he grew up in algeria. he went on to pakistan to rage jihad. qaeda leader who took credit for that terrifying hostage ordeal in algeria earlier this year. 60 people were killed. we all remember that image. some of the hostages holding their hands in the air.

the al qaeda commander behindind the january attack on a gas plant in algeria is reported killed in northca. kelly cobiella has the latest. the sequester's massive spendingester's cuts are signed into law. so now what? major garrett on how and whengarret americans might begin to feel the effects. >> the bedroom floor just collapsed and my brother-in-law is in there. m he's underneath the house. >> axelrod: that sinkhole inh the florida is spreading after apparently claiming the life of one homeowner.a now the whole neighborhood is under threat.s and playgrounds to remember.ds to terrell brown on how victims of one grand-scale tragedy will honor the victims of another. victi captioning sponsored by cbs sp this is the "cbs evening news." new >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod.vening we begin tonight with a report report of a strike against al qaeda militants in north africa.th the army in chad says its soldiers have killed mokhtar belmokhtar.sold he's believed to be the. mastermind behind the attack onmind that gas plant in algeria this past january. 37 foreigners were killed in that

known locally as the uncatchable, over the years he evaded attempts by algeria and france to be killed or captured. now, the chad military says they have finally caught up with the -directed qaeda terrorist. >> we have said that a number of terrorists were killed in the operations including him. news comes just after one day after the president announced his troops had killed another leader in the islamic mugrab. he is believed to outbid a key to minder -- a key commander of those fighting in mali. >> for the first time, our soldiers are being successful and have killed the main jihaddist leaders. >> is the news is confirmed, this will be a major boost for french and african troops fighting rebels, but the success of the aisle qaeda-linked groups in north, west and central africa will not based aren't these celebrities. they may be able to bring in new leaders even as they lose veteran commanders. al-jazeera, bchad. >> secretary of state john kerry will be meeting with mohamed morsi. anita alive elie cairo. what is at the top of the agenda for the meeting between the two? >> they are f

to me know the terrain and i fought in algeria. this wouldn't bet you'll be seen as the army of occupation and awaken arab nationalism is not in your interests. but we said the french are anti-american, they resent there star is falling so we put the french wine into the debtor and renamed french fries as freedom fries and a member of congress gave a speech saying we should dig up our boys from normandy because it is no longer a fit resting place in arab demonstrations around the world. it reminds me of the early '60s. when charles de gaulle said don't go to vietnam. we know the terrain. missile be seem badly as an army of occupation and told kennedy you will sink step by step into a quagmire and predicted go broke last two years. so what did we do? relaunched french goods and poured wind down the drain. conversive we should take of the boys and normandie to bring them home because it was no wonder if it resting place. we said he was anti-american and there were demonstrations around the world against the vietnam as a wave of anti-

they have shown up in algeria and also in the peninsula. there are attempts to smuggle weapons into syria and allegations that have made their way into the stretch. have the end of last year with the assault rifle. and in this picture, qc the same type of weapon in the hands of a brigade member. experts say it is likely that this unusual weapon that was involved was smuggled from libya. both of those were seen together in the libyan conflict, which is unusual. it is very unusual. >> hard to get exact confirmation. there is little doubt that these weapons are crossing borders. >> these are brought under control. it is a game changer. overcoming the army in just a few days, it really should be on top of the agenda. >> the instability will convince leaders that something must be done. sexthe question of same- marriage will go between the u.s. supreme court and will be hearing arguments about the challenge being unconstitutional. >> edith and her partner work together for 44 years, and a married couple. as the surviving spouse, she was unable t

he said i fought in algeria. this is going to in radically. will be seen as a western army of occupation. you look weekend nationalists and. so what did we do? reset those french are anti-american. they resent their stars falling dollars is on the rise and so we poured french wine into the gutter and boycotted french good and famously renamed french fries as freedom fries. we should take up our boys from the fields of normandy in them home for american heroes. after demonstration around the world, we said what is this with an anti-americans? i thought that reminds me of something. it reminded me of the early 60s and the president is saying told the kennedy administration, don't go to war in vietnam. we've been there. we know the terrain. he said this will end badly. the pacing is a western army occupation. he told kennedy are going to sink step-by-step into a quagmire from which a lot of trouble extricating. he said this will be bad for the united states and that for the west. so what did we do? we launched a boycott import french flags down t

