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battle in the same region allied troops from france and african countries have been fighting al-qaeda linked islam is rebels since january despite ongoing clashes france claims the operation is entering its final stage paris announcing its readiness to withdraw military presence from the country. nobs ductile dusters even firearms tools of the trade for many an average criminal but these items also increasingly found in backpacks and more and more pupils across britain with violence at school seeing a sharp rise arty sarfarosh reports on how the problem is being dealt with. teaches that certain things you probably end up in a dead end job or in prison you'll be lucky to be alive when you're sixteen. you know our parent is gone our carrot is not for no for teaching them to say anything about a stark insight into the reality facing some of christian school children despite having one of the best education systems in the world the latest research estimates that up to four peoples a day a court with weapons in british schools guns knives a knuckle dusters just some of the items confiscated by police a

battle in the same region allied troops from france and african nations have been fighting al-qaeda linked islam is rebels since january despite ongoing clashes friends claims the operation has entered its final stage with paris announcing its readiness to withdraw military presence from the country. raul castro reelected as president by cuba's national assembly for another five year term pastor announced that will be his final term today his age and said he'll be to start transferring power to the younger generation in two thousand and six castro took over the presidency from his elder brother fidel the country's leader more than thirty years. knobs and even firearms tools of the trade for many an average criminal but these items also increasingly found in the backpacks of more and more pupils across britain with violence at schools seeing a sharp rise or he says our furthur reports on how the problem is being handled. settlings you probably end up in a dead end job or in prison you'll be lucky to be alive when you're sixteen. you know our parent is gone our carrot is now for no for teaching th

that doesn't have the threat to what they call aqim, al-qaeda islamic, doesn't have the ability to strike the more than homeland but there are a lot of french maliians. there are parts of world that don't involve us but still quite a calamity. pakistan and india came to blows, there's still a lot of residual tensions there. and it really remains to be seen how the american reduction and eventual withdrawal of american forces for afghanistan will effect that entire region. because there's a battle for influence within afghanistan clearly between indians and pack stages. >> rose: do we assume if in fact the of gun portions are not strong enough after the united states leaves to with stan the taliban and the taliban is able to gain somewhat approaching the power they had previously when they had power, that they would welcome al-qaeda back. >> well, you know, one of the big questions that has not been answered by the president's advisors is what's the american military presence going to be after 2014. in the state of the union, he said we'll be down basically by half a year from now. there a

themselves are trying to overthrow their government we need to help the democrats there not the al-qaeda not islam to. try to fight for their own samar it worked in libya go ahead did it work in libya. no government certainly didn't work in libya we certainly didn't work in libya as we can see from all the things that have happened in libya in the past few months i think the problem here is that we're creating false buy in areas that don't really apply to the situation on the ground right it's not a situation of the smaller we minority versus the rest of the syrians that's not the case right there are luis who are in the opposition but there are also sunnis who are with the regime and there's a huge number of people who don't support either the armed opposition or the regime who have both committed you know terrible atrocities in the past few months but there's also a false binary between the idea that the u.s. has to either flood syria with weapons and bombs and destroy its infrastructure and the idea that the u.s. or the western powers have nothing to do i mean there's a there's another option h

outrage on western-backed terrorist and both say that this was a suicide car bomb, by radical islamic groups linked to alaeda. many also blame the regime as the political opposition coalition condemned this as an act of terror, whoever was behind this. but the bombing was the latest in a relentless daily outpouring of violence of this destroying the country. this has been a battlefield since last july. virtually every day at least 100 people are killed in syria. it was said to president assad that it was time to go. >> there is an important message from the national coalition, and they have responded to this with serious negotiations because of , political agreement transition is the way forward, rather than this terrible an unacceptable loss of life. >> they have offered to meet regime representatives immediately, but the opposition had meeting in cairo say that asaad and his supporters must be excluded and must be punished for their crimes. with all of the activity going on, there is no sign that a breakthrough is imminent. >> still to come, trying to get the japanese economy back into high gear. work

