and al qaeda. until we understand the multifaceted civil war where the mind going on across the arab world can we take the time to understand it fully? once we start doing that we have a chance, a presentation of understanding what our future is. it is fashionable among some politicians to tell stupid jokes that i am glad i didn't have a muslim doctor. this is acceptable to play around. and honest debate about sharia law which governor chris christie said -- to paraphrase he basically said crap. don't waste your time worrying that sharia law has a chance anywhere -- in new jersey. not losing sight of the dangers of radical terrorist anti islam, the largest question is let's get to know islam better and then we can understand the politics better and then we can understand these people are our allies as was the case in libya. >> let's bring the discussion, can you talk about patriquin's death and the reaction to it? >> he died in an attack on a convoy in 2006. he was in one of the follow-up cars that

as patriquin referred to al qaeda in a meeting with iraqi sheiks, "of these people, al qaeda are not muslims they say they are the are preferring the religion of fecal purposes. personally i think if americans haven't learned that fundamental insight that patriquin realized in the years since 9/11 is a terrible tragedy because i think it is a very important way of looking at all of this. the islamic scholar replied approvingly to patriquin there are many incidents in the history that christians and muslims and muslims and christians and they discussed the eminent position of jesus christ and the theology, the ascension of jesus into heaven and various other points of description. one of the keys to success in the city is a thick crust control from al qaeda and clerks could issue the religious decrees that could help bring peace to the city and that is exactly what happened in a few months. the last interview i did for this book was on skype with sheik of the tribe in ramadi. this gives you an idea of the impact that he had on the iraqis who knew him. he told me this: i consider the c

but al qaeda is causingr. great confusion by calling us infidels we're not here to fight for a religion where her to fight people who use islam and the justification to do evil things. as patriquin once referred to al qaeda. >> these people, al qaeda are not muslims. they say they are there perverting the division for evil purposes. p a in the years since 9/11 it is said terrible tragedy. there are made the incidents were christians help muslims and muslims helpedma christians and a discuss the position of jesus christ inri their less thanst b convince if they could get control of the mosques from al qaeda, then the islamic clerics could issue decrees to help bring peace to the city and that is what happened did a few months. the last interview i did for the book was on skype lewis with another sheik tonto give you an idea of what the thought of patriquin had the iraqis. t i consider that capt., said tribal name of patriquin toe be the murder of anbar province and deserves all of god's mercy because hem worked

well did you guys know the threat from al qaeda was old news testifying before congress or an annual overview of what our sixteen intelligence agencies think are the biggest threats to the united states director of intelligence and national intelligence james clapper referred to a report from his office that concluded that al qaeda has been decentralized and the number one top threat to the u.s. is now iran referring to the alleged plot last year to assassinate the saudi ambassador in washington d.c. clapper for the first time signaled that they think this may have come from the top saying that it shows that some iranian officials probably including supreme leader ali common a have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct conduct an attack in the united states in response to real or perceived u.s. actions that threaten the regime so i guess if anybody wanted to claim the war drums were beating between the u.s. and iran now or before there is no denying it now here to discuss this with me is christopher swift fellow at the university of virginia law school's center f

this man, a tribal leader, knows al qaeda in yemen better than anyone. he has family ties to some of the insurgents. the government used him as a go- between in a failed bid to negotiate a peace deal. >> do you believe al qaeda in yemen today is a stronger or weaker? >> yemen occupies a vital strategic position beyond these shipping lanes. there is now enormous pressure on yemen's security forces to combat the insurgency threat. >> we are doing our best with our limited resources but what we need from the international community is to stand with us, support us to pass this critical time. >> the al qaeda insurgency in yemen is casting a dark shadow over the arabian peninsula. western powers know it but they seem powerless to prevent it. >> thousands of miles away from yemen in nigeria, the people of kano are feeling the wrath of islamic extremism. the city is still reeling from an attack which killed more than 180 people. the militant islamist sacked boko haram -- sect boko haram has claimed responsibility. the government is under increasing pressure to s

this man, the tribal leader, knows al qaeda in yemen better than anyone. he has family ties to some of the insurgents. the government used him a go- between in a failed bid to negotiate a peace deal. do you believe that al qaeda in yemen today is getting stronger or weaker? >> yen and occupies a vital strategic position. -- yemen occupies a vital strategic position. beyond these shipping lanes ally the fertile oilfields of saudi arabia. >> we are doing our best with our limited resources but what we need for the international community is to stand with us, support us. >> the al qaeda insurgency in yemen is casting a dark shadow over the arabian peninsula. western powers know but they seem powerless to prevent it. >> if you are watching this on "bbc world" and you want to see more of this report, you can catch it right after this program. thousands of miles away from nigeria, people are feeling the wrath of multiple extremism. the militant islamist sect boko haram has claimed responsibility. the government is facing pressure to stop the violence. are they u