a lot of the one to impose algeria- sharia law. syria is a mosaic of different groups. there is a large christian community. they do not want to see sharia law imposed. the united states has been doing a measured policy that will be effective in the long run. host: are we at ipods -- atao -- at odds with britain and germany jim host: -- at odds with germany and britain? guest: president obama said the syria is not just a problem of the united states, but for the entire world. it is difficult for the united states to explain how it is staying on the sidelines and providing humanitarian support when there is a crisis of this magnitude going on. it will be increasingly more difficult to stay on the sidelines with the europeans pushing for more. host: said arikat, there has been discussion as to what the chemical weapons were used in science syria. in a news over the last 48 hours inside syria. any news over the last 48 hours? guest: the state department has no evidence to show that the syrian government or the opposition -- there have been opposition -- accusations on both

need to mention those three countries from the meeting being represented by the foreign minister in algeria and lebanon, either the state or the expression of their reservations around abdicating by dividing within some arab hold andd the general in addition to convince the council to adopt a binding resolution. the bloodshed -- to stop the bloodshed and suffering of the syrian people. >> thank you very much for speaking to us. the u.s. secretary of state is making a surprise visit to iraq. john kerry is pressing iraqi leaders over the war in syria. iraqig them from entering airspace. jane has more. >> the u.s. secretary of state has arrived on his first official visit. not a surprise, but certainly unannounced given the security situation here. he is expected to discuss the issue of syria with the prime minister. particularly the pledge to check the iranian flights going to syria for weapons. iraq has checked out two of those flights since making the promise. there are other issues the u.s. would like to weigh in on, othering the increasing provinces protested what had been going on since

. >> the international terrorist responsible for the attack on a natural gas plant in algeria has beens troops deployed in northern mali killed moktar belmoktar the reported death of belmoktar comes a day after chad's president said their troops killed another main al-qaida commander in the region two afghan boys were accidentally killed by u.s. forces during an operation in southern afghanistan. it happened thursday when coalition forces fired at what they thought were insurgent forces. joseph dunford, the commander of u.s. and allied forces in afghanistan offered his personal apology and condolences to the families the killing of civilians by foreign forces has been a major source of tension with the afghan government throughout the nearly 12- year-old war. >> dramatic video out of iowa. after a semi-truck driver escapes from his vehicle just seconds before it explodes into flames. the truck driver lost control of his truck on the icy overpass. launching the cab and the first of two trailers over the railing. no one was hurt in the accident. but the driver is being cited for failing

some security analysts suspect a link between it and a hostage siege at a gas plant in algeria. 10 japanese were killed. >>> u.s. commanders decided to have a military presence in niger. >>> musharraf says had will return to pakistan for an election in may. he will reportedly fly back on sunday. there are mixed reactions of people waiting for him to arrive. musharraf took power in 1992 when he was the army's chief of staff. he went on too cooperate with the stof of president george w. bush in the fight against terrorism. however, he was handed a crushing defeat in 2008. in 2011, a pakistani court issued an arrest warrant for him that he failed to provide adequate security for the former prime minister in 2007, and he was subsequently assassinated. he was granted protective bail allowing him to return from exile without being arrested immediately. >> he wants to come back to reinvigorate his political campaign. he wants to get them ready for that election, and hopefully win a number of seats. >> as for the political situation, the approval rating of the ruling pakistan people's party of pres

she was in algeria and came back to france. she had a very white skin. very, very white with speckles? >> freckles. >> freckles. more glamorous. glittering. but she was glamorous for me, sparkles -- no, freckles. sorry, i cannot say. [laughter] but she has beautiful red hair, light afro type but red hair. to me, i was like, oh, my god, she is so beautiful. for me, if i want to be friends with someone that i admire, i have to be like him or her, cannot have the red hair. so i say, i also come from nigeria and i am like you. [laughter] i do not think she believed me so i was inventing names. anyway. so she influenced me. she had white skin. you could see her veins. she was very strange but beautiful for me. i was always attracted by different beauty that i saw everywhere. i remember some movies called guess who's coming to have dinner tonight with sydney party. i remember i said to my parents -- i was 12. if i come with a black girl, what will you say? and they say, if you love her, that is perfect for you. years after when it told them what i could say ab

