the al qaeda operative responsible for the 1998 bombings on u.s. ed as well. barbara starr is reporting, according to high sources, his name is al-libi. he's been captured and he has topped the most wanted list for years. he joined al qaeda soon after its founding. he is considered a senior member of al qaeda. i want to get to the pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she is following this and so is knick robertson. first to barbara with the updated information. what are you learning about both of these missions? >> well, what we know now is al-libi was captured by u.s. special operations forces in libya. very significant for them. you can only imagine, they say it was an opportunity to grab him. probably not. probably this is someone who was under surveillance by intelligence for some time. the question now in libya will be the reaction of the libyan people and ensuring u.s. facilities and western interests in libya are secure if there is any adverse reaction on the libyan street. that is going to be a significant issue in the coming hours. they w

they want to know why - if the us is convinced hayil was a dangerous "enemy combatant" and an al qaeda operative - he won't be tried. across town, the banner of another 'indefinite detainee' hangs outside the al hilah home. abdulsalam's family has put up a ton of posters asking for his release. this one asking "when will the son of freedom rise." it speaks to a few things. one obviously to the family's sway in this area but also to the fact that there isn't a stigma attached to being a family member of a guantanamo detainee. and as you see these posters up on vehicles, in storefronts, hanging from banners, it suggests that there's a ton of public support at least in this area for having those guantanamo detainees return home. nabil al hilah represents detainee families on a ministerial committee set up by the government - the same government he blames for what's befallen his brother. in his last skype call with his family, arranged through the international red cross, abd as- salam told his brothers about the hunger strike that started last february - at its peak, more than 100 detaine

seals went after but failed to get the leader of the al qaeda linked group, al shabaab. >>> a powerful typhoon, bringing heavy rain and widespread power outages. more than half a million people evacuated ahead of that storm. those are the headlines. fault lines is next. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. >> we came to yemen to see what sort of life awaits the men after guantanamo. however no detainee has returned here since 2010. the one exception is adnan latif. he came back in 2012, in a body bag. >> it took more than three months from the day mohamed latif heard the news his brother adnan had been found dead in a cell, until he was able to bury his body here. a military autopsy at guantanamo determined he'd committed suicide. and by the time the us military delivered

>> i think it's certainly an area where al qaeda and its afiltiates have been growing. in somalia, anarchy for 25 years, and this is a real menace. that's why this raid today in retaliation for the al shabaab seizure of the shopping mall in nigeria is so important. we may not have gotten the person we wanted, but it took place just shortly after a week after the attack in nairobi. i think it is a signal that when we've got a determination to act, we can still act quickly. with respect to the capture of al libi in tripoli, there's some real significance here to getting somebody we've been after for 15 years. it really recalls the killing of osama bin laden two years ago. ten years in preparation and planning to get osama bin laden. 15 years to get al libi. it shows we still have the capacity to do it. a lot more significance there. >> remember the israeli raid in the '60 that snatched aikman off the streets, captured him and brought him back to israel to face justice? we're told he may come to new york and face justice here where they're having the trials dealing with the

al shabaab works as a proxy to al qaeda in that region. tell us about that. >> well, even more than a patriotproxy, don, al shabaab is really a wholly owned subsidiary of al qaeda. they've had a relationship with al qaeda going back several years, but last year, they formally announced a merger of the two groups, so call it an affiliate so to underestimate the relationship between them and we saw with the attack on the mall in kenya, that this is a group that has adopted al qaeda's id yol ji. the reason they attracted the mall was not because it was kenyan, but because it attracted a fair number of businessmen and others living in nairobi. >> so, if you weaken one, do you weaken the other? if you carry out a major operation on al shabaab and it's successful, does it affect al qaeda and vice versa? >> to some degree, maybe. clearly, al shabaab is a group that has dwoadopted the id yol willing to attack targets where westerners are congregating and undermining it would be useful, but these groups also have affiliates in many other countries i