this tribal leader knows al qaeda in yemen better than anyone.e has family ties to some of the insurgents. the government used him as a go-between in a failed bid to negotiate a peace deal. >> do you believe al qaeda in yemen today is getting stronger or weaker? [speaking in foreign language] >> yemen occupies a vital strategic position beyond these shipping lanes are the oil fields of saudi arabia. there is now enormous pressure on yemen's security forces to combat the insurgent threat. >> we are doing our best with our limited resources but what we want is to pass this critical time. >> the al qaeda insurgency in yemen is casting a dark shadow over the arabian peninsula. western powers know it but they seem powerless to prevent it. bbc news, aden. >> as many as 60 people are feared dead after a massive landslide in new guiney and buried in mud. it occurred in the southern highlands, the local media is reporting 40 bodies have been recovered and 20 missing. as if we needed further proof the economic crisis in europe was weighing down the rest of

>>shepard: we are getting more evidence, catherine, that more americans are joining al qaeda. al qaeda in yemen is drawing new american troops including the dead al-awlaki who said jihad against america and this mug shot is from 1997 when the holy man was arrested for slit soliciting a prostitute. and this man speaks perfect glib, and he is an american who knew the cleric from the west coast, perhaps the san diego mosque where al-awlaki met with the 9/11 hijackers 11 years ago. trip trip thank you, catherine. and aaa says gas prices are up 11 cents in the last two weeks, and that puts prices at record highs for the month of january. according to some analysts, we should not expect the price to come down any time soon. gerri willis is with us. i expect by the summer driving season we will have volatility? >>gerri: january starts bad the rest of the year is bad up 11 cents for the month and them probably average for 2012 $4.13 a gallon, up to that depending where you live. but we see a lost international tensions laying into this with the strait of hormuz. >>shepard: the euro zo

the al qaeda members. cents guantanamo has become a political albatross come when either obama or the end of the bush administration wanted to put anybody else in guantanamo so the result is they kill people rather than capture because they didn't have the place to put them. that is one byproduct of not having a system not complete leave palatable. been highly effective for is more lourdes to get killed by accident they drowns have been responsible. i have a quote from stanley mcchrystal new-line is the general in charge and until he resigned some remarks he made to "rolling stone", a he is the brains behind the military force that could kill more upside a terrorist around the world and the cia. and those that have been counterproductive every time you destroy a home or a building it will live on through generations. war is not antiseptic and they make mistakes. on the other hand, they have diminished their ranks of al qaeda. now there are some who argue they extend the battlefield back to the united state

and, clearly, we're confronting al qaeda in pakistan. we're confronting the nodes of al qaedaa in yemen, in somalia, in north africa, and, obviously, whatever al qaeda links are involved in afghanistan. >> pelley: have we defeated al qaeda? >> not yet. they're still a real threat. there's still al qaeda out there and we have to continue to put pressure on them wherever they're at. >> pelley: sunday on "60 minutes," we'll have a profile of secretary leon panetta who led the effort to get osama bin laden. today, the federal reserve looked at the economy and decided that growth is going to remain weak for a while. so chairman ben bernanke said today the fed will keep a key interest rate at near zero for another three years. anthony mason is here with details. anthony. >> reporter: scott, bernanke and company are signaling that a full economic recovery is really still years away. the fed not only pushed out its pledge to keep interest rates low for another 18 months. it also lowered its growth forecast for the economy. the fed now expects th

the new al-qaeda commander is less charismatic than the death and capture a prominent al qaeda figures has shrunk the top leadership later. however, even with the degraded capabilities and focus on smaller, simpler plot, al-qaeda remains a threat. as long as we sustained pressure on it, we judge that core al- qaeda will be of largely symbolic importance to the global jihad this movement. but regional affiliate's, as the ones you mentioned, and to a lesser extent, small cells and individuals, will drive the global jihad agenda. proliferation, that is, efforts to develop, acquire, a spread of weapons of mass destruction, is also a major global strategic threat. among asian states, iran's technical advances, and iranian richmond, friends and -- strengthens our assessment that iran can produce enough -- if the local leaders, specifically if the supreme leader himself, chooses to do so. no. 3 of that export of ballistic missiles and associated materials to several countries, including iran and syria, show the reach of the north's proliferation of attendees. we do not expect. i would note th