on the coast of algeria and tunisia. >> hello, again. our top stories on al jazeera. in cyprus, bank customers have rushed to empty cash machines because of a planned tax on their savings. the president says it is needed to avoid bankruptcy. china's new leaders have promised to tackle corruption and keep the economy growing. in his first speech as head of state, xi jinping also spoke of overseeing a chinese renaissance. politicians in pakistan are hoping to reach agreement for an interim government to oversee elections. the prime minister has addressed the nation after his government became the first in the nation's history to serve a full five-year term. more radioactive waste is leaking from the most contaminated nuclear site in the united states. another 2000 liters of waste have recently spilled. over 4 million liters since the 1940's. we have this report from washington state. >> this is the edge of the hanford nuclear station in washington state, a 1500 square kilometers site, with the dubious distinction of being the most contaminated place in america. recently

armed rebels in algeria attacked a gas plant in january, killing 37 foreign workers.ali, niger, nigeria, and cameroon have seen several kidnappings over the last few years. recently, seven french troops were abducted from a national park in cameroon. frank is looking to wrap up its military campaign in mali as -- france is looking to wrap up its military campaign in mali as soon as possible. >> france's intervention in mali has been relatively uncontroversial on the world stage, unlike libya and syria. it even has the support of russia. >> france's president francois hollande is hoping to drum up some business deals and avoid more tensions over a prominent french exile who has been making himself at home in russia. >> cordial talks, but the russian and french leaders could not be described as close friends. francois hollande came to moscow with seriously most guessing issue. he wants vladimir putin to rethink his support for the assad regime -- the most pressing issue being syria. he wants vladimir putin to rethink his support for the assad regime. it is a different f

in northern africa, we still have showers across the coast of morocco into algeria. it will be warm in cairo with a high of 33 degrees. central africa is seen as showers. it is seeing showers. of 32looking at a high degrees. >> there has been another insider attack in afghanistan that has killed several afghan and foreign troops. a gunman wearing an afghan security uniforms opened fire at a jointly operated space. in india, police said the bus driver of the center of a gang rape and murder trial committed suicide. the man's lawyer says he does not believe the police. he was one of six men accused of attacking a woman in new delhi in december. japan has held a minute of silence on the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in tsunami. nearly 19,000 people were killed. the opposition leader of venezuela has confirmed he will be running in the presidential race to replace the late hugo chavez. the election will be on april 14. we have the latest. >> accusations that accuse the government of lying to the venezuelan people and the world about the illness of hugo

>> bell mock tar, born in algeria, he's been a jihadist since his late teens. he's feared and also revered in northern africa. he lost an eye fighting in afghanistan and one eye is just one of his many names. they also call him the prince and mr. marlboro. a nickname he earned as a successful smuggler of cigare e cigarettes and drugs. he's also famous for kidnapping. the toregtribesman we were with feared he would kill nap or kill us if we went to the town he was. we were forced to turn back. robert fowler who worked for the united nations wasn't so lucky. he was taken by the brigade in 2008 and held for 130 days. >> i was terrified that the whole thing would end with a knife at my throat in a tent like your colleague daniel pearl. >> africa's security analyst rudy atalla said the veteran jihadist has worked in libya, algeria, mauritania, amali. he even named his son osama. >> he's operated in that space very comfortably, and he knows how to make himself disappear. >> "outfront" tonight, seth jones, author of "hunting in the shadows, the pursuit of al qaeda aft

