the people taking over are al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. so he's presenting the world and yemen with a stark choice. which is, if i go at this point, these guys are gaining ground. do you really want the country to go al qaeda? >> and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, they're very creative in their terror. >> he's a great publicist and a good terrorist. he's been very successful at that. you have to remember that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is a small organization, just a few hundred people. >> if it becomes a failed state, already large parts of the country are beyond government control or very limited government control, then what? they become as a more efficient somalia? >> then we have a real mess on our hands. there's also a risk of a lot of displaced people. this is a country running out of money and water. it's running out of fuel and everything. it's certainly running out of order. you could just have an enormous imploding population, 24 million people with no place to go and nothing to do. >> the place they'll try to go is s

the people taking over are al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. so he's presenting the world and yemen with a stark choice. which is if i go at this point, do you really want the country to go to al qaeda? >> and they're actually kind of very creative in their terror. it's not going for what al qaeda central wanted, which was huge 9/11 style attacks, it's much more -- smaller attacks, but they seem much more kind of aggressive about it. >> much more imaginative. on the one hand, they're willing to go for much smaller targets than osama bin laden was willing to go for. they'll just try and take out one airplane with a guy who can blow up his underwear or try to take out the head of security in saudi arabia or they'll send these printer cartridges that will basically paralyze international air freight for several days. so they'll do these imaginative things. even when they fail to do off, they say look what we were able to do. he is a great publicist and good terrorist, and he's been very successful at that. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is a sm

well al qaeda in the arabian peninsula was a threat before this current revolution in yemen and it has become more of a threat since it started simply because its operating space in the country has expanded but i doubt that president saleh is intentionally exacerbating that threat he may seek tactical advantage from that but i don't think that he has an interest in opening the door. in any case i don't think he's getting any benefit from that and in any case the challenge remains to get beyond the current impasse and to deal with this threat in the long term ok daniel what do you think about that because this is even if there's. any evidence of this sort is true is that you know we have a leader in yemen that has been a very loyal american ally for a long time and if there's even a handful he's trying to use this to keep himself in power which his critics are saying that he's doing right now i mean what does that say about how the u.s. is picking its allies in the region. well i would be a little less strong in my terminology going to a very loyal us ok. ok trying to be more details th

to do just that. >> al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula or has been strictly focused on attacks the united states homeland. this morning, there is somebody in the peninsula planning another attack against the united states. >> one of the group's leaders is anwar al-awlaki an american cleric who is pushing the organization to conduct as many attacks aimed at the u.s. as possible in rapid succession. the u.s. is planning to step up missile and drone attacks against the organization. >>> mayor of vancouver is blaming a small number of tool begins for the -- hooligans. >> they will reveal details of the arrests made and asking for witnesses to send in video and all that vandalism. about 150 people went to hospital last night after fans got out of the control after the canucks loss to the boston bruins. they lit garbage cans on fire and looted rs ran into a department stores. >> our meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> changes you can feel them outside. not nearly as warm and that is the big stories. changes on the way and cooler conditions on the weekend but if you like the 90s. i fou

to do just that. >> al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula or has been strictly focused on attacks the united states homeland. this morning, there is somebody in the peninsula planning another attack against the united states. >> one of the group's leaders is anwar al-awlaki an american cleric who is pushing the organization to conduct as many attacks aimed at the u.s. as possible in rapid succession. the u.s. is planning to step up missile and drone attacks against the organization. >>> mayor of vancouver is blaming a small number of tool begins for the -- hooligans. >> they will reveal details of the arrests made and asking for witnesses to send in video and all that vandalism. about 150 people went to hospital last night after fans got out of the control after the canucks loss to the boston bruins. they lit garbage cans on fire and looted rs ran into a department stores. >> our meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> changes you can feel them outside. not nearly as warm and that is the big stories. changes on the way and cooler conditions on the weekend but if you like the 90s. i fou

obviously, the targets are al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. how are they doing? tough to know really how they're doing so far. there's been a few strikes since early may on these targets. we know that in early may they -- the u.s. almost hit anwar al awlaki, one of the leaders of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, but did not kill him, and there was a mid-level operative killed last week. these sort of things are hard to judge based on so many -- so few operations. however, we would expect that they're going to continue, you know, in the several weeks and months ahead. >> we know that this is the group the president and his team worry about even more than al qaeda based in pakistan, even more than any other international terrorist group, this is the group the president would tell his top aides keeps him up most late at night. what is their sense of the operational capabilities today of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula? >> i think they're very worried. i mean, i think that they have been very i guess you say impressed by the level of capabilities of this group, t