can partner with one nation on counterterrorism issues, al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb's followers move mauritania and libya. affected nations are more concerned with the al-qaeda problem within their own borders and less concerned with taking this broader regional leadership role that will be required to prevent the establishment, pardon me, of a safe haven there, jenna. jenna: lots to keep an eye on. >> reporter: to digest there. [laughter] jenna: certainly. that is an important report for us today, absolutely, catherine. thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: another terrorist attack on a u.s. diplomatic oversea, this time in turkey on hillary clinton's final day serving as secretary of state. so how will the mainstream media handle this latest attack on america? let's talk about it with judith miller, a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter and author, kirsten powers, a columnist for "the daily beast," both of them fox news contributors. the indications are at least from the turkish government, judy, that this was the act of some left-wing group in turkey, not necessar

investigators are looking at whether kurdish rebels or islamic militants livinged to al qaeda may be behind the attack. the blast comes as the state department reviews some embassy security procedures following a deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. the u.s. embassy in ankara is a heavily protected building near several other embassies and just a few blocks from the turkish parliament. tara mergener for cbs news, the state department. >> the state department is advising u.s. citizens traveling or living in turkey to be on alert for potential violence and to avoid demonstrations in large gatherings. >>> big changes in the obama administration today. it's the last day for hillary clinton as secretary of state. she's meeting with president obama at the white house. later today she'll say goodbye to her staff. then her replacement, massachusetts senator john kerry will be sworn in. >>> in a letter to d.c. mayor vincent gray, natwar gandhi says he's retiring. he served as the c.e.o. folts past 15 years -- for the past 15 years. he plans to retire on june 1. >>> a judge

and more broadly across the islamic world because you now have organizations like al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb that are portraying themselves as pseudo-rule of law organizations, but based on, obviously, culturally more appropriate to the region, obviously s a hard core interpretation of sharia that involves cutting people's hands off. then the question becomes is there a universal rule of law that -- [inaudible] or should we just accept that what they're saying is a form of rule of law we might have to go another way? obviously, they portray themselves as a more culturally relevant rule of law-centered organization. >> well, what we've found in recent years is that when you have these fundamentalist islamist groups take over areas and try to impose their rule of law, this salafist code which is extremely puritanical, in fact, makes the puritans look like, you know, easygoing vacationers by comparison, when they actually try to impose this salafist code even in diehard, very conservative muslim areas, it proves very unpopular. that was why al-qaeda in iraq suffered a major backlash in

al-jazeera. they are pro islamic that is regularly promoting anti-americanism. ned by the emirate of qatar and is openly endorsing supporting hamas and hezbollah. al-jazeera that the father of daniel pearl the journalist that was murdered is calling for a congressional investigation into what is going on. not one of these things matters to these reporters. what they care, about you are saying about global warning and you are selling to a country that makes oil. it's a stupid global warming argument. >> sean: let's go over to steve kroft over at 60 minutes. reason he got 18 interviews with obama is because we're not going to play gotcha with them. so cbs has come a long way, i'm mike wallace, worse words that people could hear. now, we have a case you have a love fest with obama and clinton and then the media they are about as giddy as steve kroft was. >> love fest. in a require a joint interview has everyone reading the tea leaves. >> from the moment they sat down to talk with cbs news 60 minutes president obama and secretary clinton seemed like they had been the

threat to the united states' interest on the african continent from the terrorist groups such as al qaeda, islamic maghreb and boko haram. one said back in 2011 that terrorist organizations in east africa in the deserts of northern africa and nigeria, quote, have little explicity and publicity voiced intent to target westerners and the u.s. specifically. secretary panetta, the same year you said, quote, the longer you delay the longer you avoid trying to assign some assistance there, the more dangerous these groups become and the greater the instability that develops there. there are elements there in central africa that either have ties to al qaeda or that present the forces of terrorism in their own. and that's what's dangerous. as bad as everything that i've stated is, what i think is worse is the cover-up. it was obvious from the information we had on september 11 that the second wave, not the first wave, the second wave -- we have two different waves there. we have the compound, which we'll talk about in more detail during the questions, and then we have the annex. that the second wave of att

