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ben wedeman is following the story. good to see you.d to start with the american tourists if you don't mind, and the two women. whaument do you know what about happened to them, who they were? >> they were two women tourists who had gone to st. catherines which is right next to mt. sinai. there they were on a bus, it was stopped, and apparently the kidnappers were looking specifically for americans. they took these two women off of the bus and took them away. now, negotiations quickly began between the budoan and authorities, egyptian authorities in the area. they wanted to have some of their tribesmen who were in prison released or retried. now, we were told that the egyptian authorities promised to do that, and therefore, the women were released just before sundown here in egypt, and they're fine. they're unharmed, and they're free now. >> at least, i suppose, is a little bit of good news. ben, you're in cairo tonight. 1400 people injured, but 2,000 people now around egypt as clashes are more widespread. what is your sense of whether

our ben wedeman is live in cairo. emember what it was like to be at the world cup what i was living in cairo. the whole country is obsessed with soccer, but this we have not seen. was this about soccer rivals, or was there something a lot more sinister going on? >> well, certainly it's hard to sort out exactly what happened there. speaking to supporters of the cairo team that was there. they say the fans were outnumbered by 10-1, that there was a good deal of hostility, some skirmishes during the game. they say that when the game ended with 3-1 port zaid, that the port fans poured on to the field and started to attack the players and then the fans, and they accuse the security forces of simply standing aside, unlocking the gate that -- that separated the two sides and just letting those port fans go after their rivals from the ali team. now, some egyptians are saying that this is part of some dark sinister plot hatched by mubarak, hosni mubarak and his close associates who are still behind bars in -- just outside of ca

ben wedeman is following the story. good to see you. i wanted to start with the american tourists if you don't mind, and the two women. whaument do you know what about happened to them, who they were? >> they were two women tourists who had gone to st. catherines which is right next to mt. sinai. there they were on a bus, it was stopped, and apparently the kidnappers were looking specifically for americans. they took these two women off of the bus and took them away. now, negotiations quickly began between the budoan and authorities, egyptian authorities in the area. they wanted to have some of their tribesmen who were in prison released or retried. now, we were told that the egyptian authorities promised to do that, and therefore, the women were released just before sundown here in egypt, and they're fine. they're unharmed, and they're free now. >> at least, i suppose, is a little bit of good news. ben, you're in cairo tonight. 1400 people injured, but 2,000 people now around egypt as clashes are more widespread. what is your sense of

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ben wedeman is following these stories in a very busy cairo. start with the stories with the two women. what happened to them? >> reporter: they were two women tourists who had gone to st. catherines, next to mount sinai. they were on a bus that was stopped. apparently the kidnappers were looking specifically for americans. they took these two women off the bus and took them away. negotiations quickly began with the egyptian authorities in the area. apparently they wanted to have some of their co-tribesmen released or retried. we were told the egyptian authorities promised to do that and therefore the women were released just before sundown here in egypt. they're unharmed and freed now. >> i suppose that's a little bit of good news. you're in cairo tonight. 1400 people injured. 2,000 people around egypt as clashes are more widespread. what is your sense of whether this is under control or spiraling even more out of control right now? >> reporter: certainly here in cairo, it's been going around the clock since yesterday. those clashes continue u

ben wedeman, cnn, cairo. >>> crackdowns on civil society organizations and businesses are creating an uneasy climate in egypt. investors are keeping a wary eye on events unfolding in the country. i caught up with a presidential hopeful, amr moussa, and asked him about egypt's bumpy economic road. that lies ahead. >> i confess that i am worried, as all egyptians, or most egyptians, and even others for egypt, that to be worried is one thing and to be pessimistic is another thing. i am not pessimistic. i am not pessimistic. and as long as we have already agreed on a roadmap, on a time frame, and we all know and feel that we have to be serious in dealing with the problems we have. you have politic, unemployment, the social situation, education, health care, et cetera, you name it. we need to address all those issues in order to get egypt back on track. >> let me be candid with you. the last five years of the mubarak government saw a lot of foreign direct investment come in, nearly $50 billion. he did not reform for the first 25 years, started that process extremely late. would you go with

