they are members of boko haram. they are looking to create a muslim state in the north of country. >> what is the latest you know about the attack, ahmed idris. >> the military have been deployed in large numbers to the scene of the crime and are running in investigations. like you said, more than 40 people have been said to have been killed in the attack. the military have not given an official figure. they are more in control of the situation at the moment, and official figures come from them. what locals are saying is that more than 50 may have been killed in the attack that took place last night. i have a report suggesting 18 people with gunshot wounds have been taken to hospital. what we know at the moment - dozens have been killed, a dozen has been injured and the military deployed in full force to the down to beef up security and investigate the incident. >> boko haram is behind the incident, says the military, but it has not been confirmed. is the nature of the attacks changing at all? >> the military - i sp

boko haram fighters in nigeria in military uniforms shot and killed dozens of people.is what he called the nightmares of resent history and he won the run of election by a landslide and return to democratic rule following a coup more than a year and a half ago, french soldiers helped defeat fighters who set up an islamic state in mali and they attended the inauguration in the capitol. south african police have been accused of presenting fabricated evidence in the killing of 34 striking miners and shot dead at the mines in august last year. the government commission said it's now suspending its hearings. voters in swaziland are casting ballots in parliamentary elections and 65 seats allocated by the king and he selects the cabinet and prime minister and we report from manzini where people are divided whether the polls will change their lives. >> reporter: she is making policy for grandchildren and it is cooked with boiling water and she is 70 years old and never had running water or electricity and grew up poor in swaziland and going to the parliamentary elections on fr

total upwards of seventy have died over the weekend in three attacks believed to be the work of boko haram that's increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure johnson is founder of the viewpoint africa website and says the cells ultimately directed by al qaida. and all these groups are all joined together but i'll shut babin somalia or the wider m.l.a. in in mali or the. across west africa these jihadist cells are all only blueprints on the organizational al-qaeda under very very strict. their focus is the same the ideology is the same and the they also want to do the spectacular in terms of the sort of attacks on it can do and they always keen on grabbing the headlines and they're very strict sometimes you drive away due to you know of the religious divide in specially christians and muslims and in countries like nigeria which is very already splits on ethnic and religious grounds it is that much easier for muslims to be pushed to the edge muslims many of them who are don't have anything to do with to be marginalized and then themselves become. elements for these groups because they are

the fighters of the group boko haram allegedly opened fire on students while they were sleeping. ahmed idris is in abuja nigeria. >> the situation is calm. security forces are assuring lobing else everything is under control. soldiers and police men have been combing the areas. saturday night's attack happened two weeks after public schools reopened to a new academic calendar. three months ago the government shut down all public schools because of an attack that killed more than 22 students in that state. the situation in the north-east especially is becoming more and more precarious. in the last two or three weeks more than 200 have been killed in attacks blamed on boko haram insurgents. following the declaration of state of emergency three months ago, the situations here, why the state of emergency has been declared has improved with less and less attacks and normalcy returning to the states. in the last five or four weeks there has been an upsurge in the number of attacks carried out by boko haram. people are beginning to think that the bad old days are back. >> ahmed idris re

in the neighboring state, the next day suspected boko haram launched an attack and killed many peoplet the military said it launched retaliatory attack and killed nine attackers in the state. >> reporter: thank you very much, amid in the capitol of nigeria for us. they are finding survivors after a mudslide buried dozens of people and it has two storms and destroyed bridges and villages and 97 have died. and david mercer has more. >> this is the result of days of torrential rains and dozens of bridges and roads laid to waste, thousands of homes destroyed and tens of thousands of people made homeless and people wait for rations flown any by the military and without food and water for days and desperate for help. >> we just want medicine and support, something to eat. >> more than 1 million people have been affected by two tropical storms that slammed into mexico last weekend and teams are finding more bodies as they reach isolated areas. survivors say the mudslides came out of no where. >> translator: i was walking down the street near a store when i heard a loud noise. and i just stoo