the terrorists who this month attacked a natural gas facility in algeria, al qaeda and the islamic -- they almost worship of -- worship abu musab al- zarqawi. he is a more popular icon even then osama bin laden. the man who carried out and planned the attack in algeria is a self-described devotee of zarqawi. he sees himself as very much an acolyte of the late zarqawi. al qaeda in iraq has produced an offshoot, the al-musra front. he may be dead, but he is still with us. i would like to ask for your impressions of zarqawi, looking back now. how serious and dangerous a figure he was half a decade ago. why he was at the top of the list of people to go after during the war on iraq. >> it is a pleasure. i am a devotee of mike o'hanlon and a friend for a long time. thanks for being here. it is great to see you, bruce, one of my heroes in terms of intelligence. to be interrogated by the cia -- i will try not to break. [laughter] abu musab al-zarqawi was from a lower middle class background. he became radicalized while in prison. then became associated with al qaeda near the end of the mujahe

conditions on the ground was to further understand how how real and significant a threat al qaeda and the islamicses to mali and the countries in the region. three americans were killed in algeria just a few weeks ago in a terrorist-led kidnapping and attack on a gas facility in the desert and the same folk who is led the attack on the benghazi component linked remotely to the folks taking action in northern mali and just this week, the french military seized i think 35,000 tons of libyan arms that had been relocated to the deserts in the north of mali. this is an area the size of texas and al qaeda affiliates seeking to use it as a new base from which to launch attacks on french, american interests and regional african allies. yes, facing the sequester, facing record deficits we have financial challenges of our own in this country but in this particular situation where our allies are doing the fighting, and where the hard work of reconciliation and a restoration of democracy is possible, it's wise to contribute and support the efforts by the french, by the malians and rexal african forces taking

that is what we see right now which is in her mali because you have organizations like the al qaeda and the islamic mog read that portray themselves as the role of all organization they claim as more appropriate to the region obviously that involves cutting people's hands of and carrying down seven the question becomes is that a universal rule all that is humane or should we just accept what they are saying is a world law might have to go another way because they portray themselves as a organization. >> what we found in recent years is that when you have these fundamental group's takeover areas and try to impose their will love all, it's extremely puritanical and makes the puritans look like easy-going vacationers by comparison. when they try to impose the code even die-hard very conservative muslim areas that proves very unpopular. that's why al qaeda and iraq suffered a backlash in 2007 because the people of anbar province didn't like to be ruled by people that said they would be executed for smoking a cigarette. that's where the taliban were not hard to overthrow in 2001 because the people of af

baghdad is not. >> we think the world is made up slowly of al qaeda in the islamic world. i wonder if you just talk a little bit about what we see in the pacific, not just about china, but about some of the inner asian problems that we are seeing. and if you can, doing what our comments today are talking about, linking it back to some of the economic questions that we face in the prosperity that we have gotten used to up to a point. >> well, first of all, we know how asia feels in this discussion. when attention comes, it is very quick and it's get it over with as soon as you can. >> this is why you grow a beard. [laughter] >> let me mention three things. three things that will be on the radar we should be aware of here in washington dc. then we can actually get back to the broader discussion. so if tom was talking about the media game, asia sees itself as a long-term game. they view what is going on here in those terms. it's not something -- they don't think it's going to be resolved tomorrow. whether it's not just china, it's japan and india, at southeast asia looking ov

>> al-qaeda and other revolutionary islamic organizations are trying to use the arab spring as a recruitment say this us their are opportunity now that there is disarray that some of these authoritien states have broken down. they haven't had as much success as they'd like. they're starring to complain about this in their propaganda on line. they are worried that they are not able to recruit enough people to replace the folks that are getting disaffected with the revolutionary movement, getting arrested and killed in operations. islamic terrorism is on the decline. that's what numbers show globally from the global terrorism database, from the national counter terrorism credibility and in the united states. we've been extremely fortunate that this hasn't been as big of an issue as people feared and hasn't big as big an issue as some political movements in this country would make it out to be. very few muslims have been involved in any kind of radical activities. michael: how do we change that perception? your book is called missing martyrs, which addresses this entire issue but how has that p

