanistan on a regular basis. we also know that there has to be continuing training in order to equip these security forces

u.s. special forces. north korea has ordered troops to launch retaliatory strike against the south if provoked the statement comes as south korean and u.s. forces prepare to start a joint military exercise about twenty ten pyongyang responded to drills from its neighbor when i tell you it killed four people and raised fears of a wider conflict. two soldiers have been killed after an explosion set fire to brazil's antarctic research station forty four survivors were evacuated by helicopter to a nearby chilean base the blaze broke out in the machine room houses and the trickle generators complex has reportedly been completely destroyed after efforts to fight the fire was suspended due to bad weather. bradley manning who is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret military files to wiki leaks has deferred his plea at the first court hearing on thursday he's already spent nineteen months in custody without being formally charged i think is facing life in prison if found guilty for aiding the enemy b

remember, the taliban is defeated at this moment by the u.s. forceset: many people, fred, say karzai is not an expiring leader. and is -- >> i go along with that. >> bret: yeah. and has been accused of a lot of corruption. >> indeed. >> but he knows how the dress. >> bret: your thoughts about how he factors in to this now? >> i factor him in being not as important as he thinks he is for sure. look, i mean charles went as far -- up to the point of having a piece of -- in vietnam i'm talking about. in vietnam and then what happened? it was not enforced. the north vietnamese kept troops in south vietnam. once the american troops left, they easily took the rest of the south vietnam and turned out the cong were the puppets, complete fraud and north vietnam took over the whole country. so of course the taliban wants a peace agreement. just like the north vietnamese did. peace agreement to see the american troops leave and then they can exploit it. and defeat -- as join said, the taliban -- as juan said, taliban losing to the nato troops and u.s. troops but

u.s. air force now running to fill gabrielle giffords' vacated congressional seat and the colonel joins us from tucson. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: it's an honor to have the first american woman to fly in combat. congratulations and thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> steve: why do you want -- you've had such a great career. why do you want to go to congress? >> well, i'm a public servant at heart, steve. when i see things that are messed up, i fix them. right now i have been overseas teaching senior government officials from all over the world, helping them transition to democracy and seeing what their economic problems are and realizing that we got messed up things going on at home. feel very convicted to come home and help our own government and lead them and represent the people of this district in a very critical time. >> steve: what's your number one

u.s. forceso forces are still going to put a heck of a lot of pressure on all taliban resistance, all form of resistance and also simultaneously, you know, ashleigh, incredible training of the afghan security forces. some say that needs to be ratcheted up and the numbers need to rise. that is on a path from 300,000 afghan forces at this, you know, right now to about 350,000 by the end of the year. so, the numbers are about right. got to make sure the standards are there. i don't know why they would make this decision. >> i'm glad you said standards. i spent a lot of time in that country and part of the local forces is corrupt, inept and all scatter and do their things once everything leads them and they don't have some major police men there. has that changed or is that the assessment on the ground? >> how do you bolster? what is the glue that holds these together. whether it's a security officer or policemen, actually. for the united states to say we're going to take a role to allow the afghans

u.s. status of forces agreement. but he was indicted last november just after the two countries decided to revise the application of the agreement. the prosecution had demanded a two-year prison term. >>> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >> hi there. well, it's going to be an umbrella day across japan as we head into thursday. we've got a big front moving across much of the country. and, in fact, we could see as much as 100 millimeters of rain in some places. now, it's going to be moving away fairly quickly. so by thursday night, we should be seeing much dryer conditions. however, for hokkaido, lingering snow showers and gusts. now, back in towards northeastern china, we will see some dry conditions also here. however, there will be lingering showers in the southeast for the next couple of days. looking fairly calm across the philippines, some scattered thunderstorms, but nothing of the very heavy rain that we were seeing the beginning of the week. and in the last couple of weeks preceding that. hong kong you

u.s. troops in force this you know into hiding and we've never forgiven them for that fact this is what i was being told now it was four years ago it was clear from my interviews four years ago that there is there was deep tension between the two the taliban thought they were better fighters with the al qaeda they they termed to be sort of weekend soldiers they didn't really do a lot of fighting this for most of their time hiding out in villages in the northern pakistan but you know this report basically confirms what has already been known that which by the way you know the import of this is that remember president obama justified the doubling of the size of u.s. forces. in afghanistan back in two thousand and nine on the presumption that you know we're going to keep afghanistan from going you know falling back into the hands of al qaeda well al qaeda is an image again a stand in the taliban confirm that. some parts of this report have been leaked to a couple of media outlets want to point out a specific quote here that is quite telling quote many afghans are already bracing themselves f

commander in afghanistan visited that base telling u.s. forces that now is not the time for revenge. and he asked afghans to exercise restraint and patience. >> we admit our mistakes. we ask for forgiveness. we seek to move on. >> reporter: the president also apologized for the incident in a letter to afghan president hamid karzai. the white house says president obama's main concern is the safety of americans in afghanistan. u.s. officials insist the copies of muslim holy books for prisoners at the air base were sent by mistake to a place used to burn garbage. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta ordered a full investigation into how that happened and he promises they'll hold the individuals involved accountable. afghan president karzai has called for calm as well but the messages from world leaders are falling on deaf ears. tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >>> a delegation of afghan religious leaders issued a statement yesterday. also calling for an end to the violence. and saying they expect the people responsible would be prosecuted