>> john, there is so much concern about al qaeda in the arabian peninsula right now.eally the number one fear for the west and the regional allies of yemen including saudi arabia just to the north of yemen. to give you some perspective, i was there in yemen in february. i spoke to the prime minister at that time. he is one of the parties that was injured in today's attack at the mosque at the presidential palace. i asked him point blank when i was there, will al qaeda in the arabian peninsula try to take advantage of political turmoil? he said he thought they would. in the past week alone we've heard of a city in a hot bed for militancy in that country, which was overtaken, seized by islamic militants. just in this past week they've been battling with security forces in that city for control. the fact that that has happened at this time is really stoking concerns that al qaeda is going to make a move on other cities there and really try to take advantage of all the turmoil in that country. >> thank you. >>> up next here a new government report warns billions of your d

community, within yemen itself, when you add all of this into the mix you've got al qaeda in the arabian peninsulalocal al qaeda force joined forces with the saudi arabian branch. the new group is calling itself in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, or aqap. it has claimed responsibility for planting bombs on two planes last year. the group was also believed to be behind the underwear bomb plot, of failed attempts to bring down a detroit-bound jetliner in december of 2009. we want to talk more about this. dena al mamoun is the spokesman for amnesty international and joins us now. thank you very much for joining us. with the president in saudi arabia recuperating and the interim leader, a vice president in place, there's a lot of concern of a power vacuum in the country. we've got tribal leaders, tribal groups saying they want some element of parallel, at least trying to bring down or calm the violence protests taking place right now. there's a massive power vacuum. when you look at problems like al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> but however we have seen that since at least friday, there's been

so it is by no means certain that al qaeda and the arabian peninsula would not try to take advantagehemselves into the power structure that follows saleh. >> and professor, come into the conversation, as you do, i'll walk into the map to help our viewers understand yemen a little bit better. you bring it up, like many countries of the region, it is more tribal-based than provinces or anything like that. you have tribes and see some al qaeda influence. i'm saying influence in the light orange. when you look at this, and understand the tribes, as you know them well, a, how much influence does the united states have? >> i think the united states has influence throughout saudi arabia. the saudis are as invested as not having al qaeda in yemen as we are. so it's crucial that the saudis help bring about a national unity government that will prevent al qaeda from forming. the other thing that we have to keep in mind is that president saleh has constantly used the al qaeda threat to extract concessions and money and military equipment from the united states, and from saudi arabia. so his rel

ally on the arabian peninsula whose future is now very much in doubt. here's the latest: president saleh has had surgery in saudi arabia after being wounded in an attack on his palace. a truce agreed too by major tribes is not holding everywhere and the u.s. ambassador met with the country's new acting president. the shock-waves are being felt all the way to washington where whit johnson begins our coverage. >> reporter: elation in the streets of yemen's capitol, anti-government demonstrators celebrated the exit of president ali abdullah saleh. the embattled leader who clung to power for almost 33 years is being treated in saudi arabia after being injured in a rocket attack on his presidential compound friday. reporter iona craig is in yemen and says reaction to his departure is mixed. >> they've certainly been celebrating over the last 24 hours as the news spread that president saleh left the country but in the north of the city again, there are shelling and mortar explosions at night, and not early hours of the morning as well. >> reporter: human-righ

the us people who are members alongside in the arabian peninsula then i think the real worry is that in the experience this war to the point where so many people join up with al qaeda. u.s. is under fire for the expansion of its drone attacks in pakistan and yemen we question whether the strategy is helping to fight terrorism in the region. the greek prime minister is facing a crucial confidence vote in parliament to determine whether he'll be able to secure another injection of cash from the e.u. and save the country from plunging into deeper crisis on monday you finance ministers for the pressure on greece they gave us two weeks to pass fresh budget cuts and tax increases missions that must be met to secure a previously agreed installment of twelve billion. dependents party wants britain out of the e.u. so the uncertainty of the next payment for greece is understandable. they've got frozen feet about but about the whole deal i mean greece is really not a very large economy and. in the present seventy billion with probably more to come in twelve months time and i mean look where's i

