public opinion polls showed a marked increase in approval of that 15% and syria, 22% qatar, a 25% egypt. these are not a huge approval ratings but when you deal in double digits that response is a positive trend. the most dramatic of approval came in north africa in about syria and to be sure when they were up by 22% eight zogby poll found more support for the administration and saudi arabia, united arab emirates more than 50 percent of respondents claimed to have a more positive view of the usa since the election of barack obama between the gallup poll and the sabia but obama's still clearly faces a real area of distressed when he went to cairo. only the united arab emirates tallied the outright majority view of the united states when obama took to the podium and cairo he was talking to a skeptical arab world and in egypt a clear 70% of the public who the unfavorable opinion of the united states 70 percent of egypt according to poll ratings no single speech could eradicate years of trust he told cairo nor could i answer in the time that i have all of the complex questions that brought

. >>> and egyptian soldier was shot dead o the egypt/basara border. -- egypt/gaza border. they sent this report. >> this rally was on the gaza side. a convoy was trying to enter the blockaded territory. there was anger over egypt's construction of an underground barrier a long in its border designed to stop smuggling. it was not long before the pot -- before the protests that out of control. they were throwing things at the egyptian border guards. they shot at the crack and gunfire was heard from the palestinian side. one egyptian soldier was killed. tear gas was used by police to disperse the angry demonstrators. medical sources say several palestinians were injured. earlier international activists protested when they were told some of their vehicles could not pass through. that led to clashes with egyptian riot police. egypt is angry at the criticism it received. this is controlling its border is a matter of national security and sovereignty. >> with only months until a general election in britain, gordon brown faced another challenge. two former ministers wanted their c

civilian goods coming in from egypt. they collected that and they collected tax on that instead of the palestinian authority in the west bank. and the families and the business is running the different tunnell enterprises are making money off of it and the goods are being brought in to complement the goods unrwa was able to. but in that scenario the minister of economy and trade felt this does nothing to help moderate or -- it only strengthens as m. drew said makes it more powerful. it doesn't achieve even the remotest and groups of replacing hamas. it doesn't even achieve those. so it came back down to if he kept pushing and asking -- you know, why not macaroni? why is hamas a problem? why is hamas not allowed in its tracks and almost came back to a meeting pressure on the civilian population either for punitive purposes, and this isn't unique. the israelis have done this in the past for the west bank as well. if you are asking why we haven't heard that perspective i would simply say that in fact for the last year accep

copts make up fewer than 10% of egypt's population. all through american history, immigrants have brought with them their own forms of worship and their own pastors, and that's happening again,xr dramatically, with immigrants from nigeria and their redeemed christian church of god. it's a pentecostal form of christianity, emphasizing speaking in tongues, faith healing and strict family values. and, as betty rollin reports, the church's leaders want to minister not only to america's nigerians but to every family in the world. >> reporter: the music, the joy, the hats! all are in evidence every sunday morning at the victory temple in bowie, maryland, one of 400 redeemed christian churches of god in north america. today's sermon by pastor bayo adeyokunnu is about money. >> you must have a savings account, no matter how much you are making, and this can come through so many areas: money market, mutual funds, savings accounts, 401(k), amen. >> reporter: congregant theresa norton, a school teacher, used to attend a catholic church. she prefe

he is certain he lived in egypt. and actually after he supposedly was assassinated by some israeli claims of 25 not zzzz but under no certainty and the german police agreed that heim died for of that is one case and one last story will give you an idea of how we work. a case of a man we hope will be brought to trial shortly in budapest. one day a couple years ago we get any mail sent to me from a hangman living in scotland who told the following story. a hungarian girlfriend and they often gather for social events. bond overly hungarian there who goes around bragging he was involved in bed deportation of the jews to auschwitz. but he said i know about this. i have seen the bbc mugabe on deportation. i am appalled. maybe you could investigate and shut him up. that is what he wrote. [laughter] i immediately contacted person and i said first of all, thank you for taking the effort to reflect -- tel plus but obviously i need your real name, address and if you can get date of birth that is great but also where it was he i