>> al qaeda is not working. there are -- to al qaeda. the second part, the second phase of al qaeda. that is the corruption inside of the political class. al qaeda gave financial support and logistical support to most of the iraqi government from the army that can reach easily to its target. >> you said it have support within the government structure? >> of course. al qaeda becomes -- after six months or eight months or one year, it has become a more stronger. there is a reason for that. the reason we cannot analyze because of the iraqi and local political conflict. >> you are saying al qaeda draws its strength from the weakness of the political system? >> vi ready system -- the iraq the system is sectarian. doing the time of saddam hussein -- during the time of saddam hussein, people called for building and construction and a democratic regime. [indiscernible] that now we have not a really democrats -- a real democracy. >> you have all of the trappings of democracy. a multiparty system. an opposition. you have news media and elections.

loyalty to al qaeda.bya and syria. what you are dealing with around the world since 9/11 is, you know, al qaeda 2.0 is what a lot of people call it. back in 2001, you had osama bin laden, you had the group of men around him. they have largely been dealt with. you can see the eruption of al qaeda organizations throughout the middle east, throughout africa, mainly in areas where governments are poor and people are not looked after by their governments, there's a lot of poverty and ability for them to recruit constantly a new population of young men to their movements. getting the al shabaab guy, it will do something for awhile. i don't think anybody is predicting it's the end of al shabaab or al qaeda in syria. >> special operations are working around the world every single day and missions being carried out. the reason these two are breaking news is because they are such high profile people they are going after and organizations. so, talk to me about what else could be going on. why these two are so signif

intelligence officials speaking anonymously of course there are now concern that al qaeda affiliated groups in syria are shifting some of their focus from toppling bashar sart to launching extra the operations against the west one u.s. lawmaker pointed out that's exactly what happened even ganesan which. they are now focused on fighting assad but very soon they'll be focused on something else we have michael move here former pentagon official with me mr maloof where are these al qaeda affiliated groups headed in your opinion. through our. forces that are there. are no alternative to look at see. in the long term to be under a caliphate. spring throughout the entire region when you look at a map the whole area is streamed from the arabian peninsula. all the way across north africa and into the mud. right. at the foot of southern europe and that is. the strategy is to ultimately move into europe according to various estimates more than ten thousand committed members are operating just along syria's eastern border with iraq it's reported to be more than the number of jihad is in iraq du

the afghans were fighting al qaeda long before the u.s. was in battle with al qaeda.now we look at the afghans and say, you are on your own. i spoke this morning to someone on the ground in kabul, and the sense i have from the john kerry-karzai negotiations is neither of them are particularly committed to this agreement they have come up with. that is not good for us -- afghanistan and is not good for the u.s. can you pick up on that? >> is very important to recognize one simple fact. we cannot afford to let all qaeda and jihadist islam more generally enjoy another victory. i think there are many jihadists in afghanistan and around the \in afghanistan and around the world who believe they successfully confronted the soviet union and defeated it. that empowered the movement. it has become extremely dangerous for us, not only in south asia, but worldwide. it cannot and of leaving the rich -- region in the situation where they control the same conclusion that they have defeated the united states as well. that is something we have -- ought to keep in mind as a strategic c

a senior al qaeda leader in u.s.man off the streets of tripoli, libya, apparently in broad daylight earlier on new day we talked to a man who says he knows al-libi. they used to be part of the same cell. he describes the raid. listen. >> i think a special unit there, maybe ten people with three cars, i believe. you know, they waited for him. and they just snatched him within a few seconds. he failed to reach for his gun. that's exactly what happened. and his wife is part of the incident. and then they disappeared and they left no, like, evidence there as if nothing happened there. >> he calls it masterful. barbara starr is with us. we have the headline. al libi in u.s. custody. fill in the blafrps about how this came about and now what happens? >> well, what we do know is that it was u.s. special operations forces that grabbed him on the streets of tripoli. and i think some of the details are there right in front of our face this morning. they had intelligence. they had information that he was going to be there. they

in libya american command does with fbi and cia agents wap t r captured a high ranking al qaeda leader. the pentagon issued a statement today said al libi had been indicted in a u.s. federal court in 2000 in connection with attacks. but the raid in somalia by navy s.e.a.l.s was retaliation for the al shabaab mill stant groitn a mall in kenya. they engaged in an hour-long fire fight with militants before withdr withdrawing. the team was forced to withdraw before it was able to confirm that it had killed it's target. so, i have to ask, how deal is the presence of islamic mill tansta militancy now? >> for years america has feared the small conflicts and security vacuums would allow al qaeda to imbed itself in these local wars and use them to target american interests. so far that has not happened. but in recent years, it has become more and more of a reality and in the west gate attack in which al qaeda forces coordinated with the local rebel movement indicates that the threat may be very real. are they moving out of somalia and across libya and establishiestablish ing footholds in other

