>> there were two chechen wars, one in 1994 and one in 199. in the second chechen war there were foreign fight whose came in to fight in that conflict coming from other islamist lands. at that point it stopped being purely an internal conflict, and if they were to offer autonomy to this group they would like to implement sharia law and there would be a base for islamic base for the caucasus. it's quite the dilemma for the russian government as to how they should treat this territory. >> over the last dozen years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the idea of networks and transnational movements have dominated the discussion of how the world responds to this. is this a particularly sensitive part of the world for those kinds of threats, and are other governments around the world watching closely of what is happening now? >> absolutely they're watching closely. we've seen this with other groups that have started off with local groups that are really concerned with regional issues. back in the late 90 90's and alqaida. they didn't need to worry ab

there >> there were two chechen wars, one in 1994 and one in 199.the second chechen war there were foreign fight whose came in to fight in that conflict coming wars. and from other foreign fighters islamist lands. fight the conflict. at that point it stopped being and at that point it stopped being kind of purely an internal conflict, conflict, and fear by if they were to offer autonomy if they were to this group they would like to of autonomy to implement sharia law and there would likely implement would be a base for islamic law and base for the caucasus extremism within the . so really it's it's quite the dilemma for the russian government as to how to the they should treat this territory. it's not really the >> over the last dozen years georgia or since the 9/11 terrorist >> over the last dozen attacks, the idea of networks theed in of and transnational movements have dominated the discussion of how transnational movements have dominated the the world responds to this. the world is this a particularly sensitive is this part of the world for thos

russia is not just an actor in regard to the chechen insurgency or fight. and the global context of the global jihad in narrative. syria in many ways is a key accelerant in real terms and ideological terms. one of the concerns for the u.s. in this regard, you started to hear more and more about this from u.s. lawmakers and the security officials but they are threefold. the obvious fact you have a real terrorist threat, these aren't just imaginings, or one off threats that have to be chased down as often the u.s. has to. there's a real terrorist threat that exposes athletes, sponsors, u.s. citizens that are going to attend, and we have very good questions about how secure are the rings of security around the sochi venues and sites, but how well i they secured? have you secured well enough where athletes and sponsors are? if you secure that and secure well enough transportation in and out so the raw security question emerges, very important questions and there is growing sense of lack of confidence in that security despite the russian assurances. lastly, perh

that factor was much more significant in the second chechen war.kles him deeply, deeply that this was not adequately recognized. this is a harping on the double standards. some of thentuates chip on the shoulder, so to speak, about this for him. the state department did a very smart thing a few years ago in umaris onputting dok the list of terrorist threat individuals. some would say in russia that is too late. too little and too late. finally, we have to look at what happened with the tsarnaev brothers. that there was inadequate communication between u.s. and russian intelligence services, tracking and following the elder, and when brother had gone to doug us down stan, which is really now the heart of the islamic threat region in the north caucuses for six or seven months. how attract -- how effectively were they tracking him? we don't know. and not knowing leads to increasing -- >> [indiscernible] >> my suspicion is that it is both. >> i would just add two things on this topic area you have heard a lot of discussion about this in the russian pre

i don't believe they are all about the chechen rebels.y have human rights abuses and they have an economy in failure. and so he's got a lot of issues and it is not only the result of terrorism in the chechnya region. >> we need to cheer up, he says. we need to understand and feel that we are capable of pulling off major, large scale projects and do so on schedule and with good quality. i suppose this is his attempt at the russian renaissance, right? >> maybe his attempt. you know who is not depressed? you know who has a lot of kick in his step is the foreign minister of russia. he is beating the obama administration every chance he gets. he is really controlling our syria policy. he is now looking like he is controlling the iran policy. the russian foreign policy has been great. >> rick, good to see you. thanks, rick. appreciate it. >> very good. that does it for us. "a healthy you" and carol alt is up next and we will be back at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >> and hats off to bou-bou. he made his debut. >>> welcome to "a healthy you." i am ca

