that is centered around doku umarov who has taken over several years ago of the larger chechen caucasus it's terrorist groups doku umarov has taken these groups in a much more strictly islamic fundamentalist action than ever has been before they have largely been displaced from chechnya itself due to security measures there over the last decade. but they still exist in the fringes in the hills of dog just on a round and have support from outside the country. they operate regularly in turkey in saudi arabia and they keep getting support which keeps them going despite their small numbers. or do you think needs to be done to prevent french attacks in the future. complicated question and i don't think any government in the world i was quite recognized how to stop. terrorism particularly terrorism inspired by a fundamentalist visions of islam this expansionary more difficult in russia because it is a homegrown terrorist albeit one from a very restricted southern area of the country i think the combination of what has worked best in chechnya which is a combination of large amounts of federal

the russian security services reported that a principal the to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog astonished by security forces i think we can look at this attack today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction revenge attack or the chilling with the state of local farms . and a policeman was killed trying to storm the suspect just before the bomb was detonated not clear that a great effort separate in place to prevent such tragedies. in surety has been you know high in that condition regarding the threat of terrorist attacks for the last year as we approach a countdown to the sochi olympic games the. several services of russia have already announced that they have stopped a large quite a large number of terrorist incidents throughout the last year and are constantly reporting on a number of militants they have killed. spoke to a political observer sergei struck and he believes the nature of that point that al qaeda cells operating in russia's north caucuses what is already clear now that they was a suicide bomber let me just recall one of the statements whic

russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog stand by security forces i think we can look at this time today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction force and time for the chilling this will be arms. and to terrorism advisor to the u.s. house of representatives walid for as thinks the motives of jihad as attacks like these are always the same wherever they are. we're talking about asian harvest which is linked to al qaida that is. just in russia but also in other countries including in syria as we know now now the direct motive is not different from the previous attacks on moscow on other locations inside russia and i would say is not so different from my facts that has happened around the world oh i got a c.v. it's against democracy is against countries that they want to consider as enemies most of the answers that we had around the world and of course in russia is that the chechen jihad is all those terrorist units had a greater presence and added to the geographical area in volgograd in this case and t

russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled of leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog stand by security forces i think we can look at this attack today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction revenge attack or the chilling with the local marks. well for more we're joined to live by dr you're a hottie research fellow from the institute of international institute for counterterrorism thank you for joining us what do you think could be behind this terror attack. well it seems to be a one in the long list of facts which happened before which usually is concerned with the case of if they saw that it was carried out by of this woman this woman started out by the woman of radical islam of traditional region then this sort of attack happened before in the same area a few days ago and about two months ago and in other places again even in the most itself the company again by stories to the women in one of the major. so such attack is probably the reason or the reason for such a talk is probably connected with first time to carry out such attacks at the t

russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog astonished by security forces i think we can look at this in time today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction presidential task for the chilling this will be ours and i were activist don de bar believes that the international community should bring to account the state actors that enable such terrorist attacks people on the ground who did this perhaps may be you know anonymous players just individuals who are incited one way or another but you do not move weaponized explosives into a major city without the aid of very powerful forces state actors usually and so i think that the focus should be for the entire international community to take a look already at who are the state actors that are enabling these things saudi arabia comes to mind for example and to make them the international pariah is that they should be and to impose criminal sanctions on those responsible within those governments. we will be closely following the developments and will bring you al

russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog a stand by security forces i think we can look at this time today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction presidential attack for the killing of this local arts. doctor yoram a research fellow at the international institute for counterterrorism believes that cooperation between countries is essential to avoid extremist attacks was such a not always not always easy to prevent it and as you know that takes place in other parts of the world just the same shit that last seven months ago in boston in america again by a bill originally came from chechnya for the set up to be all subject talks to be prevented we must lead a very good intelligence i think that it just will be with the hands of the company consent all they said is that they have to have of course bulk relation between countries because sometimes and it is being allowed the month place and thinks visit a different part of the loan completely. and we will be closely following the developments and we'll br

russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog astonied by security forces i think we can look at this attack today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction presidential attack or the chilling with this local farms. live now in the paula last marne investigative journalism lecturer at bruno university in the u.k. it's still unclear who exactly was behind this bomb what do you think were the attackers or the attackers motive well based on previous examples as you pointed out both a guide was suffered in the time so but it looks like it's linked to the north the north caucasus terrorism campaign it's been raging for many years now but the sense is that it may be part of the build up towards the cheerleading lympics which starts in just over a month's time. tension militant leader doku umarov had pledged terror ahead of the sochi olympics could this be part of a strategy to disrupt the games that he left behind. i think that's seems to be fairly likely obviously we don't know yet because you know there's even c

the russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled amir of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in a dog stand by security forces i think we can look at this attack today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction revenge attack for the killing of the local arts. let's cross live antiwar activists don de bar to discuss this further he's in new york don who may have masterminded this attack and what would be their goals here. yeah masterminding is i think the important part you know you're looking at the condition of either principal or agent and you know the people on the ground who did this perhaps may be you know anonymous players just individuals who were cited one way or another but you do not move weaponized explosives into a major city without the aid of very powerful forces state actors usually. here in the united states the condition of laws particularly since september eleventh is that a friend of mine a civil rights lawyer is in prison because she gave a press conference for someone that was deemed a terrorist because that was considered under american la

russian security services reported that a principal aide to the self-styled leader of the caucasus doku umarov was killed in dog astonish by security forces i think we can look at this attack today as for more than likely a very rapid reaction presidential attack for the killing of this eight local arms . of course our team is on c.n.n. we will be closely following the developments and bring you all of the latest details as we get them in you can also log on to our team dot com for a minute by minute timeline of the events in volgograd. and on to the week's top stories with our weekly program we start in turkey which has seen a wave of massive anti-government protests reminiscent of the last summer's demonstrations this time public anger was sparked by a corruption scandal and it's all more than twenty officials and a businessman arrested and led to a major cabinet reshuffle the situation escalated on friday when police launched a violent to crackdown on protesters calling on the government to step down or tease her for a three ports. it's not some uncommon sight so they stumble streets in a y

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caucasus is going to be the driving force of the terra threats that. the terrorist the terrorist threats are a loosely based coalition that is often well the islamic caliphate. that is centered around doku umarov who has taken over several years ago of the larger chechen caucasus terrorist groups doku umarov has taken these groups in a much more strictly islamic fundamentalist action than ever has been before they have largely been displaced from chechnya itself due to security measures there over the last decade but they still exist in the fringes in the hills of dog just on a round and have support from outside the country. they operate regularly in turkey in saudi arabia and they keep getting support which keeps them going despite their small numbers. what do you think needs to be done to prevent french attacks in the . complicated question and i don't think any government in the world that is. it's recognized how to stop. terrorism particularly terrorism inspired by a fundamentalist visions of islam this is expression more difficult in russia because it is a homegrown terrorist albeit one from a very restricted southern area of the country i think the combination of what has worked best in

caucasus and is going to be the driving force of the terra threats that. the terrorist the terrorist threats are a loosely based coalition that is often well the islamic caliphate. that is centered around doku umarov who has taken over several years ago of the larger chechen caucasus terrorist groups doku umarov has taken these groups in a much more strictly islamic fundamentalist action than ever has been before they have largely been displaced from chechnya itself due to security measures there over the last decade but they still exist in the fringes in the hills of dog just on a round and have support from outside the country. they operate regularly in turkey in saudi arabia and they keep getting support which keeps them going despite their small numbers. or do you think needs to be done to prevent french attacks in the future. the. complicated question and i don't think any government in the world that is quite recognized how to stop. terrorism particularly terrorism inspired by a fundamentalist visions of islam this is expression more difficult in russia because it is a homegrown terrorist albeit one from a very restricted southern area of the country i think the combination of what has worke