and it extends across the other side of the mediterranean into northern parts of morocco and also algeria. of 30 inoking at highs tripoli. further south across central parts of africa, heavy rain across parts of somalia in towards ethiopia and also a few showers expected further west. i think we did see one or two showers, highs of 31 degrees. the heaviest rain is expected to cross angola and the democratic republic of congo. -- only on link tv. recap ofget a quick stores. the funeral of an influential supporter of the syrian president has taken place in damascus. he was a sunni cleric well known broadcasting on state tv every friday. he was killed on thursday in a bomb attack. the president of cyprus is expected to go to brussels on saturday to present international creditors with a new bailout proposal after parliament approve measures on friday to try to avoid bankruptcy and to get and you rescue package. in pakistan, supporters of the cricketer turned politician are holding a rally. the country is getting ready for a new election in may. barack obama is going to return to washington l

the latest killing was on the border with algeria. the greatest losses are being suffered by the chadian army, which is fighting alongside france. meanwhile, reports on how people there feel about the conflict in mali. >> the nation that claims it carried out the tasks is in morning. -- is in mourning. 26 soldiers were repeated treated to coffins in the country. the troops are the main ground troops on the mali war's frontline. chad is bearing the main brunt of the fighting. in this exclusive al jazeera soldiersdhchadian patrol on a mission to flush out al qaeda linked fighters. the defense ministry says these men killed former al qaeda and the former commanders. and totally destroy their main base. >> chad has one of the true desert armies. chad is also one of the poorest countries on earth treated over one third of all children are stunted from malnutrition, and the average citizen does not live past 50. most chadians do not believe the mali war serves their priority and dice their priorities or interests. >> the majority of the peo

secretary clinton last year and into this year were taking insurgent groups of militant islamic groups in algeria and linking them with not just the attack in benghazi on september eleventh but with the hostage situation that we saw back in january of this group that would be the. directly linked with al qaeda and it's really putting together all sorts of pieces that we haven't seen from the benghazi testimonies this cruise for fellows to actually make up this information he did a very good job because it looks very convincing once you get over the fact that it's in comic sans in. the backdrop but there's lots of reasons he could do that if this is the person who the authorities believe it is there's a very good reason that they they went ahead and did as many things they possibly could do to cover up their steps such as not forging these documents but copying them into a different font into a different backdrop that it's a very common way to cover up their tracks which really would allude the authorities to some degree. i had our teens daniel michelle's tough questions and said the truth seeker.

for parts of morocco and algeria, some rain there, but it will not last long. towards cairo, temperatures coming down. you are in the high 30's, coming down to the -- to about 25. in north-central africa, rain will be a problem from lagos eastern, 6:00 pacific on link tv. >> welcome back. this is al jazeera. these are the stories making headlines. the united nations and human rights groups are concerned about the rise in sexual violence in the democratic public -- democratic republic of congo. it is said that congolese soldiers have written more than 120 women in recent months. european leaders are me saying bashar meeting in brussels where they are expected to discuss arming syrian rebels. france and britain are said to do so despite opposition from the rest of europe. people across iraq have taken to the streets to protest against prime minister nouri al-maliki, accuse him of treating the sunni muslim minority unfairly. china has a new premier. the national people's congress elected li keqiang, and he will take over from jiabao on thursday. china's leadership

the al-qaeda-linked terrorist is responsible for a january attack on a national gas plant in algeria, that attack resulting in the death of 36 foreigners including three americans. >>> all right. to washington now and the new effort to ramp things up to roll back those deep government spending reductions that we now have in effect. the lobbyists are at it. in the defense and health care industries especially, fighting to reverse the cuts after they were working for months to try to stop them from even taking effect. bob kusack is managing editor at the hill. good morning. great to have you here. >> good morning, jamie. >> how busy are the lobbyists. >> they're the winners because they get to continue to fight against sequesteration. their contracts continue both in defense and health care. also, the travel industry is going to be collecting horror stories of long lines and we'll see what happens. they're going to try to collect these aneck dote dotes and urgem to call members of congress. we don't now how the sequester will affect the nation, but they're going to have to -- the lobbyi

we also would like to convey greetings to the people's republic of algeria, the delegation from the russian federation, the delegation from the republic of argentina, the delegation from brazil, the delegation from the republic of gambia, the delegation from grenada, the delegation from the palestinian state, the delegation from the democratic socialist republic of sri lanka, the delegation from the republic of portugal, the delegation from the people's republic of china, the delegation from france, the delegation from the republic of lebanon, the delegation from the democratic republic of sri lanka, from canada, from the republic of angola, from the republic of greece, finland, the ukraine, from the republic of croatia, from the kingdom of jordan, from the commonwealth of australia, from the kingdom of denmark, the delegation from the republic of serbia, and from the democratic republic of korea. korea and the republic of south korea, republic of slovenia, the u.s. delegation. we also would like to express our appreciation for having international, guilty lateral organizations that are pre