civilian goods being brought in from egypt. they collect the tax on that.tead of the palestinian authority in the west bank collecting a tax on it. and the families and businesses that orang to different to enterprises are making money off of it. and the goods are being brought in to help complement the goods to the civilian population. but in all that scenario, the minister of economy and trade said, this does nothing to help us or you know, it only strengthens, it makes hamas more powerful. it doesn't achieve even the group's goal of replacing hamas. it doesn't even achieve those. so i came back down, if you kept pushing and asking, you know, why not macaroni, why is this a problem, why is it not allowed in, etc.? in came back to needing to put pressure on the civilian population, either for chile, either for punitive purposes, and this is a unique. israelis have done is in the past on the west bank as well. if you are asking why we haven't heard, that perspective i would just have to say that, in fact, for the last year, except for the notable exception,

>> egypt is a -- one of our partners in the peace process.rking not only with egypt but with jordan, last week, we had meetings at a very senior level, at the secretary level and foreign minister level, at the state department. we continue to move forward to work for a way to get the parties back to the table and restart negotiations. >> any comments on the american citizens who are being on the streets last week during the peaceful demonstration? >> i don't have anything for you at the moment. >> are you concerned the egyptian police were beating american women on the street there? >> i will look and see if we have more information? >> no one contacted the state department? >> it doesn't mean no one contacted the state department. i wasn't given anything to respond to your question at the moment. i will try and do so. >> japan. >> japan is a different subject, yes. >> japanese plime minister. japanese president made a campaign pledge he would remove the marine base from ock gnaw what. what -- from okinawa. what is secretary clinton hoping to

the only class that is coming in is coming through egypt from the tunnels.t's not coming from the border. the united states on the one hand, the good news if the united states had the political will to actually make a statement and a stand on gaza it could. the bad news is it's hard to see how there is going to be a positive constructive peace process moving forward if gaza isn't part and parcel of that. >> what is the view from israel i think the donner and stiff narrative remains one of as jim wolfensohn discussed earlier israel left in 2005. there was the continuation of the rocket attacks. where is the love, where is diprete lummis for withdraw? the fact that most of the international community is not recognized in the occupation because it always continues to control the sea, the air, the border exit's of course the egyptian one, the conditions of that withdrawal is unilateralism, nothing but entrenchment in parallel on the west bank, the immediate imposition of a blockade to the non-implementation of faxes and movement agreement doesn't really factor i

we've had, you know, speakers for example from egypt and this is mostly women saying that well, you can't mention islam in the same context of these horrible things that we're describing from domestic violence to killings, to other things. and they were mostly concerned about this removing any mention of islam, and then there were people like me, and saying, well, how are we then going to really address these issues, if we're only dealing with the symptoms, but not to, you know, dealing with what, you know, people do. we're never going to be really resolving these issues, and one really culture clash that we have had was one woman who came from a middle eastern country was going more and more -- was growing more and more agitated throughout the conference, because some of the italians were actually saying the word islam and some of the violence was done in the same sentence, so she kept coming up to me and saying, you're a muslim, silence him, tell him that he can't say these things, he's insulting islam. i said beings well, but he has a right to speak and you have a right to be upset abo

there is a guy that is going to go back to egypt.ay of signaling and that they would treat a dissident and loggers with the same kind of -- and dissident bloggers in the same way that they treat criminals of other kinds. is this important in terms of treating this category of people? >> the dissidents manifest their opinions on the global communication networks. bloggers are a form of 21st century dissidents. >> i was in egypt last week. i met with a number of bloggers including one who was arrested the next day. to me, it is important as we have always done, to be looking at the cases where they are challenging official actions. this is part of the nature of rolling need to be doing. >> the secretary referenced twice in her speech these templates that were passed down in the eastern bloc during the cold war. she specifically likened the social networks to -- >> how long has this been going on. there is discussion about making sure the internet is free. we want to make sure that there is privacy and that it is not used in ways that i

they help patrol the egypt/israel peace.re was considerable discussion recently about the potential for america or nato playing a role for the final resolution of the israeli/palestinian conflict. for years there has been discussion of a potential america and-let role on heights. the stamina to take on these additional. rules may not be additional jim, the focus on strategic medications is interesting. the article to which mike made reference that admiral mike mullen wrote about strategic communications is a powerful critique of how they had come to dominateacts of policy. "i know strategic medications as a term of reference is probably here to stay. regrettably, it has grown too much a part of our lexicon. to put it simply we need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and more about what our actions communicate." you say that in the context of almost doing the exact opposite. as you say this administration is focusing so greatly. let me open the floor. >> you mentioned that the information regarding iran.

