. >> narrator: the man who coordinates the 150 fighters in this key sector is abu mohammed. >> abu mohammed is a very, very important character, a member of the aleppo military council. through him brand new ammunition, brand new weapons are being channeled into the rebels. >> narrator: he was asking the fighters to stand firm. (explosion) >> narrator: until eight months ago, he was a captain in the syrian army. >> here is a man who believes we're trying to build a democracy, we're trying to build a free syria. >> narrator: abu mohammed agreed to take ghaith with him as he delivered ammunition to the rebel units. the front line was changing by the minute. >> a street that was under the control of the rebels in the morning can switch sides in the afternoon and the government can take over that street. >> narrator: they began their journey along the rebel front line in the salahuddin neighborhood. >> he's trying to coordinate all these different units, be it islamist, be it jihadis, be it secular, be it village-based unit. the only thing that was connecting all these units was the ammunition

plague this administration and the state department, there are reports pointing to a man named mohammed abu. he has known ties to al qaeda. where is he? why haven't all killers brought to justice? we'll talk to someone who knows the situation on the ground there. we have a research fellow from the new american foundation. this man, what should every american know about him? >> well basically, mohammed is the extremist among extremist. when egyp shun radicals responsible for the 1981 assassination of anwar sadat agreed to sees fire in 1997 he refused to carry it out. he is obsessed with jihad one of the his associates told me. he remind me of the abu musab al-zarqawi and extreme radicalism. though he is public enemy number one we should not get ahead of ourselves. he is not a visionary like usama bin laden but a die-hard jihadist who wants to act. jenna: we don't even have a picture of him. this is not a name we know or been talking about over the last several months or several years. this is a new person to kind of get to know if you will. american officials said, listen he is not a threat

"the wall street journal" identified the militant as mohammed jamal abu ahmed and reports that u.s. intelligence has been monitoring his movements. meanwhile, the state department has pulled all u.s. government personnel out of benghazi. "the washington post" reports the consulate is closed, and locked up. but the scene of the deadly attack remains unguarded. >>> there's also word that the white house has held a series of secret meetings over the past few months, due to concern about the growing threat of al qaeda's north africa branch. "the post" reports that a part of the discussion is focused on potential u.s. military strikes against the group known as al qaeda in the islamic magreb. >>> huge heads up for those of you who purchased the new iphone 5. apple support forums online are being overloaded with complaints about a bug that drains cellular data usage even when phones are connected to wi-fi. now this is forcing people to blow through their data caps in a matter of days. apple has not publicly commented, but you know, it did already release a software upgrade, with a bug fix