over 5,000 russian soldier, died. 100,000 chechens.ot of animosity among these rebels for putin in particular. and an opportunity to have some sort of cosmic event during the olympics is something that we need to be very concerned about. >> obviously very tempting to a terrorist organization or individual lone wolf terrorist. so you don't believe vladimir putin when he says he'll put extra security in place that will be sufficient? >> there's a difference between extra and good. the federal security services and the ministry of interior forces don't have a very good reputation for stopping terrorist events, certainly not in moscow, certainly not in volgograd and other places. there were 1,500 terrorist events in chechnya, right next door, over the last few years. the other thing, god forbid, if there's a hostage situation, the fss has a reputation of killing more innocents than they kill bad guys. the chechens have had an opportunity now. four years to plan this out. who knows, the terrorist groups could already have embedded themselve

they put it up on a chechen website.y no one attending the olympic games will be safe until russian troops leave the nearby clo caucus region. the guys who claimed the responsibility for a recent attack on a train station. the u.s. state department had issued a travel warning for americans heading to the games. kathericatherine herridge has b working the story. she joins us now by phone. is this threat real? >> harris, thank you, the u.s. intelligence community is aware of the video posted to a well known and considered credible islamist website, and we were told they are assessing the credibility of that threat. the two young men are alleged to be the suicide bombers who attacked the train and trolley station last month in volgograd. that's 400 miles southeast of socha. what the young men promise in the video is more of the same as the olympic games. earlier today, on the talk shows, lawmakers said there thd could be real jeopardy in sochi. >> i would not go and i don't think i would send my family. i don't know how you

this was the scene of two very violent wars between chechen separatists, chechen rebels who wanted independenceand grozny, if you remember, became something of the by-word for destruction. this entire city was flattened during the two wars in the 1990s. after and during those two conflicts -- by the way, you can see the city has been completely rebuilt. it's something -- >> it looks terrific behind you. >> reporter: a lot of people were surprised. i myself was surprised at how gleaming sochi has become. but during these two very violent wars in which tens of thousands of people were killed, an islamic insurgency came to this area and developed quite a strong militant al qaeda movement, developed. not just here in chechnya, but not very far away in dagestan, which is another republic in the north caucuses. and this is the main concern that the russians have right now. that a militant -- they're here in chechnya or in dagestan, or somewhere from this entire area -- could be inspired to carry out an attack during the sochi games in order to revive the conflict, to get attention, and to embarrass t

most of these women are not chechen. the majority of them n the last five or six years are from dagestan, an area next door. the chechens are out of the conflict and have been since around june 2011. this is a serious threat. some of the bombers in volgograd, some in moscow - they have all been dagestan women, and they have been women that have been, you know, married to highly placed militants who were liquidated by the russian security services and the fairs operations they run. it's a serious threat. >> militants in dagestan released a video taking credit for the bombings in volgograd, as well as threat things the olympics, saying to the russians - we'll have a surprise package for you. those tourists that will come to you, for them, too, we have a surprise. is this a credible threat? >> i do. it's from the dagestan, a ruthless and operational part of the caucuses emigrate. this surprise that they are talking about. they don't need to hit a target to have a political effect or prap canneda effect. they gan blow someth

smack dab in the middle of the chechen terrorist territory. probably one of most dangerous places on earth. all that being said, inside the ring of steel in sochichy is safest place in russia to be. it will be a problem getting to and from there why? russia is big country. a lot of soft targets. people will fly in moscow and volgograd and other places. enroute to and from the olympics is where vulnerability will be. chechens have shown they will not only attack in their hometown or region they move all over. they have had attacks in moscow and volgograd. these are mean, tough guys. martha: think about the moscow theater standoff where so many people loss their lives. beslan school. trap people inside of a place and a siege ensues and goes on days and days that would be absolute nightmare for the olympics. >> absolutely. that is why they're growing to do it. first objective is achieved. whole world is focus and talking about potentially canceling the olympics. u.s. pushes the olympics on travel watch list. they have a big audience. i think ther

this is a chechen rebels, this s the dagistan area, war with russia with 150 years now spun off in to a radical islamic movement. again, the concern -- my job is to look at threat assessments and protect americans. we are sending 15,000 americans at these olympics, this latest development with the leader of alexi da there's no connection between pakistan, afghanistan and chechen rebels before although some would argue there's been support. for the first time coming out endorsing, blessing, calling for this global jihad against the olympics, wow, that gives me great pause. >> schieffer: all right. very disturbing news this morning but thank you, mr. chairman. hope you'll keep us informed. we want to turn now to the president's state of the union speech on tuesday and we're going to houston and the tea party republican ted cruz who led the shut down of the government last fall because the president wouldn't agree to shut down obamacare. senator, thank you are for coming. you have already released a list of issues you want the president to address in his state of the union speech. includ