the military has blamed boko haram fighters for the attack.ecurity operatives say the inability of them to carry out bomb attacks is responsible for the recent targeting of what they called soft spots. over the last month these attacks are mainly students and commuters led to more than 200 deaths. the nigerian president said the new attacks required a new approach. >> we need to look at different ways of handling what we're trying. the crisis came down, but we're looking at things between those terrorist places where you don't expect them to come. >> reporter: almost all those killed in sunday's attack by boko haram, chsz it wants to establish islamic laws in the north, the attack shows that the strategy adapted by the security forces allows vigilantes to arrest boko haram members has ngerred the group. they think it's a mistake to allow vigilantes to take them on. >> you need to go on the offensive to tack the problem, because one thing is that boko haram is not a terrorist organization. it's an international terrorism organization with affil

the group's attacks on educational institutions are in bedded in its name itself boko haram it actually can be translated as quote western education is a sin it is the islamists the third attack on a school in nigeria's northeastern state in just four months and among other common targets for boko haram are christian communities and of course the church's. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today europe is witnessing a surge in support for far right parties a right wing populists of just swept to power norway a greece's golden dawn is the country's third largest political group and then austria the right wing freedom party has scooped up almost a quarter of the vote in sunday's general election a short while ago i spoke to peter oliver in vienna. well the big story from sunday's ballot is that the far right freedom party in austria picked up almost a quarter of the vote now what that means is that they've really increased the amount of of their popularity here in the country they campaigned this time on a not just an immigration policy but also on a policy on a very much a euro skeptic

on a school in nigeria's northeastern state in just four months among other common targets for boko haram are christian communities and of course the churches. the israeli prime minister is on a mission to thwart iran's recent efforts to unfreeze its relations with the west of benjamin netanyahu claims that terrans sweet talk is just a trick to buy the country's nuclear program more time and he's actually vowing to prove it in the white house and at the u.n. general assembly. reports. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the united states where he will be meeting with the american president barack obama and also addressing the united nations general assembly the focus of that address and his meetings will be on iran and here the israeli prime minister's message is quite simple don't trust the rain ians netanyahu has ordered his government members not to give comments regarding the recent phone call between the reigning and american presidents in fact he's ordered them not to talk at all regarding the whole issue of iran and this is presumably to avoid any kind of embarrassm

it was suspected to be boko haram. >> 30 died in an explosion in pakistan.the third attack in a week. this happened near a crowded market and police station. >> we told you about problems in mali. we are hearing that the mallian army are exchanging gunfire in kidal. there was an explosion there at a storage facility for the united nations world food program kouds of kiddale. clearly a center of conflict with the army and rebels. we'll check in on that later. >> now to our top story, the revelations about the al-shabab attack on the westgate mall. >> joining us via skype steve hans hansen an associate professor. what do you make of these revelations, it seems the kenyan government had warning that al-shabab was planning this, a big scale attack outside of somalia. >> yes, it's hard to say for now. there has been the creation of committee for inquiry into the processes surrounding the westgate attack, and will probably inquire into the leadings and dealings of the kenyan intelligence services. it may be that there have been voices within the intelligence servi

society or some history of this the nigerian army is waging a counter-insurgency campaign against boko haram pushing his fighters into hiding all across borders is not stop the militants those who just some of the thais koda bux. sit on the news wall there well in march suicide bombers detonated a car bomb at a bus station it killed sixty five mostly christians two months later boko haram organize a complex raid on an army base in jail that killed fifty five freed more than one hundred prisoners to at the same time and in july it's militants attacked a boarding school slaughtering forty two students and teachers more bodies were found they were so charred they couldn't be identified in august an attack on nigerian troops left thirty five dead including soldiers and militants again these are just some of the attacks but they show the region in the willingness of bach or hard to kill. in bahrain the opposition's found that speaking means getting locked up as the main force behind the anti-government protest movements jailed there with members of one opposition group behind bars for supposedly

in the last five or four weeks there has been an upsurge in the attacks carried out by boko haram. people are thinking that the bad old days are back. >> boko haram is looking for an islamic state in nigeria. >> the tourists are rescued after a boat caught fire in london. the drama happened in the river thames after flames went up on the vessel. passengers jumped into the water to scope. the tourists were riding on a duck boat. everyone was pulled to safety. according to fire officials no one was seriously injured. >> he's an heir to one of the wealthiest thrones in the world. there's now concerns over the business deals of his land and property company. what happens when a huge investment in a sports stadium does not pay off? that's coming up on al jazeera america. >> if you build it they will come. it's not the key line from the movie "field of dreams" it's the premise of professional sports team eager for new stadiums. in miami the premises and promises fell short. residents will pay for it. al jazeera's correspondent has the story. >> it's been another lacklustre season for the