take him in moscow this is our seat tonight over sixty people are killed in iraq is al qaeda linked forces step of their brutal campaign for the wave of bombings targeting crowded neighborhoods. that are now attempting to look at syria and and from their spring throughout the entire region puts you right smack at the foot of southern europe a former pentagon official tells our see about where al qaeda is expansion is heading. and president obama is accused of directly encouraging u.s. intelligence to spy on chancellor merkel's phone calls that claim that the n.s.a. vigorously denies. very good evening if you just joined in this is our top story a series of bomb attacks across iraq has left at least sixty six people dead and dozens more wounded most of the blast targeted shiite muslim districts around the capital baghdad the iraqi government blames the daily attacks on sunni islamists linked to al qaeda let's take a look at how this terrorist network then became so powerful in the news war based in afghanistan from one thousand nine hundred six to two thousand and one al qaeda was under the

which is closed a statement from al qaeda. almond al-zawahiri quote i say there have been on more than half of the battle is a battle in the media and the race for the hearts and minds of our amount. in conclusion members of the committee i would like to highlight al qaeda realizes this ideological -- >> thank you. let's go now to mr. borelli. >> mr. chairman distinguished members of this committee thank you for the opportunity to speak before you on such an important topic. as mentioned i'm a 25 year veteran of the fbi. my last position was assistant special agent in charge of the task force in new york. in a position i was responsible for fbi internatiinternati onal terrorism matters including those involving africa and they let the team of more than 60 fbi agents in uganda july 2010 to investigate the simultaneous suicide bombing attacks during the world cup soccer game conducted by al-shabaab. i have first-hand experience dealing with the atrocities committed by this terrorist group. since leaving the fbi and the soufan gro

about where al qaeda is expansion is heading. and president obama is accused of directly encouraging u.s. intelligence to spy on chancellor merkel's phone calls plane that the n.s.a. vigorously denies. ever get even choose kevin over here tonight for the next hour thanks for your company first than a series of bomb attacks across iraq left at least sixty six people dead dozens more wounded most of the blast targeted districts around the capital baghdad the iraqi government blames the daily attacks on sunni islam is linked to al qaeda that's now than take a look at how the terrorist network became so powerful on the news all here base in afghanistan from one thousand nine hundred six to two thousand and one al qaeda was under the protection of the taliban it was also present in pakistan to the jihadist group began a rapid expansion then after washington launched its war on terror in response to those attacks of nine eleven prompted by the u.s. invasion in iraq the country's radical islamists are in two thousand and four there by t

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one that is an original member of al qaeda. we'll hear from david martin and one of the prosecutor was was on abu anas al-libi's trail. a new death threat today from house speaker john boehner. >> the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. >> jeff: what a default would mean for the u.s. economy. selling obamacare, elaine quijano examines the new world of marketing health insurance. >> minnesota land of 10,000 reasons to get health insurance. >> jeff: an answering the call. don dahler talks to the man who refused to let america's oldest medal of honor wearer die alone. >> this is the captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. the before almost anyone heard of al qaeda he was well into planning attacks on america. what became known as the terror manual was first found on his laptop. but in libya u.s. forces successfully picked him up on the streets of typically. in somalia a second team targeting an al shabaab l

so, it will instill, a degree of fair for al qaeda and also there are precautions for joining al qaeda especially during a time where al qaeda expands its affiliate and its franchises to the expense that they can attract more than 100,000 recruits from across the atlantic world. so, we heard the u.s. secretary of state say that the operations of libya and somalia shows the u.s. will never stop and that's the act of terror he said. we often hear about afghanistan and pakistan and the drone attacks there. how expensive has the u.s. fight against extremistss been in this familiar region of the world? particularly in the east africa region? >> after the outst of gahdafi. it was full of conflict and split between tribele and regional lines which it can be exploited by a diplomat so al qaeda sees this as a great swamp where it can attract further recruit and serve as a launching past against the west. when it comes to al qaeda, the demonstrations really draw the red line. then when it comes the to others -- the united states are to engage with them but without al qaeda, it elevates the red l