. >> vicki: the international terrorist responsible for the attack on a natural gas plant in algeria has been killed. the head of chad's military says troops deployed in northern mali killed moktar belmoktar the reported death of belmoktar comes a day after chad's president said their troops killed another main al-qaida commander in the region the u.s.-led coalition says its forces accidentally killed two afghan boys during an operation in southern afghanistan. marine gen. joseph dunford, the commander of u.s. and allied forces in afghanistan, offered his condolences to the family of the boys who were killed" and said the coalition takes deaths. a statement issued by the killed thursday when coalition forces fired at what they thought were insurgent forces in the uruzgan province. it says a investigation team visited the killing of civilians by foreign forces has been a the afghan government throughout the nearly 12- year-old war. >> vicki: dramatic video out of iowa. after a semi-truck driver escapes from his vehicle just seconds before it explodes into flames. the truck driver lost

from bahrain to algeria to yemen. landing next in a very unlikely place. libya.izens there live under one of the longest ruling dictators in the world. colonel gaddhafi. >> libya was one they never thought revolution would spread to because gadhafi is so in control. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the world's most successive leaders. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism. with links to the lockerbie bombers, the ira, and other militant groups. >> he kept libyan people under tight wraps. there was no freedom of any kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous dictator. >> anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, sometimes killed. >> tracy shelton is a 34-year-old freelance journalist who heads to libya to cover the conflict. >> they begin with protests as with many of the arab countries. people started protesting for more freedom. but the rarks from the gadhafi regime would be to shoot protesters and stop these protests with violence. >> the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was

from bahrain to algeria to yemen. landing next in a very unlikely place. libya.s there live under one of the longest-ruling dictators in the world, colonel moammar gadhafi, who's held power for 42 years. >> libya was one of those countries people never imagined it would see the revolution spread to. because gadhafi was so in control. but i'm a revolution junkie, and it succeeded in tunisia. it succeeded in egypt. i wanted it to succeed everywhere. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the world's most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female bodyguards. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism, with links to the lockerbie bombers, the i.r.a., and other militant groups. >> he kept libya under very, very tight wraps. he would disappear people. there was no freedom of any kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous, horrible, brutal dictator. >> anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, sometimes killed. >> tracy shelton is a 34-year-old freelance journalist from aus

star was the mastermind behind the hostage taking operation on a gas plant in algeria that killed thirty seven hostages in january his death has not yet been confirmed. several hundred people have attended a far right protest in the u.k. with fifteen arrested supporters of the english defense league blocked off much of the city of manchester as they marched through the streets escorted by more than three hundred police scuffles broke out between the protesters as different factions within the protest clashed three hundred fifty demonstrators took part in a counter rally against the group later in the day. hundreds of thousands of protesters have rallied in twenty cities across portugal to call for an end to deep budget cuts protesters in the capital lisbon held up the banners and chanted slogans against austerity measures put into place as part of an e.u. and i.m.f. bailout under the terms of the rescue portugal has to make an extra four billion euros worth of cuts over the next two years. and the rate that wages are falling in britain it's a merged is one of the fastest in europe surpas

since the military operation began in january -- the soldier was killed on the border with algeria in what the french military claimed was one of the fiercest battles. the other military fighting the most. funny six of its soldiers died in a battle that killed two senior al qaeda leaders. -- 20 six of its soldiers died in a battle that killed two senior al qaeda leaders. >> the nation that claims it carried out the task is in morning. 26 chadian soldiers died fighting in ther maghrebian north, killed. france is providing special air support, but chad is bearing the main brunt of the fighting. in this exclusive al jazeera footage, chadian soldiers patrol their province on a mission to flush out al qaeda- linked fighters. chad's defense ministry says these are the men who killed former al qaeda commanders. they totally destroy their main mountain base. chad has one of the world's true desert armies, composed largely of native saharan fighters. chad is also one of the poorest countries on earth. over a third of all children are stricken from malnutrition and the average citizen does not