that is centered around doku umarov who has taken over several years ago of the larger chechen caucasus terrorist groups doku umarov has taken these groups in a much more strictly islamic fundamentalist action than ever has been before they have largely been displaced from chechnya you know. due to security measures there over the last decade but they still exist in the fringes in the hills of dog just on a round and have support from outside the country. they operate regularly in turkey and saudi arabia and they keep getting support which keeps them going despite their small numbers. or do you think needs to be done to prevent french attacks in the future. the. complicated question and i don't think any government in the world that is quiets recognized how to stop. terrorism particularly terrorism inspired by a fundamentalist visions of islam this is expression more difficult in russia because it is a homegrown terrorist albeit one from a very restricted southern area of the country i think the combination of what has worked best in chechnya which is a combination of large amounts of f

caucasus -- not far from sochi. in july, russia's most wanted man, doku umarov - a chechen extremist and leader of an islamist factiontened to unleash quote maximum force to prevent the games from happening. the u-s state department has a five million dollar reward out for umarov. >> reporter:former intelligence officials believe further attacks are entirely >>"i think if we don't see one - an attempt on the olympics - i'd be very surprised." >> reporter:even if the high security around sochi means terrorists may not be able to strike there, they are proving themselves more than capable of spreading maximum >> catherine: more than 25- hundred athletes from nearly 90 nations will be in sochi for the games. and some of the athletes. like u.s. speedskater jilleanne rookard. have expressed concerns. but believe the russia has the necessary security in place. >> catherine: the national security agency's massive phone surveillance program may be just the tip of the iceberg. >> catherine: a german magazine is reporting. in addition to gathering people's phone records. the n-s-a is hacking into their computers, too. >> cathe

caucasus. in july russia's most wanted man doku umarov, a leader of an islamist faction threatened to unleash "maximum force to prevent the games from happening." the u.s. state department has a $5 million reward out for uma rove. former zwrgs officials believe further attacks are entirely possible. >> i think if we don't see the an attempt on the olympics, i'd be very surprised. >> even if the high security means terrorists may find it hard to strike in sochi, they are proving themselves more than capable of spreading maximum fear by targeting he cities elsewhere in the region with deadly results. diana magnay, cnn, moscow. >>> there's a new mission to rescue people stuck on the research ship in the antarctic. a chinese helicopter will airlift 56 passengers and crew members when the weather improves. bad weather forced an australian ice breaker to turn around earlier today. 74 people have been stuck on that research boat since christmas. it left new zealand on december 8th to study effects of climate change. >>> former race car champion michael shumacher remains in a coma at a french hospital.

stop islam is terror so you're saying that you think doku umarov and his cohorts who are fomenting. could be fomenting unrest in the north caucasus are getting money from the saudi royal family there's no doubt that the saudis are intricately involved in these islamist movements it was only fourteen days ago that we've heard from the u.s. congress that they suddenly realized that the nine eleven attacks. the government the u.s. government deliberately hid saudi involvement in nine eleven saudi government involvement in nine eleven it's a kind of conspiracy ideas that are actually now being raised in congress so many years after the fact it looks like that whereas with the afghanistan in that would you had been financing by the united states and saudi arabia in the late eighty's they had to wait more than a decade for nine eleven it looks like the syrian war and u.s. nato defacto support for islam is groups the fallout is already being the fallout is already there whether it be here on the streets of london or indeed in russia seem like a lot of conspiracy theories being bandied about public transport in the british capital a targ

it's related to a call back in june by doku umarov to go after russia and show that it is fighting a civil war against the north caucasus. >> thank you for your insight, kimberley marten. >> on the ground in syria, activists say 20 are dead after an air strike in aleppo. it was carried out by government forces who dropped barrels on civilians. >> ira glass hosts "this american life" and this week he speaks with david shuster about how the show tries to set itself apart. >> we did an hour on guantanamo. we went in trying to achieve all sorts of thinks. when we did that hour, i can remember 300 people have been released from guantanamo. the u.s. had interrogated the guys saying you never were a threat to the united states. it was a mistake to pick you up. we realised 200, 300 people were released and no one interviewed them in american broadcast journalism. they had not been an tv or radio. it was, like, we can do that. we got translators, people from other countries and tried to get people on the air, "how were you treated. do you want to kill someone. how are you feeling about that experience. just asking normal things