now the groups attacks on educational institutions are actually embedded in its own name boko haram it can actually be translated as quote western education is a sin it is the islamists the third attack on a school in nigeria's northeastern state in just four months and among other common targets for boko haram are christian communities and of course their churches. i will i thank you for joining us here on r t the israeli prime minister is on a mission to thwart iran's recent efforts to unfreeze its relations with the west a benjamin netanyahu claims terrans sweet talk is just a trick to try and buy the country's nuclear program more time and he's actually vowing to prove it in the white house and at the u.n. general assembly paula filed the report all these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the united states where he will be meeting with the american president barack obama and also addressing the united nations general assembly the focus of that address and his meetings will be on iran and here the israeli prime minister's message is quite simple don't trust the rain ian

total upwards of seventy have died over the weekend in three attacks they believe to be the work of boko haram that's increasingly targeting vulnerable civilian infrastructure we spoke to the founder of the viewpoint africa website he told us the cells ultimately directed by al qaeda. we and all these groups are all joints to get beat but are shut babin somalia or the wider m.l.a. in in mali or in the we're joined across west africa these jihadist cells are all of the blueprints on the organizational under very very strict. their focus is the same she said and the they also want to do the spectacular in terms of the sort of attacks on they can do and they always keen on grabbing the headlines and they're very strict in trying to drive her away to be a religious divide in specially christians and muslims and in countries like nigeria which is very already splits on ethnic and religious grounds in which is that much easier for muslims to be pushed to the edge muslims many of them who are don't have anything to do with to be marginalized. themselves become. elements for these groups because they

central group in saudi arabia including members of the monarchy i might add well with this attack boko haram has again lived up to its name the literal translation is western education is a sin but the militants haven't shied away from killing islamic scholars not radical enough for their liking either thousands have died in the group's attacks since two thousand and nine when it launched an insurgency across north eastern nigeria. investigators have searched the ship greenpeace activists used during a protest in the arctic sea earlier this month logs and equipment will confiscated from the vessel thirty eight were arrested off they try to board a russian oil platform. as. the investigation is still continuing we understand that specialists from the investigative committee of the russian prosecutor general's office. are searching the ship they've already seized documents and equipment on board that ship to determine what the intentions of the greenpeace activists were on september eighteenth when they tried to board the oil rig in the sea they also shed some light on what exactly happened th

these groups are thought to have helped the military capture hundreds of the boko scattered haram fighters. the latest attack is the third in a week. at least 20 vigilantes were killed in earlier acts. human rights activists warn at that abuses may occur since they have no legal standing. one is the burning of a senior politician's home in july blamed on a vigilante group. mike is a former director of security services. mike being up to 24 vigilantes were killed in an ambush when they tried to arrest members of boko scattered haran. doesn't that highlight using them for what the government calls terrorists? >> from the reports i cannot actually confirm the casualties of civilians, but it should be noted that these civilians is a small group that has come out to assist the security forces to root out the boko haram. my worry is that they -- it's that they cannot embark on officials who tout the assistance of the rebel forces. i think there is providing of informati information. >> how do the military -- if you even know, how do the military regard these vigilantes? do they accept them and w

attackers went room to room gunning down young men and those who tried to flee the terror group boko haram is believed to be behind the atrocity it comes just a week after the kenyan shopping mall attack on islam a slaughtered at least sixty eight the founder of the viewpoint africa website told us deep social problems have led to the surge of violence on the continent. pulled these groups all the joints to. be butt out. the y. the m.l.a. in in mali or if the were jewish across west africa these jihadi cells are all of the blueprints on the organization of the west has already declared terrorism leads to islam is in islam is in links to fundamentalism and ultimately muslims when you're dealing with an ideology when you're dealing with a mindset and indicates all these groups they believe they can do no wrong because they think they believe they're getting their group from god so it's not the extent it becomes very difficult to dislodge difficult time. generational problem alternately the the use would be the ones who would be that be educated better be mindful of what can go wrong when the