the war against al qaeda is not over. certainly we are in a better position against al qaeda then we were. certainly, iraq can handle their own problems but the war is not over until the enemy subs defeat. until we and those wars in the most positive way, that will have a negative influence on the next decade. if the violent extremists concluded that they beat us, this will not be 18 years of peace. >> the crucial issue is to look at who the enemy is. -- this will not be 10 years of peace. >> he is emphasizing cyber warfare, is that correct? >> he is correct to do that but the trick is not to try to be right it is to not be too wrong because it cannot predict the future. the clinton administration never thought that they were going to get into haiti, somalia. the bush administration did not come in thinking that they would be nation builders in iraq and afghanistan. reality has a way to impose itself. from my perspective, the real decision is not to get the balance of power out of balance. my fear is with respect to the g

they fire mortars at taliban and al qaeda targets in pakistan. with the help of drones, "shadow coverage," they ambush and kill insurgent fighters crossing the rder. >> smith: pakistan is supposed to be an ally in the war against the taliban and al qaeda, but u.s. soldiers fighting along the border complain that pakistan's army supports the militants. >> from my time on the border, we experienced on a regular basis pakistani military complicity with the insurgency. it could be turning a blind eye as the insurgents launch rockets at our bases. it could be allowing passage, you know, kind of right under their noses. it could be even aiding and working with the insurgents to know what times to cross the border, telling them when our patrols or when the afghan army patrols typically come. it was complicity on their part, and that piece on an operational and a tactical standpoint has to change in order for us to see success in afghanistan. >> smith: pakistan's army denies the accusations of complicity. they point to the sacrifices they've made in figh

of suspected al-qaeda members to members of the press and the criminal complaint specifically accuses kiriakou of disclosing the identity of a cia analyst and the charges against him include two counts under the espionage act of one nine hundred seventeen so that makes it now the sixth time that the obama administration is going after somebody with charges of espionage the others include cases that we've discussed on this program like thomas drake bradley manning james rising and others so to put it into perspective for you before this administration there were only three such cases in history so what is all this tell us about how justice under obama is applied joining me to discuss it is marcy wheeler blogger at mt weil dot net marcy thanks again for joining us tonight let's figure a little background quickly if you can we don't have a whole lot of time tonight but i guess you could say that in two thousand and seven is when people really got to know about john kiriakou who came out said that he was on one of the lead capturing teams he detailed. enhanced interrogation or waterboardi

. >> shepard: al qaeda now controls an entire city in yemen.hat's according to the local security forces there. the country is launching -- is a launching pad, of course, for recent terror plots against the united states and it's been in chaos for many months with protesters demanding that their president step down. security officials say al qaeda militants stormed through army barricades and raided a prison, then released 150 inmates. happened in the town about 100 miles south of the capital. radical and american cleric anwar al awlaki was a leader of al qaeda in yemen until the u.s. killed him in air strike last year. the feds have linked him to the attempted christmas day underwear bombing, fort hood massacre and botched times square bombing. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live for us in washington tonight. how bad tonight is the situation in yemen, catherine? >> well, thank you, shepard. within the last hour i spoke with a senior yemeni official who has been briefed on the security situation. he says the takeover

and internationally for years al qaeda is on its back foot al qaeda, is on the ropes, for the first timerd someone say, it is done they are finished it is just a matter of time there is probably going to be some trickle off probably be a slow death, but, al qaeda is not going to be able to do what they did on 9/11, not what they did in london, madrid, bali as an organization. most of their strongest and talented pieces to their organization are gone killed or captured and replacing that institutional knowledge and talent is extremely difficult and that is what they have discovered in addition, he is not osama bin laden not able to rally the troops the same way. >> all right so with the remnants the people who are left what happens to them do they fade into the wood work? look for other organizations. >> no, the key is remember as i spoke to all these sources, u.s. counter terrorism sources and officials from the un, remember, global terrorism while it is fading local terrorism the is rising and small groups of actors expect more of that activity, the death of al qaeda does not mean the d

the wake of 9/11 it became clear the horn of offer ca was a place -- of africa was a place where al qaeda had a functioning cell. it was still hard at work, intelligence post 9/11. >> and there was the cole bombing in yemen in the harbor. >> exactly. intelligence suggested after 9/11 that both money, and people were moving from the afghan pakistan border region to somalia and elsewhere in the horn. that is why it became important in the united states and training camps were tracked from the middle of the decade, training hundreds of potential al qaeda fighters, which really worried senior united states intelligence personnel. there has been quite an extensive campaign, building from sort of very early baby steps in the 2002-2003 time frame to now whether there are fairly regular air strikes going in, cruise missile attacks, predator drone strikes, fixed wing naval air strikes. >> even naval gunfire support has played a role. >> there has even been naval gunfire on one occasion. >>> how has this campaign changed? you said in the beginning intelligence officers walked in with virtually no k