putin has made his career killing chechens. it's personal with him. he doesn't want to have anything happen. obviously this is russia's big moment, showing they're a superpower again, it's his moment on the world stage. his credibility, legacy. they're not going to let anything happen there. to the point where they have sent troops. people door-to-door in chechneya, to women, and have taken the a cheek swab to get a dna sample to have on record in case there's any kind suicide bombers and they'll compare body parts and dna. so there's going to be every effort that can possibly be made to make the place safe. i'm worried about outside the ring of steel. russia is a big country. >> the 40,000 troops circling the city, the advice is, don't leave. >> yeah. >> don't go outside. >> and also, for anybody who is going to the olympics, how do you get there? you're flying, and then traveling into the olympic city, and to the village, and the hotel. it's getting there and getting back from there that i'm worried about. >> excuse me. are they doing enough, though

right now, we have three of the chechen black widows apparently on the ground inside sochi. these black widows are the wives, the widows of terrorists who russian security services killed. it's personal for them. they want revenge. apparently, they're on the ground in sochi. look, who knows how many terrorists -- potential terrorists are already on the ground in sochi, neil. they may have been laying the groundwork for two, three years, so putin wants to project strength, he has it under control. but what you have is terrorists who are hellbent on striking. putin hellbent on stopping, and we may see an explosion, no pun intended. >> eric, let's hope not. thank you. >> thank you, neil. >>> congratulations to all of the plug-in car owner, the electric bill is soaring. and all because of these stupid temperatures tumbling. which means you've been punked, or should i say plugged? [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreli down i-95. ♪ this magic

that factor was much more significant in the second chechen war. it really rankles him deeply, deeply that this was not adequately recognized. this is a harping on the double standards. it only accentuates some of the chip on the shoulder, so to speak, about this for him. the state department did a very smart thing a few years ago in actually putting dokumaris on the list of terrorist threat individuals. some would say in russia that is too late. too little and too late. finally, we have to look at what happened with the tsarnaev brothers. the fact that there was inadequate communication between u.s. and russian intelligence services, tracking and following these guys, and when the elder brother had gone to dagestan, which is really now the heart of the islamic threat region in the north caucuses for six or seven months. how effectively were they tracking him? we don't know. and not knowing leads to increasing -- >> [indiscernible] >> my suspicion is that it is both. >> i would just add two things on this topic area you have heard a lot of discussi

war lord who didn't have to be killed when basically the chechen insurgency was finally defeated in the yearly 2,000s. he successfully read branded himself as a kind of islamist leader but it is not clear to me, they have a good web site and branding and the russian interest to kind of pay attention to the caucusus but to me looking at it from a difference, who doesn't study it day-by-day, looks like an umbrella organization in which the individual operatives have a very loose if any association, if you are pakistani islamist i think doku umarov is a leftover it chechen nationalists warlord who doesn't feel much affinity, we don't have a map here but we should also remember the north caucusus is very long, pakistan which is obviously the most hostile and dangerous part of it is a long way from sochi. and what happens in dagestan has no relationship to what happened in sochi itself. what is happening in dagestan i think looks to be very unfortunate. it looks to be vladimir putin again having a very short-term response to the games, lots of reports of rounding up marginal young men, t

these are tough cookies and if any terrorists can get through it's the dog astanys and the chechens.e look at all of this playing out, we have a president who has said that he sees government as so large, so vast, that it is a machine over which he doesn't quite grasp the levers, doesn't quite know where the throttle is at a given time, and has no compass apparently. >> i've never seen a president who gets into office and he's been in 8 years and he still thinks he's on outcider. who is in charge? i don't know about the irs going after conservativists. i don't know about benghazi. who is in charge? if he's thinking about his legacy, he doesn't have a whole lot to show for it. >> that's not true. he's got a legacy. he revived al qaeda. >> there's always obama care 2.0. >> support k.t.'s point when it comes to inequality, he's really running against his first five years in office when he does so. it's extraordinary. ralph peters, thank you for being here and k.t., thank you for being here. >>> up next the president, well, he still does not accept that it's his performance at issue for