they killed mokhtar belmokhtar, the mastermind behind the deadly assault on a natural gas plant in algeriahat killed dozens of foreign workers. belmokhtar has reportedly been killed two times before in previous years. >>> syrian president assad is accusing u.s. and the british governments of supporting terrorism by backing anti-government rebels in his country. the comment by assad came in an interview published in "the sunday times." assad insisted he will not step down or go into exile. an estimated 70,000 have been killed since fighting broke out in that country two years ago. >>> and in florida, 1,000 acres have been devoured by a raging wildfire. this morning it's burning all across volusia county in the northeastern part of that state. hundreds of homes were evacuated when the blazes got too close to them. flames also threatened a ranch where horses were loaded on to trucks to take them to safety. >>> and a privately funded cargo ship today arrived at the international space station. the spacex dragon is delivering a ton of supplies to the crew. spacex engineers needed to perform a s

but algeria had not, morocco had not, the jefferson since the military and is very much the bush doctrine. he says you're either with us or against us and if you're with tripoli, you're us. just take a moment and take a while, but eventually they do. >> the final presentation comes with adam winkler as he discusses gunfight, battle of the right to bear arms in america. he explains that the nra is important to the gun control debate. >> is hard to have a discussion of guns, gun rights and control without talking about the nra. in the past week on the nra has been in the news because herman cain is to be president and in texas when you say a nra, only the national rifle association. can you get historical background on the nra and guns and gun control? i read that it was once a supporter of gun control. can you explain not? >> yeah, he nra is known for being a rarely compromising opponent of gun control. but it wasn't always this way. the organization was founded after the civil war by soldiers who were convinced that union marksmanship is why the war had lasted so long and wanted to improv

palestinian territories algeria, lebanon, egypt, iran, iraq, yemen. here is the surprise. greece.e countries obviously muslim that we're infidels as i said at the top of the program. what is the greece thing? >> greece has a problem with the united states for a variety of reasons. some of this goes all the way back to the late 1960's when the united states supported papa draos becoming the dictator. there were concerns that he was cia trained. he was an intelligence officer. that the cia was running the country. >> bill: i think it's more economic the jealous of us. a lot of communists over there. >> they do. it goes back. i have been reading a blot of the blotion fear. young people talking about hatred for the united states. some of it goes back to the economic. a lot of it goes back to the history of this attitude that they feel the united states is dominating and big foot the other countries. small countries like greece. >> bill: i hope the greeks don't hate us. i have eaten at the diners all greeks. >> mainly directed at the he government as opposed to the people of the u.s. >

the terrifying incident begins two days earlier, when air france flight 8969 leaves algeria for parisur members of the armed islamic group board the plane, dressed as airport staff. they take over by takeoff, threatening to blow up the plane. they demand the release of two political leaders and direct the plane to fly to paris, but the runway is blocked by the military. the terrorists release about 60 passengers, mostly women and children. but then kill another passenger before the runway is cleared and the plane is allowed to fly to france. >> they said that they are going to kill one passenger every 30 minutes. >> without enough fuel to reach paris, the plane lands to refuel

somebody that's across the border in algeria and may be doing logistics'.timate that think it is irrelevant at that point whether in fact what was true in libya was a conflict the would justify the assertion of the military force because i think that you'd have both domestic problems in so far as it is outside of the scope of the aumf and very serious international problems of it wasn't part of a larger armed conflict. >> may i add something to that. i think one of the oddities of the white paper, and i would actually think it is a criteria for this committee to follow-up with the administration about is exactly what work the eminent is doing. it isn't clear to me from reading the paper whether the word eminent is an attempt to get over the domestic constitutional hurdles with it comes from the resort to force questions and the international law we were referring to or whether it is against a sort of affirmative defense in domestic criminal prohibitions' overseas or whether it flows from another need. it's simply there as a self-imposed constraints and i th