was really serious about al qaeda wanted to deal with it they would do they wouldn't be supporting al-qaeda in syria they would be wanting a secular regime in syria to be toppled that they wouldn't be wanting regime change in libya would be a real cloak also the worsening turmoil in iraq is directly linked to the rise of al-qaeda in syria. incidence that has been misused by can violence in syria and in iraq at the same time al-qaeda groups are going from iraq to syria from syria to iraq the whole movement is in turmoil because of the united states policies and this is not a mistake this is it is a mistake to think it's a mistake if you like because whenever the neo-cons come on to talk about iraq of course they very rarely want to talk about iraq they always like to claim that while tony blair and george bush wanted world but they made a few mistakes along the way that's nonsense the whole of the exercise was to destroy iraq as a functioning country to make never again be a threat to regional powers that the us backs in that region the same with syria and as yards militants keep up their wa

for those membered of al qaeda literally run and hide. >> reporter: but it may not be so simple, the libyan government is demanding answers calling al libi's capture a kidnapping. questions also about al libi's current al qaeda credentials, believed by this former colleague to be retired from terrorism. >> i don't it's a valuable source of confirmation. i still believe he was a very low -- >> reporter: he said al libi returned to tripoli two years ago living in plain sight of the weak libyan authorities, at the time when al qaeda was setting up training camps, ramping up operations in the aftermath of the overthrow of libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. according to him, there is no known ties between al libi and the 2012 u.s. consulate attack in benghazi that killed four u.s. officials including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. nevertheless, he says a warning for al qaeda, the us now in the offensive in libya. >> they tried to convince people america is soft, america won't go to war, americans are coward. that's exactly what they keep teaching from western years. >> i want to bring in nic

his value is long tied to relationship with high-ranking al qaeda members. therine herridge is live in washington. what is al-libi's connection, let's say to al qaeda's main leadership in pakistan? >> reporter: thank you, jenna. according to u.s. officials in an unclassified intelligence report by the library of congress al-libi is the operative behind the al qaeda expanding network in libya and directly tied to al qaeda senior leadership. this is more recent picture of al-libi which is involved in strategic planning which included forming training camps in libya which al qaeda saw a growing opportunity to build the network after the fall of the libyan dictator qadaffi. he was the main liaison between the network's leader, al-zawahiri and jihadists in libya with u.s. officials and analysts insisting his intelligence value is high because he began serving al qaeda in the 1990s. >> the al qaeda core is not just holed up pakistan waiting to be droned to death. they dispersed their agents around the globe and pushing al qaeda's agenda very aggressively. >> report

someone who's been described as a potential treasure-trove of information about the activities of al qaedaplans and the information we have that's been released publicly is he's someone that an way al awlaki may have sent to libya to try to make sure they have the al qaeda network in libya. let's not forget what happened on september 11, a year ago in libya where our ambassador and three brave americans were murdered. does mr. al libi know anything about that? we will never know full what i mr. al-libi knows because after a week -- a week -- on the ship where our intelligence officials were given an opportunity to speak to him, he was transferred to federal district court and today in federal district court he pled not guilty to the bombings, the 1998 bombings at the embassy. he was given a lawyer, and we know when these terrorists are given a lawyer, it gives them an opportunity to say "i won't talk to anyone anymore because i have a lawyer." they're told they have the right to remain silent. it's irresponsible for our nation to capture a top al qaeda terrorist and tell him, here's your l

against al qaeda. they've done that in iraq and afghanistan. .. told me years ago when i asked him the first signs of america withdrawalling in the air. i asked him about that. he said to me, had said, afghanistan is a small, poor, third world nation. we don't have any illusions about who we are. we don't think for one moment we can influence the united. he said, but i will tell you this, i was fighting these people long before you came to my country. the mountains were here before you. the rivers were here. and they will continue to flow after you have gone. he said, the leader of the taliban, bin laden, these are true forces of darkness. they cannot engender a vision for the world. i will be fighting whether or not you are here. and i found that to be true then and true today. what i love about it is this articulate are -- afghan man put so perfectly. the afghans were fighting al qaeda long before the u.s. was in battle with al qaeda. and now we look at the afghans and say you're on your way kind of