evidence was that the chechen bombings were taken place by the russian army. >> do you think this is personal that you age ertd putin and -- angered putin and that's why he came after you? >> angered putin, angered someone, of course it is perm. >> quote, i don't expect this to be an isolated case, maybe they're doing this to see if they can get away with it." do you think that barring you from the country is an attempt to bar hard evident of the abuses going on in russia? >> there are very few american jowrnts whamericanjournalists w. most of the reporting out of russia is fairly from official. it is true that western journalists refer to the corruption there and they give a portrait that is not favorable, but that is the reality of the russian life. there is not much deep thought or the deep reporting from russia and as a result the number of people who are actually engaged in something that the authorities would find threatening is relatively small. >> now should the u.s. take action to push for the riggss to allow your return, conceivably taking action against a russian journalis

there was concern that maybe the tsarnaev brothers had had more than just inspirational help from the chechenis little bit of a back story here, the russians have always been trying to enlist the united states in their fight with the chechens and the united states has always been hesitant to sort of agree that what russia is going through in what some argue is somewhat of a civil war of sorts the u.s. has never sort of given its stamp of you are in the middle of fighting islamic terrorism, too. but on this and in particular the games obviously i think that this is where you are seeing the transactional guy that is vladimir putin. he doesn't want to get embarrassed on the world stage. a terrorist attack or lack of security at an olympics would be an embarrassment to him and he knows the united states at the end of the day will help as long as ehe is asking. >> what is he asking for? >> right now he is not exactly asking for american war planes and soldiers and intelligence. right now he is asng for equipment that was built and was developed at the cost of american lives in the places like afgh

he's a dangerous chechen islamic leader. he was killed recently in a counter terror operation but they can't confirm that. even if he is dead -- >> with the world coming to sochi, he's coming to the olympics. >> last july he threatened to destroy the sochi games. experts warn terror plots may have been launched from his orders. that's where he draws comparison to bin laden. >> i think that he's more again of the inspirational leader. he's the spokesperson. he issues the public statements that everybody tracks as we did with osama bin laden for years. >> said to be in his late 40s, leave as loose-fit militant groups that have been battling russian forces since 1994. >> for the last 20 years, he's done two things every day when he woke up in the morning. the first was to hide from the russian security services and the second was to fight the russian security forces. >> he claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings on the subway in 2010 that killed more than two dozen people. >> translator: this special operation was carr

>> the group started during second chechen war and is affiliated with the broader called the caucasusem rat. the doing tan is pace -- dagestan is at north eat -- southeastern end of this region. essentially in the area between chechnya and the sea. >> so you saw this 50-minute long video where these two bombers basically laid everything out. what were they asking for? what was the purpose of their new threats against soapy? >> in the long run, the long-term goal for russia to leave nor caucasus region. what they're doing in this video is demonstrating the assembly of some explosive devices that have been subsequently strapped to the bodies of the men who claim that sochi olympic events will be targeted. >> are there other groups that russia needs to be worried about in addition to these folks just claimed responsibility for the recent bombings? >> there are throughout the north caucasus a number of groups who have been agitating for the withdrawal of russian forces and for withdrawal of russia from the north caucasus region. and also are pursuing a number of local grievances involving

if we look at what they've done, the moscow theater, the killing the chechen president where they --or to the assassination, these guys are diabolical killers and planners and ruthless and vicious. they think long term. that's been their history. plus, they are making direct threats, a direct threat against the olympics and made it a sacred issue. there's many splinter groups but they all want to kill and disrupt the olympics. it's very serious. it is the most serious threat on modern olympic games. >> jim, is there anything else that we can be doing right now that we should be doing right now that we're not? >> you know, i always think you can do more and you can always do more before. i think it's great the president called the president putin the militaries are talking and department of state diplomatic security service has agents and fbi. i always come from a school there's something you're not doing enough it. the navy and black sea is a critical and good move. we could send 100 federal agents with bomb sniffing drugs and 100 russian translators from the state department togethe

chechen islamists with a new threat on the winter olympics in russia. welcome to "america's nuss headquarters." a new video threatening security days away in the games in sochi. 234 it are the two alleged homicide bombers who recently attacked a train station and a trolley killing 34 people and injuring dozens more. it is about 400 miles away from the games itself. the two islamists talk about a surprise package for the olympic spectators, but they do not give specifics about an attack. well now the intelligence community is assessing the video's credibility. >> i think the threats are