starts shit people who are members of our clyde in new arabian peninsula then i think the real worry is let it be expanded as war to that point where so many people join up with the. u.s. is on the expansion of its drone attacks in pakistan and women we question of whether the strategy is helping to fight terrorism or foster it. the greek prime minister is facing a crucial confidence vote in parliament term and whether he'll be able to secure a. actual cash from you and save the country from plunging into deep crisis on monday finance ministers pressure on greece they gave athens two weeks to pass fresh budget cuts tax increases that must be met to secure a. twelve billion euro. independence party and. says the uncertainty of the next payment from greece is understandable. they want frozen feets about but about the whole deal i mean greece is really not a very large economy and what are you talking while in the present seventy billion with probably more to come in twelve months time and i mean look where is it all going to when i mean the what's basically happening is that the taxpay

starts to hit people who are members alongside a new arabian peninsula then i think the real worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al qaeda. the u.s. is under fire for the expansion of its drone attacks in pakistan and yemen we question whether the strategy is helping to fight terrorism in the region or fostering. this week the unrest in syria continued with around twenty people reportedly killed in the latest outbreak of violence between security forces and demonstrators they are continuing to go out on the streets calling on president assad of asa to step down and this is despite his speech on monday in which he promised liberal reforms in return for a man to the violence and a three month long crackdown has reportedly left fourteen hundred people dead. landis director at the center for middle east studies told r.t. that the situation in the country might be a deadly stalemate. if europe wanted to starve syria they could do it in the same way that europe star iraq of course once you go down the road if the government doesn't crumble as it d

strategy one hundred members along the new arabian peninsula and then i think the real worry is that experience this war to the point where so many people join up with all the u.s. is under fire for the expansion of its drone attacks in pakistan and yemen we question whether the strategy is helping to fight terrorism in the region or from history. but first the greek prime minister is facing a crucial confidence vote in parliament it will determine whether it will be able to secure another attraction of task from the e.u. and save the country from plunging into deeper crisis on monday you find out ministers piled further restaurant greece. to pass fresh budget cuts and tax increases conditions that must be secure a previously agreed installment of twelve billion euro. dartmouth's u.k. independence party wants britain out of the e.u. says the uncertainty over the next payment for greece is understandable. they've got crews in feet about that but about the whole deal i mean greece is really not a very large economy and what do you want to do in the present but seventy billion with prob

starts to hit people who are members of the new arabian peninsula and then i think the real worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al qaeda. the u.s. is under fire for the use of drone attacks in pakistan and yemen we question whether the strategy is helping to fight terrorism in the region or. plus japan's nuclear disaster under-estimated visit fukushima city declared safe by distorting is to find radiation levels there are one thousand times the norm. two people have reportedly been killed in syria after security forces opened fire at the funerals of protesters and comes as demonstrations continue on the streets calling on president bush to step down despite his speech on monday in which he promised liberal reforms in return for an answer to the violence. a three month long greg down has reportedly left fourteen hundred people dead they also lead as director at the center for middle east studies told r.t. that the situation in the country my be deadly stalemate. if you want it to starve syria they could do it in the same way that europe sta

starts to hit people who are members of the new arabian peninsula and then i think the real worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people showing up at all qaeda their security yemen over the killing of scores of civilians by the drone strikes in want to attack there the american military presumably evening at an al qaida training camp ended up killing dozens of women and children in another strike a year ago a drone mistakenly killed a deputy governor in yemen his family and aides with the expansion of the wrong war it seems the u.s. is seeking only in the south in the fighting al qaida analysts say some of the main theories of this new war the facepalm are not having to take into account the border of the mayhem that they're bombing and the lack of accountability when it comes to their meters that had not carried out the last battle let me ask you where the american is marty and fostering terror at the same time i am going to check out with pretty. hard. to have a child diagnosed with a rare into saving disease is every parent's worst nightmare knowing that a