i fought in algeria. this is going to end badly. to be seen as a western army of occupation.o awaken arab nationalists and get this will not be in your interest. so what did we do? reset their anti-american. they resent their stars falling while ours is on the rise and so he poured french wine into the gutter and burned french flags and renamed french fries this freedom fries. a member of congress give a speech saying we should dig up the coast of normandy in her denholm because french soil is no longer say restingplace and if there were demonstrations against the war in iraq around the world, what is this wave of anti-american? as i listened to that, i thought that reminds me of something. the early 60s and the president of france told the kennedy administration, don't auto warranty at him. we've been there. we know the terrain. he said this will end badly. to be seen as a western army occupation. his ideal sink step by step into a quagmire and predicted the word last 10 years and am an american. as to be bad for the united states and that for the last. so they burned french

we would also like to convey greetings to the people's republic of algeria, the delegation from the russian federation, the delegation from the republic of argentina, the delegation from brazil, the delegation from the republic of cram bee ya, the delegation from grenada, the delegation from the palestinian state, the delegation from the democratic republic of sri lanka, the delegation from the republic of portugal the delegation from franc france, the delegation from the repib blick of lebanon, the delegation from the democratic republic of sy ran a, from canada sr. -- the democratic republic of sy ran a, from the republic of angola, from the republic of greece, finland, the ukraine, from the republic of croatia, from the kingdom of jordan, from the commonwealth of australia, the kingdom of denmark, the delegation from the republic of serbia, fand the democratic republic of korea, korea, and the republic of south korea, the republic of slovenia, the u.s. delegation. we would also like to express our appreciation for having international multi-lateral organizations who are present today to

libya, mali, algeria, al qaeda affiliates in north africa.at is this telling us about the level of multinational corporation and sophistication of terrorism and how it remains a threat? it has to be brief. >> they used to be in one place. everyone i talk to says that al qaeda is still inserted but smaller. the media has not highlighted that threads. one of the reasons that terror groups survive is they get sponsorship or tolerance from states. they do not simply exist in a vacuum. there are states that fund them. iran is one. syria is dependent on iran and they are one of them. we have to go to their states. it does not have to be militarily. we have got to stop the people who are accountable to the national -- to the international community. we have to stop them from promoting the acts of terrorism and the ideology of terrorism that is fueling the resurgence of al qaeda and other groups across the region. >> in spite of the fact that the president ap got cd session never in in the history of mankind to kill -- made the decision never to kill

if there was an american citizen who travel to algeria and joined the pro-gaddafi army and was a majoroperational leader in bringing arms into libya that would fight the resistance and american forces and our allies, based on how you read the memo, to you think this provides justification to engage an american citizen in that instance? >> under the memo, probably not. under your facts, the person would not be a senior al qaeda leader. >> if they limited it to that, why isn't so important? if the aumf is not critical, is there a logical distinction between those two if you to not think the aumf is critical? >> there are a lot of us who wonder how it can possibly be that all of this use of force in countries around the world against people who may have only been 10 years old in 2001 still falls under the aumf. it is a good set of questions as to whether this the administration would rely on the president's constitutional authority to strike someone who did not fall under the aumf. >> in addition to the authority of rising, it is lawful under the other principles of u.s. and international

he has served as ambassador to algeria. ms.anne richard serves for the bureau of population refugees and migration of the state department. prior to her appointment, she worked for the international rescue committee, a committee committed to refugees and internally displaced persons. nancy lindborg is the assistant administrator for the bureau of the conflict. she was president of mercy corps. we welcome all of our witnesses today. without objection, the witness' full testimony, your full statements will be made part of the record. members may have five days to submit statements for record. i ask you to summarize your testimony within those five minutes. >> good morning. inviting very much for me to come talk with you today. i know our time is limited. i will keep my remarks brief. what started out as a peaceful demand for dignity and freedom has turned instead to a devastating conflict with a horrific human toll. syrians face a new level of ruthlessness which is raining scud missiles down on neighborhoods, bombing and schools