chechen islamists with a new threat on the winter olympics in russia. welcome to "america's nuss headquarters." a new video threatening security days away in the games in sochi. 234 it are the two alleged homicide bombers who recently attacked a train station and a trolley killing 34 people and injuring dozens more. it is about 400 miles away from the games itself. the two islamists talk about a surprise package for the olympic spectators, but they do not give specifics about an attack. well now the intelligence community is assessing the video's credibility. >> i think the threats are real. they basically called for attacks on the olympics. i think you will see attempts to do that. i think it is more likely the attacks will probably happen outside of the perimeter and more soft targets, transportation modes, if you will. i am meeting with a command and control of operations down there in sochi, leaving tomorrow. we have 15,000 americans traveling to sochi for the olympics. i want to do everything i can to make sure it is a safe and successful olympic.

. >> tell us what you make of the video threat that was posted on this chechen extremist site. give us a sense of why they are -- the chechen militants, so dangerous, and what do they want here? >> what they really want to do is put as much pressure on the russian government as possible. and the important thing to remember is, they kill indiscriminately. they don't care who they kill. they want to kill as many people as they can to put pressure on the russian government. so that's -- doesn't matter if -- what delegate -- what country you represent, what delegation you're a part of, or what country you're from as a visitor. it's just they want to embarrass the russian government. putin has a very high, personal profile in the olympics, and so i think that makes the sochi olympics an even better target for the terrorists. >> and william, i don't want to scare people away. i know a lot of people are going to be there, and they want to enjoy themselves, they want to make sure they have a good time, that everybody is safe. so what can they do? if you're somebody who is going to be t

this group, mainly led by chechens, is formidable. they're militarily trained. they're able to hit. they've got access to explosives. they said they're going to hit and they usually follow through. >> one of the things we heard u.s. officials express concern about is the degree of cooperation between the u.s. and russia. members of congress in sochi, other officials saying russia is not sharing enough intelligence. that's also going to be a concern, i would think. >> absolutely, jake. i sat across the table with russians for years, very friendly, but they just never give up anything, especially when it involves their internal security. they will do everything they can to protect americans. they're a very good intelligence service, but they're not going to share information with the cia or the fbi on the threat. they just won't do it. it's a soviet mentality. it doesn't surprise me. that's the way it is. >> take a listen to this sound from house homeland security committee chairman michael mccaul. he was visiting with officials in sochi and he talked about the type of attack he would

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in july a chechen leader called for more attacks and called for them to use maximum force to disrupthe games. the russian government spent $50 billion preparing for sochi and has promised it will be the safest olympics in history, but they're being held in a region plagued by violence and that promise may be put to the test. russian officials say they'll bring in unprecedented security measures. in sochi including identity checks for spectators, a ban on cars, and aerial surveillance using drones. holly williams, cbs new, london. >>> bad weather in antarctica is expected to break today, possibly clearing the way for a helicopter rescue of 74 people stranded aboard a russian ship. the ship has been trapped in ice since christmas eve. some of the passengers got off the ship yesterday and stomped on the ice. they were trying to make the surface flat enough for a chopper to land from a chinese ship. >>> well, coming up on the "morning news," a record rally. stocks soar on wall street to historic highs. we'll look at the winners and losers. this is the "cbs morning news." winners and lose

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law enforcement didn't act on those warnings possibly looking at the guy you know was from chechen descent and thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that he has nothing to do with the you well it turns out it's not just bush's problem but it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. as you can the thousands of protesters in ukraine of remain camped out in central kiev for the new year's celebrations independence square has been the heart of anti-government protests for over a month position kind of a closer ties with the e.u. . has been following the demonstrations from the very beginning. but this is a political protest this is the anger at the country's government and the president president something which has been going on for more than six weeks now it's rather turbulent six weeks for ukraine as i mentioned my report. first they wanted to be in europe was then they wanted a revolution was that was was ukraine's leaders feared that a free trade zone with the e.u. would cause industry to collapse the crowds never bought that but when the police used force