gunmen walking dorm to dorm as panic students ran for their lives it's believed to be the work of boko haram nature is dominant islamist terrorist cell the group has increasingly been targeting schools and is believed to have killed upwards of eighty people last week alone and more or less knowledge of this with former if a.o.p. and diplomat mohammed mr duncan welcome to see so we're seeing that islamist attacks have surged recently in the central and northern africa or do you think driving them. well this one have to see what happened for the last thirty years and more in nigeria. is the most populous african country. after the oil crisis in the eighty's that nigeria had went into a deep crisis in the past nigeria was even recipient of the immigrant workers after nine hundred eighty four one million workers have been changed the way it is of the country have been also the constitution change and it is federalized. from know that the first islamic movement to started in the north which is a very backward one which is called motor city distributing key for the haven for the population it is t

there has been a series of attacks by boko haram fighters. civilians formed a civilian task force to oppose the groups snoox kenya - six years ago when thousands were forced to flee their homes as violence swept the country following an election. the government has begun the final resettlement of about 8,000 people living in internal displacement camps. each household will receive $4,600 to start their new lives. >> let's go to one of those camps. what is the reaction to this sort of thing? i wonder what $4,600 gets you after relocation after being in a camp for six years. >> six years is a long time. i have been speaking to some of the displaced people. they were telling me that really this is extraordinary. they are happy that they are getting the 4,000. it's not enough, but it is a start. they say they have been living in the camps for six years. they told me they have been living in squaller and are tired of living in tents. $4,600 is not enough to build a house or buy land, which is important. it is a step to move them forward. >> two th

now the groups attacks on educational institutions are embedded in its name itself in fact boko haram commit translated as western education is a sin it is the islamists third attack on a school in nigeria's northeastern state in just four months among other common targets for book of christian communities and of course the churches as well. meantime here on our to the israeli prime minister is on a mission to thwart iran's recent efforts to unfreeze its relations with the west at about benny minute netanyahu he claims that tehran sweet talk is just a trick to try and buy the country's nuclear program more time means vying to prove it in the white house and at the united nations general assembly artie's middle east correspondent paula now looking at what to expect from the israeli leaders so-called counter offensive the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the united states where he will be meeting with the american president barack obama and also addressing the united nations general assembly the focus of that address and his meetings will be on iran and here the israeli p

started killing people some in their sleep at the gunman are believed to be from the terrorist sect boko haram recently stepped up its attacks on civilians and this latest incident showing the scale of terror and gulf in africa come shortly after the deadly shopping mall attack in kenya io johnson the founder of the viewpoint africa website explained why the continent has become a hub for terrorist cells. all these groups are all joined together but i'll shut babin somalia or the wider m.l.a. in in mali or the. across west africa these jihadist cells are all only blueprints on the organizational the west has already declared terrorism leads to islam is in islam is in leads to fundamentalism and ultimately muslims when you're dealing with an ideology when you're dealing with a mindset and in the case all these groups they believe they can do no wrong because i think they believe they're getting their group from god so to that extent it becomes very difficult to dislodge them all the time you're looking at the generational problem alternately the the use would be the ones who would be that the e

dorm a treat to dormitory as panic students ran for their lives it's believed to be the work of boko haram nigeria's dominant islamist terrorists the group has increasingly been targeting schools and is believed to have killed upwards of eighty people last week alone moving right through from african conflicts analyst who's worked with the u.n. says the wave of attacks on the continent can be traced back to saudi arabia. i think we haven't tackled the central or the terrorism central which is derived from saudi arabia the ideology and the logistics are all coming out of saudi arabia and the world wakes up to the fact that we have to go and tackled this at the root of the problem then we'll see an increase off attacks across africa like we've seen recently in kenya and now in nigeria they are different groups they're probably drawn to cooperate within africa but that they are being supplied logistically in terms of training and fighting now inspired by a central group in saudi arabia including members of the monarchy i might add well with this attack the book of iran has again lived up to i

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with this time boko haram has again lived up to its name in the literal translation is western education is a sin but the militants haven't shied away from killing islamic scholars and transco now for their liking either thousands have died in the groups attacks since two thousand and nine when it launched an insurgency across northeastern nigeria. share activists sentence by a bahraini court on sunday have accused the government of be saying waterboarding and electrocuting them but the authorities say they're all part of an illegal opposition group linked to terrorists twenty of the fifty people put behind bars were tried in absentia here while those for hasn't plan to appeal and side use of. head of mon training at the bahrain center for human rights told r.t. what the group discovered about police tactics there. we as a human rights group we are reporting on a daily basis that. security and massive media and from security forces they are in a bigger house on a daily basis broking than those people inside the home sometimes receiving money and also what's happening on the ground protes