al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula operating from yemen fried multiple times to attack us. we had some success in 2009, in 2010 with our strategy. we worked with the yes , yemens to take action against imminent threats and also helped the yemen government to deliver basic services and security to its people. we're hopeful that future yemen leaders will be solid counterterrorism partners once the political situation there is resolved. somalia has not had a functioning central government for 20 years. the main terrorist group has links with al-qaeda and conducted a major attack outside of somalia last july killing 76 people in uganda. a defense launched earlier this year by somalia and partner nation forces reduced the territorial control and caused defections. clearly, more needs to be done to consolidate political control over the newly liberated areas. we have also begun a more intensive outreach to the somalia diaspora and civil society to foster peaceful reconciliation. in conclusion, the threat is per midble, but we're making progress. the strategic approach is counteri

believe that i don't know for sure i'm certain either opin you know groups like al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or these some of these americans who speak good english who've raised in prominence but in my view there was only one man who would replace asama bin ladin and i think there was consensus there i do believe actually al qaeda is remarkably an organization that does appeal. it islamic concept of shura to a kind of consensus and i think that dialogue did take place before you formally announced it rather than him being seen to unilaterally demand power in self do you think the west america should be worried about a threat in some ways where the group wants to reassert itself now it has a new leader some suggest it could be a massive attack imminent. well you might say that anybody who's new in the job might want to do something spectacular to impose their name to something that's true but also. as you mentioned is basically cell structures around the world and some of bin ladin was not directing these in any sort of immediate sense in any operational sense and. also what he will not be d

the united states is increasing the drone attacks against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. am i reading this properly? >> you're seeing al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the yemen branch, really taking an aggressive stance. they're actually taking over areas in yemen itself, in the southern province which is a key strong hold of al qaeda there. >> it seems to me that one of the arguments that we have heard with regularity for the united states support of president saleh is that he had given his permission to basically let the united states run military operations against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, but if the opposition forces as well say we will let you run those same operations even if president saleh is gone, then does the united states care as much if in fact president saleh stays in saudi arabia and never returns to yemen? >> reporter: that is a very important consideration and the opposition here has stressed that to the united states, that if they were to come into power, in any new regime after president saleh, they would certainly be willing to be as aggres

the problem first of all i've heard from many people that often the threat of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is. completely overstated that it's really not as dangerous or as big of a threat in the u.s. as we think it is and so fine but in a way strike away the militants that you think are in the region but this is still a country that is torn up by civil war there are a number of factions that are involved and so if you just want anti-american sentiment to continue to rise there whatever the central government may being event it's not to look at forty miles away i agree with that and i think we tend to forget this is another tribal area yemen like afghanistan and pakistan are all very tribal and this is where again we need to figure out the targets really are al qaeda which are not and figure out how to bring a government back in place and this is is what i've been critical of the drone strikes in pakistan we have too often gone after someone and killed him but in the process killed five going to since this is what we can do and this is why i'm a big proponent of going in physically boots o

the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which is the sort of offshoot of al qaeda that exists in yemen is probably and intelligence sources agree on this probably the most dangerous al qaeda offshoot outside of the one in pakistan. so if this is the one, if you remember, that planned the printer cartridge bombs. >> the toner cartridges were going to be sent on the airplanes and blown up sent over to chicago. >> i don't tend to hype these things, those were very sophisticated bombs so clearly, there is a pretty advanced, technically advanced terrorist organization out there and al qaeda is actually gaining right now strength in yemen. >> in yemen, we are seeing the complete breakdown of civil society. the rebels are pushing back against an autocratic regime that's been helpful to the united states and we see chaos emerging and in that chaos you see al qaeda and the arabian peninsula will cement a foothold to cement a launching pad that we ought to be terrified of. >> president salei is finding himself battered, pushed from all sides including the international community. so he is withdr

what you have is al qaeda on the arabian peninsula already gaining breathing space.ing the west. this is a near term real problem for the united states. >> is this, in fact, like afghanistan, pre-9/11? >> well, i'm not sure i'd put it in that category. certainly yemen has been talked about as a failing state. we could be seeing it marching toward failed state status. but this is really a country with a perfect storm of problems. you have demographic pressures, economic problems, resource issues like diminishing oil returns and water reserves that are very low. and you've got militantcy and extremism, tribal fractures. so you've got a host of real big problems here that are now emerging with president saleh not being able to control the country. >> i want to talk about him in just a second. first, talk to me about those problems on the ground. it really is the perfect storm. especially for people who live there. this is a very poor country. resources were already tough. now as we're hearing, water can be difficult to get. how much could that play into islamic extremis

