al qaeda to in fill trait these places. they have reasons to work with al qaeda ap rativeoperatives. over the years, al qaeda has been unable to operate in other countries. it was a reason for al qaeda to persuade somali that kenya was an enemy and deserving of an attack. and the question for the united states is, how successful will al qaeda continue to be at using africa's small wars to hurt u.s. interests? >> what are the u.s. interests in going after them what are our threats doe messically? >> i think there are very little threats at this point. 50 somalis who have u.s. passports have left the united states and gone to somalia. there is a remote possibility that they will come back and launch and attack. the u.s. is worried about al qaeda operatives. they are coordinating with the radicals. the u.s. has little reason to worry about al shabaab itself because it is primarily an insurgesy. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> there was still another apparent terror incident today this one in yemen. gun men attempted to kidnapping. >> under terms of the recently approved un securit