as al qaeda -- >> capture hip as opposed to just shoot him from drones. >> the last two year, al qaeda's really bounced back. at the same time the president is saying this war is receding, but with africa and the attack in somalia. the fact we've captured this high value target to get the intel. we try to do we did in somalia to get another terrorist leader. we have to take these guys on where they are. >> so you give -- even though the raid and capturing the target, the terrorist, in somalia failed on the weekend, you would credit the administration for trying and taking the risk? >> there was one other capture of a guy in africa, but very reluctant to take these guys alive, preferring to kill them by drones. we need the intelligence. think this is a good change in policy. >> now, the question is why has al qaeda moved to north africa? they used to be in afghanistan. they're in mali now, somalia. they look to operate where there are weak governments. >> dysfunctional governments. >> they're not just sitting there, they are train, they are importing arms and they are planning. they need

what is al-qaeda? al-qaeda is not just a terrorist organization. it sees itself as the vanguard of an insurgency in the muslim world. >> it's a political revolutionary movement. >> that's right. and what is our ideal end state? our ideal end state is that the muslim world defeat this insurgency, not only reject it, but defeat it. in order for that to happen, we need people in muslim countries where there are al-qaeda to stand up and fight against al-qaeda. they have done that in iraq, and they have done that in afghanistan. and i know that seth and i anyway, i don't know about ashley, have been on the ground and spoken with iraqis and afghans standing up to fight against al-qaeda who look us in the eye and say are you going to be there with us when these guys come back and try to kill our families? and the fact that in iraq the answer has been, heck no, and that we're now having a discussion in afghanistan about going to zero which would make the answer no undermines the best possible outcome we could have in this struggle which is muslim people ri

. >>> and a big al qaeda capture in africa and reignite the political debate over guantanamo bay over here at home. >>> welcome to ""the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot. well, with october 17th fast approaching, both sides are scrambling to reach at least a short-term deal to raise the federal government's borrowing limit. president obama this week painted a bleak picture should congress fail to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling before thursday's deadline. >> if congress refuses to raise what's called the debt ceiling, america would not be able to meet all of our financial obligations for the first time in 225 years. nobody in the past has ever seriously threatened to breach the debt ceiling until the last two years. and this is the credit worthiness of the united states that we're talking about. this is our word. this is our good name. this is real. >> but thanks to the 14th amendment, constitutional attorney david rivkin says the default on the federal debt is not even a possibility. i spoke with him earlier and asked him why. >> the united states is the only country

this time a suspected member of the al qaeda was the target. pentagon confirming the target was abu anas al liby, wanted by the u.s. for more than a decade, with a $5 million bounty on his head. libya is demanding that u.s. provide answers on the capture of that suspect in libya. >> we are joined by jeanne meserve, and what exactly is the u.s. saying about the arrest? >> the pentagon press secretary is saying that abu anas al liby is being lawfully detained under military law at an undisclosed location outside of libya. they are not saying what that location is. right now in washington, democrats are saying democrats and republicans are not agreeing on much. several republican lawmakers have issued statements applauding the operation. collaboration between military organizations. they urge that he be intergated to be exploited fully for what he might know about the al qaeda network. we received a statement from caitlin hayden, the spokesperson from the security council. she indicates that is the case, and says that the president urged when possi

this attack in kenya fits the strategy ayman al-zawahiri lie out for al qaeda globally. does -- that al-shabaab is on the retreat, dr. jones? >> i think one senses the competence of terrorist organizations like al-shabaab in several ways. one would look at their control of territory which they lost but what they demonstrated is they lost ground and that issue is important because one of their goals is to attempt to overthrow the somalis government. their success on that part of their strategy, they have not been victorious at recently but what i think they have shown and what this does demonstrate is even though they lost some ground they still have an attack capability. if you look at the history of al qaeda the strength and weaknesses of its affiliates and organization itself have ebbed and flowed in a series of waves. even with the collapse of al-shabaab into southern parts of somalia they are dangerous organization. >> do you think that capacity extends beyond the african continent? they think al-shabaab has the capacity to carry out this kind of attack or a mumbai st