. >> across the a grin -- arabian peninsula, the conflict also rages in syria appear -- a report strongly suggests that syrian security forces committed crimes against humanity while trying to crush protests. at the government in syria has promised an inquiry into the death of a 13-year-old boy that has sparked international outrage a warning -- you may find some of the images in the next report disturbing. this is the face of serious trouble, 13-year old hamza al- khatib, allegedly tortured and killed by the syrian secret police. images are all over the internet, and many are too horrific to show. they are impossible to verify area his death has sparked fresh protests against syrian leaders and drawn international condemnation. >> i can only hope that this child did not die in vain, but the syrian government will and the brutality and began a transition to real democracy. >> so what happened to the 13- year-old? it seems just a month ago, hamza al-khatib was picked up during a protest in deraa. lau as weak, his body was returned. his family says they were threatened. they found evidence

this morning, when you are over your breakfast cereal, there is somebody in al qaeda in the arabian peninsulaanning an attack against the united states. >> reporter: that group is headed by anwar al awlaki. carried out by people who are flying under the radar. >> he is really reaching out to english speakers, to people, again, as we said, hold the right kind of paperwork or passports, that can get into the country. >> reporter: he was in direct contact with the ft. hood shooter before the november massacre. next month, his group sent the underwear bomber. ten months later the group tried to blow up u.s. planes with printer bombs. >> they are getting very innovative about how they try to defeat our countermeasures and carry out a successful attack. and that makes them incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: it's that danger that has america's top cops sweating what could be a long, hot summer. for "nightline," i'm pierre hot summer. for "nightline," i'm pierre thomas in washington.the story . a team with pride... guts... and last season... zero wins. [ groans ] [ male announcer ] but it's a new day

this violence and instability has allowed militants to extend their influence in the arabian peninsula and to the south of the country. it is a growing concern to the west. what started as part of the arab uprising has turned into a power struggle which could leave an already troubled country in chaos. >> joining me is a sense -- and associates for the carnegie endowment for social change. yemen appears to be on the brink. can this be resolved, or is it too late? >> there is always the potential for the violence to stop as soon as they accept that the president needs to step down. >> al qaeda seems to be asked in a position to profit from this. what should the u.s. response be to any increased terrorist threat? banks that the situation in yemen deteriorates, the security -- if the regime will not go after al qaeda, either the americans are the saudis are others will go after those targets. >> how will they do that, given the confusion that reigned at the moment? >> there is potential for more unilateral military operations like we saw and pakistan last month. >> saleh says he will not

the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which is the sort of offshoot of al qaeda that exists in yemenobably and intelligence sources agree on this probably the most dangerous al qaeda offshoot outside of the one in pakistan. so if this is the one, if you remember, that planned the printer cartridge bombs. >> the toner cartridges were going to be sent on the airplanes and blown up sent over to chicago. >> i don't tend to hype these things, those were very sophisticated bombs so clearly, there is a pretty advanced, technically advanced terrorist organization out there and al qaeda is actually gaining right now strength in yemen. >> in yemen, we are seeing the complete breakdown of civil society. the rebels are pushing back against an autocratic regime that's been helpful to the united states and we see chaos emerging and in that chaos you see al qaeda and the arabian peninsula will cement a foothold to cement a launching pad that we ought to be terrified of. >> president salei is finding himself battered, pushed from all sides including the international community. so he is withdrawing