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ben wedeman you see the time and time again and again they are there according to recent polls americans consider tehran to be the us is top enemy and nearly half of all citizens support a military strike against iran. when factoring in beings it's necessary for evolution is a cause with and these media reports and this constant drumbeat designs upon them afterward to tell them if you dare question reality ends they will question your marina porter r.t. new york. next tonight the shame and a disgrace to the british justice system there the final words of christopher tappin before he was handcuffed and put on board a plane to america the sixty five year old former golf club president's been extradited indeed to the u.s. over accusations that he was planning to sell commercial batteries to iran for which he stood to make a profit of a mere five hundred dollars he now faces decades in jail because of all this while to put some perspective on this and the u.s. u.k. extradition treaty let's talk now the attorney that mr mcnabb is in hoost in texas douglas good evening just to point out for yo

let's go to ben wedeman. he's in cairo with more. ben, what happened here?e understand after this game that occurred this even in port sayeed, after the game 1/2 the team known as el masri played a cairo team, the supporters for the port sayeed team poured onto the field and started to attack the players and the fans. if you look at the video, it appears there wasn't much of a security presence at the game, and the few police who were there were incapable, completely outnumbers unable to stop the vile frns occurring. we understand from hospital sources that many of the dead and wouldn't the have injuries to the head caused by blunt objects and knives it appears they were unable to stop the entry of weaponry. we understand the military has sent two airports to bring back the injured to cairo and also to bring back the cairo team. here in cairo we understand outside the team headquarters there are hundreds of angry fans, many of these fans, wolf, in the past have played a key role in the clashes with the egyptian police here in cairo. over the last year many o

ben wedeman is live in cairo. ben, there has been lots of posturing before with people who are detained, even high-level people who are detained, but there seems to be a different essence here, that there is really some fear. in fact, mr. lahood isn't feared for his safety. he fears for his future. >> reporter: yes. in fact, sam lahood who runs the international republican institute is one of several americans who have taken refuge in the u.s. embassy here in cairo, ashleigh. i got off the phone with one of those americans involved in the case, and he says their lawyers are flabbergasted, that they've been shown no documents. all their attempts to meet with justice ministry officials here in cairo have come to not, that they haven't been, for instance, served any legal documents in this case. one of the lawyers apparently saying that it's not lawyers they need in this case, it's diplomats. nothing seems to make sense. these americans are flabbergasted with the way the egyptian justice system is dealing with their c

cnn national correspondent ben wedeman in cairo joining us by phone. ? >> reporter: there are thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, who have come out on to the streets into tahrir square and around and in front of the headquarters of the football team that was from cairo that was involved in this violence yesterday, and is the case, what started as a football incident quickly becomes a political demonstrations. these tens of thousands of people are demanding that the military, the supreme council of the armed forces, the military body that took over from hosni mubarak a year ago step down and hand over power to civilians. what, you know, they are blaming the military for failing to provide proper security, not just at the port side football match but also in the country in general. we've seen a job decline in law and order over the last year, and many of the people in the streets believe or say or claim that the military is intentionally allowing the country slowly into anarchy simply to justify the conditioning -- >> and you can hear from b

ben wedeman live in cairo for us. are you hearing about this being politically motivated? >> as with everything in egypt these days, there is a political element to it. just to give you some background, it was the cairo team that had gone to this stadium to play against the local team. the team is famous for its participation in the political clashes that have taken place in egypt over the last year. in fact, in november and december, they were leading the clashes with the police. so, many of the members of that club, of the hard-core fans of that club, are accusing the police of just standing by and allowing their rival, the rival team's fans, to go after them with, as we saw, everything. rocks, bottles, sticks and in some cases, according to eyewitness accounts, firearms, as well. many people in cairo are blaming the military for not being able to maintain law and order. not just at football games. but throughout the entire country. >> are they also being blamed for causing the tragedy? i read that somewhere. >> there are members who are saying exactly that. that this wa

. >> ben wedeman, thank you very much. >>> now, the high stakes showdown against iran. there was a stunning prediction today from defense secretary leon panetta. hit my in box, i said, really. he said he believes there is a quote strong likelihood that israel will strike iran in april, may or june of this year. now, the military operation would target iran's nuclear program. a program that israel and obviously many others including the united states is developing nuclear weapons. mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee. good to see you, sir. appreciate it. do you have any sense of what leon panetta was saying in how significant his comment was? how big of a strike this might be, how unusual, what the repercussions might be? >> well, little surprised he was as aggressive in his talk as he was. we had lots of conversations in classified settings, a little taken back by how clear his prediction might be about israel's intensions. i'll tell you this, one of the things about iran is they're really pushing the envelope. we know they're aggressively pursuing