. >>> al qaeda is expanding influence in yemen. security officials in yemen say al qaeda militants captured a small town south of the yemeni capital. the al qaeda fighters moved in saturday night facing little resistance. the town is surrounded, residents are not allowed to leave or come in. this is the latest town al qaeda has taken over in yemen since the up rising against the president began over a year ago. >>> more deadly sectarian violence in iraq. a car bomb exploded in mosul. the target was a housing complex. at least eight people were killed. four others were wounded. >>> yesterday a car bomb killed seven policeman in the anbar province 70 miles west of baghdad. 13 others wounded. gunmen battled into a government compound and led to the first battle between insurgents and iraqi forces without the backup of american troops. >>> meanwhile, in an unexpected move, syrian officials released political prisoners. they were set free sunday evening. they said they were given ten minutes' notice. they are part of the thousands who h

what do you think the peak of the al qaeda influence and why the fed declined? >> it has declined in large part because it has not provided the basic answers to most people in the region. here is the paid the enormous price at the hands of al qaeda not provided whether education or health care or what people care about that you find the majority of people in the region talk about wanting laptops, not a suicide. can i read one joke from my book? proving the point* of al qaeda and the degree to which, i love this joke by the iranian-born comic who takes on the subject of extremism to reflect how far people are going to say one guy can really screwed up for the rest of us. look at the christmas day bomber. he tried to blow up the northwest flight from amsterdam to the jury to whatever his name is, i say he was crazy. after all where was the bomb? writes in his underwear. in a normal man would have questioned that instruction then he switches to middle east accents and assumes the role of a normal hijacker in a final discussion. excuse me i have one last question fo

at least 11 al qaeda militants were killed in an overnight air strike in yemen. witnesses say a drone targeted a caravan just east of the city of lawdar in southern yemen. at least four of the militants were local al qaeda leaders. no civilians were hurt. al qaeda is attempting to use political unrest in yemen to gain influence among the people and the government there. >>> today secretary of state hillary clinton will meet with united nations security council to talk about syria. clinton says she will support a plan that condemns the syrian president's regime, demands the regime stop cracking down on its citizens, and implements an arab league peace plan. the measure calls for the syrian president to transfer his power to his vice president and allow elections. the u.n. says the regime has killed more than 5,400 people since the uprising began in march. >>> 6:05. former prince george's county executive jack johnson will remain out of prison for two more weeks. he was scheduled to turn himself in to authorities friday. according to the "washington post," the fede

more importantly, a land burial would have created a shrine for al-qaeda. the outcome burial at sea was brilliant and it was money well spent. okay. bold exist political tactic, pat? >> newt gingrich saying that actually the palestinian people don't exist. they are an invented people. they are all arabs. >> horrible? >> no. i mean, he spun this thing. i got give him credit. >> he was talking as an historian. and his views happened to match those of the evangelical christians he is courting in iowa. there is always method to newt's madness. >> i wouldn't go that far. >> well, i would say stripping the collective bargaining rights in wisconsin and ohio. bold political tactics. back firing to a certain extent. >> eleanor stole mine. scott walker is the boldest tactic. plowing through even after democrats fled the state. >> what do you think? >> well, i frankly think newt gingrich taking on these televised debates as a way to revive his political career and reputation. who would have thunk? >> president obama's decision to go negative in the current campaign, 2

i think seal team six taking down bin laden and the targeted hits on al-qaeda itself. but i agree with you on afghanistan. >> eleanor? >> best government dollar i would say unemployment insurance in this time. >> rich? >> every penny spent on hell fire missles. >> i was going to say killer drones, which is exactly what you were referring to, rich. but i would also add the salaries of the people in the counterterrorism unit of new york city police who have done an unbelievable job in taking care of the terrorist threats to new york. >> the best government dollars spent, the money spent to bury osama bin laden in accord with muslim traditions. killing bin laden was a spectacular feat, but it would have been marred if the handling of the corpse offended devout muslims. also, a land burial would have created a shrine for al-qaeda. bold exist political tactic, pat? >> newt gingrich saying that actually the palestinian people don't exist. they are an invented people. they are all arabs. >> horrible, huh? >> no, i mean, he spun this thing. i got to give him credit. >> he was