intelligence gathering on al qaeda. we'll tell you what the reveal was and why everyone is so worried. >>> and is the decade of research on hard drugs including cocaine and heroin heroin wrong? i'm antonio mora, on consider this. still spinning from iranian president rouhani, as al jazeera's courtney ceel keely reports, netanyahu warned the u.s. not to be fooled by rouhani. >> iran is committed to israel's destruction. >> israeli president benjamin netanyahu said the only diplomatic solution is for iran to dismantle its nuclear program. >> in fact it is israel's firm belief that if iran continues to advance its nuclear program during negotiations the sanctions should be strengthened. >> days after the historic phone call between obama and iranian president h5n1. hassan rouhani. he said he would speak out against the iranian charm offensive and the sweet talk of smiles. the last time rouhani was at the negotiating table was in 2005 as iran's chief negotiate poor. he worked with the governments to suspend the iranian nucl

does he know about al qaeda and al qaeda network in the libyan perhaps or other al qaeda operatives across north africa. does he have any information about that core al qaeda group still left in wack stan that he associated with back in the old days, so to speak, 12, 15 years ago. how much current information does he have? that's what they will really want to know. don? >> barbara, listen. turning to seal team 6. stormed the home of one of the top leaders of al shabaab in syria. that carried out what happened in the mall. is this a success, failure, what is it? >> we may not know yet because it is not clear exactly what happened there. their target wasn't seaside villa. soon to be the home or headquarters in the al shabaab network. they ran into a big fire fight. there are civilians there. navy commander on the ground that made the decision that would bug out of there, rather than risk some large number of civilian casualties perhaps that was a big worry. so they got out pretty fast. what we don't know, what they are not able to say yet, we're told, is whether they got the man they were lo

he defined the problem as al qaeda.e felt if he decap tated the leadership by surgical strikes and drone strikes he'd deal with the problem. we are dealing with a phenomenon, inurgency, ideology. the phrase they used in the barack obama administration is al-qaeda-inspired terrorism. al qaeda is the end product of decades of extremism within the middle east. >> you write in your book and say, "you can't kill an idea, ideas are bulletproof." >> what is it that the united states can do and other moderate muslims do, can there be more foundation. >> you hit the nail on the head. if we look at the combination of what has happened, al qaeda achieved more since the death of osama bin laden than they did during his lifetime. they controlled territory in north mallie, yemen. they physical controlled territory. the surgical strikes, the assassination, targeted killings did not achieve what we wanted - to do away with the brand. our job should be the make the ideology of islamism unattractive and unappealing. >> we wish you the be

the afghans were fighting al qaeda long before the u.s. was in battle with al qaeda. now we look at the afghans and say, you are on your own. i spoke this morning to someone on the ground in kabul, and the sense i have from the john kerry-karzai negotiations is neither of them are particularly committed to this agreement they have come up with. that is not good for us -- afghanistan and is not good for the u.s. can you pick up on that? >> is very important to recognize one simple fact. we cannot afford to let all qaeda and jihadist islam more generally enjoy another victory. i think there are many jihadists in afghanistan and around the world who believe they successfully confronted the soviet union and defeated it. that empowered the movement. it has become extremely dangerous for us, not only in south asia, but worldwide. it cannot end up leaving the region in the situation where they control the same conclusion that they have defeated the united states as well. that is something we have -- ought to keep in mind as a strategic consequence of the way we manage the tr

they are fighting al qaeda.there are several good questions that have been asked by the audience. what do consider to be your key achievement being in two terms now in iraq? what do consider failures? what did not work well? >> well, it is a question that is not easy to answer weekly. that i be last anything. the iraqi institution, the parliament, the cooperation m, everything achieved because iraq was about to collapse. able to move out of the north and the south. some of the regions were controlled by the terrorists. aboutwere many talk dividing iraq in internal strife . we had a miller shows -- we had militias who are in -- ab ducting people. 25 caron a daily basis, bombs and beheadings of people and unknown corpses. everything was about to. our main achievement was to reunite the iraqis and to start again based on our being iraqis and not based on our sectarian allegiances. some of the people still believe in their concessions, but we are -- talking sunnis and shiites. this is our main achievement. the secon