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the attackers one room to room gunning down young men and those trying to flee the terror group boko haram is believed to be behind this atrocity and comes just a week after the kenyan shopping mall attack on islamic slaughtered at least sixty eight the founder of the viewpoint africa website told us deep social problems have led to a surge of violence on the continent all these groups are all joined together but i'll shut babin somalia or why the and. in mali or the we're joined across west africa these jihadi cells are all on the blueprints on the organizational chart the west has already declared terrorism leads to islam is in islam is in links to fundamentalism and ultimately muslims when you're dealing with an ideology when you're dealing with of mind states and in the case all these groups they believe they can do no wrong because as far as their. from god so choose not to extent it becomes very difficult to dislodge difficult time. generational alternately the the use would be the ones who would be there be educated be mindful of what can go wrong when they join these groups and ult

over seventy have died over the weekend in three attacks and they're believed to be the work of boko haram continuing a deadly trant of targeting vulnerable civilian infrastructure by the radical group i have johnson founder of the viewpoint africa website says the cell is ultimately directed by. the and the old newsgroups are all joined together but i'll shut bob in somalia or the why the m.l.a. in in mali or if the were joy across the west africa these jihadist cells are all under the blueprints on the organizational chart right there on the very very strict. their focus is the same they are judged the same and they they also want to do the spectacular in terms of the sort of attacks on they can do and they always keen on grabbing the headlines and their very streets in charge you drive away you too you know of the religious divide in specially christians and muslims and in countries like nigeria which is very already splits on ethnic and religious grounds it makes it that much easier for muslims to be pushed to the edge muslims many of them who are don't have anything to do with to be m

attackers went room to room gunning down young men and those who tried to flee the terror group boko haram is believed to be behind the atrocity it comes just a week after the kenyan shopping mall attack when islamists slaughtered at least sixty eight the founder of the viewpoint africa website told us deep social problems have led to the surge of violence on the continent. all this groups are all joined together. i'll shut bob in somalia or the wider m.l.a. in in mali or the would you across the west africa these jihadist cells are all under the blueprint on the organizational the west has already declared terrorism leads to islam is in islam is in links to fundamentalism and ultimately muslims when you're dealing with an ideology when you're dealing with a mindset and in the case all these groups they believe they can do no wrong because i think they believe they're getting their blueprint from god so it's not extent it becomes very difficult to dislodge them over time and you're looking at the generational problem ultimately the the youth will be the ones who would be that be educated b

sunday morning and started killing people that the gunman believed to be from the terrorist sect boko haram that recently stepped up its attacks on civilians and this latest incident showing the scale of terror engulfing africa come shortly after the deadly shopping mall attack in kenya and let's not discuss this further with. an african conflicts analyst who's worked with the un across the continent mr rove welcome to r.t. it's good to see to see you he said africa has long been a very volatile region of course but in recent years where seeing as such in terror why do you think a stand. well it's i think we haven't terkel the central or the terrorism central which is derived from saudi arabia the ideology of the logistics are all coming out of saudi arabia and alas the world wakes up to the fact that we have to go in turkle this at the root of the problem then we'll see an increase of attacks across africa like we've seen recently in kenya and now in nigeria right but is there a connection between different radical sounds like al shabaab in kenya and. in nigeria or are they completely auto

so the exact number of that is not yet clear the assault is believed to have been carried out by boko haram fighters who have already killed twenty seven people this week in total the group is being blamed for nearly two hundred deaths in nigeria this month alone all as part of a quest to form their own islamic state. well we'll bring you in deafen alice as an expert opinion on this wave of killings throughout the day here on r.t. . now this week's u.n. general assembly gathering was marked by some major diplomatic breakthrough is key foreign players reach their first agreement on syria since the start of the conflict there and of the story phone call open the prospect for real progress over international concern about iran's nuclear ambitions are just me so now we reports and changes in tone and policies hope for diplomacy progress on two fronts at the united nations a new tone in policy towards iraq and a security council resolution on chemical weapons in syria the opening union we've been hearing increasingly off to the argument that the threat or use of force which is directly precipita