. >> another down in yemen slipped in the hands of al-qaeda today.d of militants seized control of brada taking over the government offices and springing prisonerers from the jail. the town straddles important transit routes and link other town and areas south and east for the al-qaeda and iranian peninsula chapter as presence in strategic region. all >> all the officials are concerned to see al-qaeda is able to seize >> this follows the missiles from anwar al-awlaki. years and support of backing by the yemeni special forces. >> also comes after a year of antigovernment protest, which targeted the long running ali abdullah saleh. critics contend while they have been killing protesters, terrorism is getting away from murder. >> they have taken advantage of the power vacuum and position in tomorrow armed forces. >> others contend that he is purposefully allowing al-qaeda and other factions to cause chaos and prove he needs to stay in power. he reneged on a deal to leave the country several time. >> trying to stay in power. using all the elements and to

in zabadani was abducted on the spot by an extreme insurgent group an al qaeda branch called islamic iraqi army analysts in the spirit of solidarity he all notes with his thoughts and actions in that spirit we ask of you having to let us hakim again maybe kid young lady what they're like i have a touch of evil. babbo. daddy had said that a bit of peace from a whole family. non-optimal did then we didn't have time to organize any demonstrations if i did it in many respects are never going to would all of course we have the support of citizens organizations and political parties yankees that would see you in a sort of god we have no time to act because they killed him after twenty four hours. she's. gone he was unlucky in many ways mainly because better risk on his government had no experience in matters of negotiations and instead of trying to buy more time immediately rejected the ultimatum secondly because the abduction which happened in august a holiday month in italy where nothing really functions and also because his abductors wanted more than anything else blood on their hands.

bell lives are threatened anytime anywhere by the suicide attacks of al qaeda or other terrorist groups. cohen. but even for those who survive life is not the same anymore. in iraq we die a hundred times every day we die in various circumstances in the strait gatherings but in crowded places when explosions go off when blind attacks take place mostly by religious groups our profession faces constant danger and death every where death is more than a possibility in this job. since april two thousand and three more than three hundred people working for the media have been killed in iraq most of them where iraqi victims of executions obama tax from al qaeda and other terrorist groups a minute so that the journalism all over the world is considered the king of the profession. in iraq that's called a disastrous profession or a deadly profession. because wherever journalist goes death is always lurking within. the us and there's an obvious one will it be a one shot at on the. internet that are you at. the . wreckage know just reporting and surviving on dramatically connect. the shocking thing

. >> al-qaeda, he says, it it must have been al-qaeda. >> at the scene, at the syrian interior minister also blamed terrorists. later he vowed to strike back with an iron fist at anyone who threatened the country's security. but syrian opposition groups say they have nothing to do with the last. instead they say it was part of a dirty tricks campaign staged by presidents bashar al-assad and his allies. is true in the past occasional mysterious bombings in damascus were blamed by some on islamist extremists. it is also true a bombing like this place and to the syrian government's hands by reinforcing their claim is terrorists responsible for the popular uprising. across syria, an opposition demonstrators take to the streets to defy government forces. the latest footages gives glimpses of the violence. yesterday in damascus a small group of monitors from the arab league mission currently in the country did manage to break away from government minders to speak with protesters. their mission is to be reviewed in cairo this weekend amid concerns the mission to bring peace to syria has made l

it's the am died da you can't mix the two. al-qaeda wants to come here to kill us. but we need to understand that. we are going to spend a lot of lives and a lot of money for a long time to come. >> kelly evans. >> governor romney, when president obama signed the national defense authorization act into law he enacted a provision allowing him to indefinitely detain american citizens in custody, many, including congressman paul, has called this unconstitutional. at the same time the bill did provide money to continue funding u.s. troops. governor romney, as president, would you have signed the national defense act as written? >> yes, i would have, and i do believe it is appropriate to have in our nation the capacity to detain people who are threats to this country, who are members of al-qaeda. look, you have every right in this country to protest and to express your views on a wide range of issues but you don't have a right to join a group that is killed americans, and has declared war against america. that's treason. in this country we have a right to take those peop