law enforcement didn't act on those warnings possibly looking at the guy who was from chechen descentand thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that he has nothing to do with the uighurs well it turns out it's not just washes problem but it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. going to encounter a correspondent in washington that. the policy of the czech republic has died after an explosion at his residence in prague it's reported he was in his apartment with his family was open a safe at the time of a blast let's talk more about. it with a list of people who got to head of the palestinian national initiative thanks for being with us. rather peculiar story this is still very unclear sort of thing we're going to say is just purely speculation but what was your first thought when you heard about the news. well we feel very sorry for the death of. a very tragic incident. should not have happened. about the cause of this blast to happen. but it seems to be that something that related to the past has put these explosives that. is not an accident. i doubt

law enforcement didn't act on those wordings possibly looking at the guy you know was from chechen descent and thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that it has nothing to do with the uighurs well it turns out it's not just for shits problem it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. the united states saw a number of scandals and twenty thirteen with the true scope of it secret global monitoring missions exposed by whistleblower edward snowden but he has subsequently stressed another major issue as the south us report. the snowden revelations arguably the biggest security leak in u.s. history and the impact of that really cuts governments the country's worldwide and no more was felt than hair in the u.k. but as you're about to see it wasn't just edward snowden he paid the price for getting the truth out there. as revelation of the revelation came britain began playing hardball if the government couldn't get its hands on snowden they'd get whoever they kid even the partner of the journalist he got the leaks into the. the scape case the bailiffs with this ye

. >> reporter: in july, a chechen leader called for more violent attacks on civilians and urged his followers to use maximum force to disrupt the games. the russian government spent $50 billion preparing for sochi and has promised they'll be the safest olympics in history. but they're being held in a region plagued by violence, and that promise may be put to the test. >> dubois: holly williams joins us now from our london bureau. holly, what can you tell us about how security will be handled for u.s. athletes? >> reporter: maurice, russian authorities say they'll bring in unprecedented security measures, including identity checks for spectators and aerial surveillance carried out by drones. >> dubois: holly williams in london. thank you. syria's civil war has reached another grim milestone. today, a human rights group said the death toll now tops 130,000, about 12,000 of them, women and children. the conflict began nearly three years ago as a popular uprising against the assad regime. now, it's become a bloody stalemate. now to the rescue mission going on at the bottom of the earth. for a wee

one well known chechen militant vowed to attack the games. just last month, two suicide bomb attacks in the city of volgograd 600 miles from sochi killed at least 34 people and injured dozens of others. there is no specific threat to u.s. citizens but they're urged to remain vigilant. an event of this size has never before been held in sochi. >> pelley: an unusual warning. margaret brennan at the state department. thank you, margaret. today our david martin confirmed that the u.s. military has deployed a small number of troops as trainers and advisors to somalia. their mission is to help african troops hold off an advance by islamic militants. these are the first american boots on the ground in somalia since 1993 when two u.s. helicopters were shot down and 18 americans killed in the black hawk down operation in mogadishu. during the iraq war, 1,300 americans died fighting al qaeda militants in anbar province. the u.s. prevailed, the militants fled, but now they have returned. the city of fallujah is once again a battleground as iraqi forces

law enforcement didn't act on those warnings possibly looking at the guy who was from chechen descentand thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that it has nothing to do with the you it turns out is not just for this problem but it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. now it was part new year's celebration in part protests in the ukrainian capital gives independence square has been the scene of anti-government rallies for weeks now the country's opposition wants closer trade ties with the e.u. . has been following the demonstrations from the beginning. this is a political protest this is the anger at the country's government and the president president something which has been going on for more than six weeks now it's rather turbulent six weeks for ukraine as i mentioned my report. first they wanted to be in europe was then they wanted a revolution. that was was the ukraine's leaders feared that a free trade zone with the e.u. would cause industry to collapse the crowds never bought that but when the police used force against peaceful bro e.u. prote

arabian peninsula into africa northern africa into the magreb and also now into russia using the chechens there it's a very serious development in terms of their of their growth over time because it's evolutionary we don't see it it's not one big event and so this this is emerging as a as an increasingly serious problem in terms of al-qaeda spread and it's getting worse and it's all done at the behest of the saudis the saudis are controlling all of this and they've made it well known prince bandar has made it very well known that he can switch them on and switch them off like a light switch. in syria western nations are watching in horror as their favored derivable groups turn on each other just this week almost five hundred opposition fighters have died fighting each other in a turf war that appears to demonstrate its the more hard line islamists are running the show now that fact is a causing quite a scare among the leads and prompting them to change stance former cia director michael hayden said the assad regime is beginning to look like the lesser of all evils the former u.s. ambassad