johnson thank you so much for joining us here and if you talk about this well before as we know boko haram targeted foreigners or the nigerian military why go after civilians now. well i think it's a desperation acts by the militants and they've been attacked severely by the nigerian government for several months and i think they've been dented in terms of their own all round operations and this is just an extension of his group to make sure it's already propagated before that it was a serious states want sharia law and despite his anything this western and if it does believe that some institutions including education institutions its targets because it's deemed to be worse than well you know we also know that this group is a building international network i mean it's expanding its network and joining other islamist cells including al qaida so why are these groups going international well they've all got their ideology their blueprints and the knowledge on the experience that they do have strictly from al qaeda and the old these groups are all joined together the beat but i'll shut bob in

the gunmen from boko haram are fighting for an islamic state. >> as congress debates the affordable care act, across the atlandic great britain is implementing reforms to its health service. >> as the u.s. prepares for a major challenge this malth care the u.k. is facing the biggest remodelling of the health system since the birth of the number of hs. it is intended to create more sites, stream line coverage and allow for private outsourcing since it's creation, it's become the biggest health pair. every britain has access to the same care, regardless of the cost. there has been difficulties and scandals along the way. one of the biggest revealed in the 2009 investigation, uncovered hundreds of patients in two hospitals who died through negligence and poor management. the scandal exposed the nhs as caring little for the patients and more about securing and protecting their jobs. >> julie lost her mother and starred xp cure the nhs. she warns americans about creating a bureaucracy so large that abuses are undiagnosed or untreated. >> one thing they need to watch out for in america in the

. >> five members of boko haram has been reported.ilanties found out the group was planning an attack on the town. a deal has been reached in south africa putting an end to a goldmining strike. workers accepted a final wage offer by harmony, the second larmgest producer of -- largest producer of precious metals. employees protested and demanded a pay rise. the miners union asked for a 60% pay rise. south africa's gold industry is one of the biggest in the world. economic reforms in nige earia helped large-scale industries get off the ground creating much-needed employment. one success story is the cement industry. they used to spend a billion a year importing it. in the space of a few years, that has changed. we have the story. >> this limestone mine in abujana town produces 10 million tonnes of incident a year, enough to satisfy the demand of several west african companies. it's moved, crushed, mixed with clay and gym sum. it happens at the largest cement factory in africa. it produces more than 62% of cement used in nigeria for the

. >>> suspected boko haram members ambushed and killed 24 vigilant takes that tried to detain them in northeastern nigeria. >>> conservationists are fighting a losing battle to try and protect the african elephant. they say attempts to stem the flood of illegal ivory to asia are failing and the answer is to tackle demand. we have the report from kenya. >> reporter: each pair of these tusks represents a single elephants. some were old mate i can't recollects whose family depended on them. others from old bulls and the smaller ones from juveniles too small to breed. they found more than 3 tons of ivory hidden in a single container bound for asia. it was worth millions of dollars. >> this is a crime. this is not something being done by small guys. whoever is doing it is well-connected, has enough resources. >> reporter: this is what's driving the trade, the growing demand for fine ivory mostly in asia. conservationists argue there's far too much emphasis on stopping the supply and not nuch on reducing demand for what is, after all, a purely decorative item. >> if buy an ivory bangle or r

a year ago, we would have talked about boko haram in nigeria. many al qaeda threats have gone beyond regional to international. just this past summer, we see -- our 19re of error 19 embassiesembassies and consulates because of a threat from al qaeda in the arabian and samoa -- in the arabian peninsula.we thought that was a local threat. this continues to develop while we are enmeshed in taking over -- while it is. enmeshed in taking over parts of yemen. al qaeda has greater ambitions to attack the west, particularly the united states. syria, because of its geographical situation, the crossroads of the middle east and europe because of its contiguous borders with three of our closest allies, turkey, israel, and jordan, means that whatever baggage we have from afghanistan or iraq over the al qaeda threat, we are talking about something with very different consequences with perhaps repercussions that would manifest themselves far faster than a normal al qaeda time cycle. >> right back here. >> i want to build on a comment that the governor made. th