the target was a suspected member of al-qaeda in tripoli. the suspect was confirmed by pentagon officials to be abu anas al liby, and he is wanted by the u.s. for more than a decade and has a $5 million reward on his head. kenya is giving a clearer picture of the people who carried out their attack on a mall, releasing security video, showing four men carrying ak 37s. it contradict earlier estimates that 10-15 attackers were involved. kenya say they are able to name all four men. >> nearly all of the workers furloughed during the shutdown are expected to be back on the job this week. >> come back to work. that's the order from the secretary of defence to nearly 400,000 civilian employees worldwide. on saturday chuck hagel announced thanks to a law guaranteeing that u.s. troops will be paid during the shutdown the pentagon can eliminate furloughs for those whose responsibilities relate to the moral of others. some of that relates to the commissaries where military families stretch their dollars. all commissaries have closed and it ruined thous

they remain blinded about al qaeda. why? if they admit it, then they'd have to go back and say we really did make a big mistake on benghazi. they're not about to admit that. he's looking for a very different legacy. the legacy he wants is an arms control deal with the iranians at almost any price. the iranians want to have the sanctions lifted. they want to have nuclear weapons. whether the administration goes along with okay, you know, the report is that it's going to be a year away before al qaeda -- i mean, before iran gets nuclear weapons, now we find out maybe it's even a month. that's the legacy he's looking for. not al qaeda. he got bin laden. that was the first term. second term he wants to deal with iran. >> k.t. mcfarland, expert on this topic, thank you so much. >>> an alert for you right now. police setting up a perimeter around a movie theater this afternoon. raleigh, north carolina, after an attempted robbery in the area. look at that video. the suspect was subdued. here he is lying face down on the roof. more

and marked the beginning of al qaeda's war against us. libi was nabbed on the streets of trip roli overnight d said to be detained on a ship at scene. david vitter, member of the senate armed services committee joins us from new orleans. it's a big win for us against them and the war on terror, isn't it? >> absolutely. very significant capture. both of these events, libya and somal somalia, remind us first of all of the great bravery of our special forces, other personnel on the front line. secondly, remind us that we are at war against a very dangerous enemy. sometimes over time i think we tend to forget. but this is a war. >> you know, that's a very good point. we have thankfully not had an attack. we had 9/11 and the boston bombings, of course. but the president of kenya, kenyatta, he said it's a, quote, international war. and they're just part of it. do you agree? >> yes, it is a world war against islamic jihad and fundamentalism and terrorism. and i think we, again, need to use these instances to remind ourselves of the danger and the

increasingly concerned about al shabab and other organizations that have some sort of i in fat weighs wih al-qaedand a threat to u.s. and allied security, the idea that al shabab may have planned a mumbai type of attack, locking down a major commercial and tourist hub in nairobi for several days is of great concern to the obama administration. the obama administration doesn't have any compunction going after those considered to be a threat, and of course i'm referring to the case of osama bin laden. >> how much threat does al shabab have to american interests? >> there are numerous reports al shabab has been recruiting young men particularly in the minneapolis st. paul area, the largest expatriot community of somalis in the united states for people who are first generation, maybe second generation still trying to deal with the adjustment of the particular lifestyle that we have here in the united states. the idea of someone coming in and using some sort of spiritual inspiration coupled with the ability to use one's fist or more particularly one's semiautomatic rifle is attractive, and because the

just before dawn, seal team six stormed a hide out of top al qaeda commanders. a fire fight broke out and u.s. forces withdrew. local residents say the compound belongs to al-shabaab. one person was killed but they have not revealed the identity. what more can you tell us about this? >> we just returned from a home a short while ago and we spoke to his wife who said she witnessed the raids. she said she saw him off. she said she was exceptipecting return. she saw a number of vehicles blocking the roads and she said that what she saw as you mentioned earlier were men that looked like libyans. she heard some libyan dialect being spoken. she said she didn't realize who they were and what had happened. she said she thought this might have been an abduction and then they heard the news and that is how they knew that her husband had been captured. what can you tell us about how long ago she claims that he may have been involved. >> she had been married to him since 1991, she has been with him around the world and this is during the time that she admits that he was a me