. >> the press and africom reliever bob rudd three major areas, one being al qaeda and the islamic mockeryf, which is where the french operations and the united states is ongoing. also al-shabaab in somalia a book for her rom and also the ally ray has discussed earlier here. visit the major threats to stability militarily, but of course they have significant other wants and government as well as health issues. >> i think you've touched on something that again is a critical issue that cuts across government capacity to provide basic service, the ability of governments to function is not as, at least to respond to the true nature of the people. one of the issues we talked about is that we have had military training operations that have gone in over the last several years into african countries with mixed results. do you have any specific st of ideas about how you would improve the military training teams that will be a major aspect of your operational capacity? >> yes, sir. if confirmed to look at that very, very hard. general ham has dated some of the training has been focused on tactical a

islamic militants said to be related to al qaeda claimed responsibility. in 2008, an armed group and turkish police exchanged gunfire near the u.s. consulate in istanbul. three police officers died. nobody that's claimed responsibility for the most recent bombing on friday. >> algerian officials have for the first time allowed the media inside the site of a fatal hostage siege. islamic militants attacked the natural gas complex last month and kidnapped hundreds of workers. security forces fought their way in. when the crisis was over 37 foreign hostages and one algerian captive were dead. nhk was among the journalists who saw evidence of the conflict up close. >> reporter: about 100 domestic and foreign journalists were taken on a tour of the facility accompanied by officials. the plant is now under heavy guard. there are three checkpoints between the airport and the complex. and tanks have been deployed. these are the living quarters were many of the victims were taken hostage. we were only allowed access to the entrance. this building is a cafeteria. bul

islamic militants said to be related to al qaeda claimed responsibility. in 2008, an armed group and turkish police exchanged gunfire in istanbul. three police officers died. no claim has claimed responsibility for the most recent bombing on friday. >> algerian officials have for the first time allowed the media inside the site of a fatal hostage siege. islamic militants attacked the natural gas complex last month and kidnapped hundreds of workers. security forces fought their way in. when the crisis was over 37 foreign hostages and one algerian captive were dead. nhk was among the journalists who saw evidence of the conflict up close. >> reporter: about 100 domestic and foreign journalists were taken on a tour of the facility accompanied by officials. the plant is now under there are three checkpoints between the airport and the complex. and tanks have been deployed. these are the living quarters were many of the victims were taken hostage. we were only allowed access to the entrance. this building is a cafeteria. bullet holes serve as a grim reminder of

be mindful of this mess tas at thatization of the al qaeda cancer. >> reporter: obama administration reluctant to use the term jihadists or radical islamey articulated very clearly al qaeda is still here but the form which it takes has changed but it remains effective. martha: catherine, thank you. very interesting. and unnerving report. thanks, catherine. bill: 9:29 on the east coast. some stars of "zero dark thirty." using their oscar spotlight to help free a real life hero. >> i think it's wrong that he is being held. i think we should do a little more than fine them $30 million, one for each year of his sentence. bill: we'll talk live with the people who played a role in tracking down the world's most wanted terrorist. martha: how would you like to avoid paying state income tax, right? bill: yeah. martha: one stay state is considering doing just that. there are more behind it. why it is facing backlash that idea. the we'll be back with more after this. [ male announcer ] any technology not moving forward is moving backward. [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] and you'll find advanced safety technology like an available heads-up dis

al qaeda. >> ( translated ): this is terrorism. it's murder. it's un-islamic. re telling me it was done by al nusra? i hope god never forgives them. >> ( translated ): we think al nusra and the wahabi terrorists did this. >> reporter: a rebel video reveals that the last man shows up frequently on state t.v. often as an eye-witness sometimes as a soldier. he's spouting government propaganda. the video exposing him is rebel propaganda. nonetheless, in recent weeks al nusra says it has carried out bombings in the capital. they said nothing about today, while the more moderate syrian national coalition condemned the blasts. in the damascus suburbs today, rebels were firing missiles at the army general command headquarters. this video apparently shows fighters who've come from chechnya. the koran speaks of syria as a holy land, it's becoming a magnet for jihadis, the original opposition's talk of democracy overwhelmed. having backed the opposition, western countries are in no position to broker a ceasefire or a peace deal. this is a war with no victors but many victi