across the arabian peninsula in yemen, the protests continue with tens of thousands to the street. supporters and critics continued to press their demands with competing rallies. in brussels, the outgoing u.s. defense secretary issued a blunt warning to nato pointing to both libya and afghanistan as places where the group is not shouldering their mission. >> indeed, if current trends and the decline of european defense capabilities are not halted and reversed, future u.s. political leaders, those for whom the cold war was not informed of experience that it was for me, may not consider the return on america's investment in nato worth the cost. >> the defense secretary's comments come after a visit to afghanistan earlier this week and right now the afghan president is in pakistan for a two-day meeting with his counterpart. this is the first visit to the neighboring countries since the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden on pakistani soil. the current cia chief and president of thomas take to replace -- at president obama's picked to replace the current defense chief is in afghanist

starts to hit people who are members of the new arabian peninsula then i think the real worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al qaeda their security in. yemen over the killing of scores of civilians by the drone strikes in one attack there the american military presumably at an all kind of training camp ended up killing dozens of women and children in another strike the year ago a drone mistakenly killed a deputy governor in yemen his family and eight with the expansion of the wrong war it seems to go on to seeking only in the south illegal mining on quieter and they say some of them may be turning them visible on the face smartly not having to make it work on the borders of the state and the pair of bombings and the lack of accountability when it comes to the city and that feature is that more paradoxically one strategy is what the mayor is marketing and fostering terror at the same time i am getting. closer programs continue just let you know later this we tell you the story of a us world war two veteran who is outraged by what he believes

al qaeda and the arabian peninsula operating out of yemen have tried multiple times to attack us. we had some success in 2009 and 2010 with our strategy and worked with the yemenis to take action against imminent threats and deliver basic services and security to its people. we are hopeful the future leaders will be salles with counterterrorism partners once the political situation is resolved. somalia hasn't had a central government for years. the main terrorist group al-shabaab has links with al qaeda and conducted a major attack out of somalia killing 76 people in ugonda and launched by the partner nation forces has reduced the territorial control and defections from al-shabaab. more needs to be done to consolidate the political control over the newly liberated area. we've also begun a more intense as outreach to the diaspora in a civil society to foster peaceful reconciliation. in conclusion, the threat is formidable but we are making progress. our strategic approach of capacity building countering violent extremism and broader regional cooperation provides us with of the tool

he's talking about aqap, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula.ys, quote, aqap is intensely focused on conducting a new near-term attack against the united states and poses an immediate terrorist threat to u.s. interests and the homeland. al qaeda and its affiliate aqap are still actively plotting attacks with the principal goal of successfully striking the u.s. homeland. that is why this is so important. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has already proven it can reach out and touch inside the united states. you only have to look at the 2009 christmas day so-called underwear bombing attack attempt against that detroit airliner. aqap al qaeda in yemen backing that. that is why there is so much concern. that is why this covert war is ramping up. >> peter bergen, let me ask you about the president of the country, yemen's president is in saudi arabia recovering from surgeries because of being burned, shrapnel woonsd a collapsed lung in an attack suffered last week. him being out of the country, how does that play into the u.s. ability to do this in y

expect more bombs to fall on yemen when the us starts to hit people who are members of the new arabian peninsula then i think the real worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al qaeda their security. yemen over the killing of scores of civilians by the drone strikes in one attack there the american military presumably ming at an al qaida training camp ended up killing dozens of women and children in another strike a year ago a drone mistakenly killed a deputy governor in yemen his family and eight with the expansion of the wrong war it seems to go once the seeking only a misnomer legally binding on the client or analysts say some of them may be in terms of this new role the phrase smart not having to take into account the force of the nation the pair of bombings and the lack of accountability when it comes to the community that features that more paradox the web strategy let me ask you what that america is fighting and fostering terror at the same time i am going to check our reporting. marley's eric margolis american a columnist and war correspondent say

middle east and i think they're very keen to have a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who was injured recently he used al qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then use those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states can attack drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's fine we go for al qaeda so our influence there shouldn't be questioned so i think we should be slightly cynical about those claims. that israel is also using it terrorism fears to withhold money from palestinians tax and customs fees collected on behalf of the palestinian autonomy are supposed to be used to pay wages over several times israel has refused to one day with the cash saying it could be used to fund the attacks and this person who reports with hamas now likely to enter a unity government alongside fatah palestinians are even less likely to see their money. i look our other week gods the palestinian ministry