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ben wedeman has been following the story. can you tell us exactly what happened and what caused this. these images are brutal. >> reporter: what we understand is when the game ended and the team was victorious over the cairo team, the port side fans poured into the field and started to attack the cairo players as well as the fans. and what we see from the video is that there was a very inadequate security presence at this game. normally, there are lots of riot police. lots of security at these games to prevent this exact kind of thing. what we're hearing from many of the cairo fans is that security stood back, did little to prevent this violence. many of the cairo fans are members of what is known as the ultras, a group of hard core fans who follow the team around everywhere, but who traditionally have a very hostile relationship with the police. now these fans are saying that what happened was this was the revenge of the police. they just stood back and let the port side fans go after them with rocks, with sticks and stones.

ben wedeman has been following the story. tell us exactly what happened and what caused this. these images are brutal. >> reporter: what we understand is when the game ended and the team was victorious over the cairo team, the port side fans poured into the field and started to attack the cairo players as well as the fans. and what we see from the video is that there was a very inadequate security presence at this game. normally, there are lots of riot police. lots of security at these games to prevent this exact kind of thing. what we're hearing from many of the cairo fans is that security stood back, did little to prevent this violence. many of the cairo fans are members of what is known as the ultras, a group of hard core fans who follow the team around everywhere, but who traditionally have a very hostile relationship with the police. now these fans are saying that what happened was this was the revenge of the police. they just stood back and let the port side fans go after them with rocks, with sticks and stones. and in

>> great reporting, ben wedeman live in cairo. >>> breaking news at the pentagon tonight. defense secretary leon panetta says the united states and nato will end their combat mission in afghanistan next year, in 2013. cnn's pentagon correspondent chris lawrence, is this about saving money or do they truly think mission accomplished? >> reporter: john, a senior defense official said no decision made by the pentagon in this economic climate can be made without considering the financial implications in the money that's involved. look, it costs about $1 million a year for every soldier we've got in afghanistan. the pentagon had expected to spend about $80 billion next year there. that doesn't even account for state department spending. look, even some of president obama's democratic allies like senator claire makaskill have been mutualing to may money for afghanistan infrastructure programs back here to build roads here in the united states. you combine that with the fact that france announced that it was pulling out and the way european nations have slashed their defense budg

cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman is joining us from cairo with the latest. latest, ben? >> reporter: rite in and out the square is still full of people, and roads leading to the interior ministry, there are still clashes in fact there was a fire at the ejepgs tax authority. we hear that fire has not been put out. but what started in port said with a fight on a football field in cairo is much more than just sports. tear gas, thick, blinding, suffocating, chokes the cairo street. searing eyes, nose, throat and lungs. it's supposedly designed to control crowds, but it's not controlling this one. rule by force doesn't work anymore, this man tells me. anyone who thinks that is wrong. we're free and we will stay free. their operative behind the police barrier is the hated interior ministry. it's a symbol he says. some here are soccer fans enraged over the deaths of more than 70 of their comrades in port said on wednesday evening, but they've been joined by others who claim the police and military rulers did not to prevent their deaths. i hate football, says hosni,

but when we were there on the ground reporting from the ground, like ben wedeman of cnn did all lasthe ground. but it also comes at great personal risk, because when we report in this in skrdiscrimina attacks, we also become in those indiscriminate attacks. >> thank you for talking about your friend. we appreciate t. >> thank you very much. >>> five people killed in a mass shooting in georgia. it happened, of all places, in a spa. that story coming up in 60 seconds. >>> it is a place to relax, get a massage, take a steam bath. a place where you let your guard down. but a gunman suddenly burst into this health spa. this is suburban atlanta. our affiliate says at least 20 people were inside when this man opened fire. by the time this whole thing was over, five people were dead, including the suspect. >> it appears that this is a murder-suicide. there are five people dead, four inside the building, one died later at a local hospital. it appears that he walked in, had some conversation with one of the victims and the shooting started. >> police have not released the victims' names, but t