thousands of coptic christians rioted today in egypt. it started after seven people were shot dead as they left a midnight mass. they'd been celebrating the arrival of christmas on the coptic calendar. protesters began smashing hospital buses when officials delayed turning over the bodies for burial. the riots lasted several hours. christians make up about 10% of egypt's mostly muslim population. scores of people have been killed in tribal fighting in sudan. a regional official said today at least 139 tribal members died in clashes in remote southern sudan. scores more were wounded. it is estimated tribal violence in the region killed some 2,500 people last year alone. the u.s. environmental protection agency wants stronger standards governing smog. lisa jackson proposed standards to cut down on ozone emissions. as a result, hundreds more counties would likely be in violation of air pollution rules, but they have up to 20 years to meet the new limits. former president bush had blocked the tougher standards. on wall street today, the dow

there are many shipments that move through the area, usually coming from places like egypt, trinidad and tobago. this is a plan to bring it through the area. they want that in motion before the nigerian man attempted to blow up the plane on christmas day. another concern, lingering warnings that came from a 2004 memoir that they learned that al-qaeda operatives had been infiltrating boston by coming in with liquid gas tankers. >> we're calling on all ports of the united states, they submit 96 hour arrival. we go through documentation and sometimes with physical boarding teams on the vessel. >> reporter: i got off the phone with the mayor of everett where the ship would dock. he says he has been on the phone nonstop with the mayor of boston to set up a joint meeting which they are hoping to get on the books for january 15 to go over the security measures put in place for the harbor. they have concluded that a natural gas leak in that body of water could threaten people more than three-quarters of a mile away. people in the gas industry say scientifically that is unsupported. one idea

atta son of wealthy egypt doctor. this kid comes from a wealthy background. hillary clinton said we cannot stop terrorism or defeat ideologues of violent extremism when hundreds of millions of people see a future with no jobs, no hope, no way to catch up to the developed world. so we're responsible? poverty is responsible for extremism? >> i've never bought into that theory. if you look in the background of the individuals apprehended don't forget the veries in great britain this reason detroit terrorist, major hasan, that doesn't fit. it is an ideological war some have embraced it. they may be rich, poor, but poverty isn't driving it. >> sean: is america less safe because barack obama is our president? >> no. listen one of the things we have to remind ourselves to continue president bush's policy in iraq, more troops in afghanistan. where the president, i think needs to reassert his leadership, is after math of this incident to make sure that people are as vigilant today, tomorrow and for all times in the future as they would have been on september 12th, 200

usually coming from egypt and trinidad.s would be the first time one originating from yemen would come through the area and as of right now it is just a proposed plan. the area surrounding boston harbor needs liquidfied gas to turn into heat. one possibility is unloading away from the city. u.s. coast guard officials who are in charge of the security of the area say they are coordinating to see if there is additional security that might be needed. >> right now with all vessels calling on port to port o the united states they submit a 96 hour notice of arrival to us and we do security checks both through documentation and sometimes with physical boarding teams onboard the vessel. >> also the linkerring warning that came from a 2004 memoir by form counter terrorism czar richard clark who wrote that al-qaeda operatives have been infiltrating boston by coming in on liquid natural gas tankers from nigeria. just last month, the city was elevated to the list of tier one urban area security initiatives. boston will receive about 30

are many other lng shipments usually coming from places like egypt, trinidad and toe t taggo. they need this to turn for businesses. one possibility is unloading the liquefied natural gas away from the city. officials in charge of security say they're coordinating to see if there's additional security that might be needed. >> right now, with all the vessels pulling off port to the united states, they submit a 56 hour notice to us and we do security checks both through documentation and sometimes with physical boarding teams on board the vessels. >> meanwhile, the mayor of everett demaria, told he wanted a summit of all fire, local and state delegates to talk about the possible threat to the area and make sure the ports are as safe and secure as they can be. he's drafting letters over the weekend and getting them in the mail on monday to call for the summit and also, shannon the lingering warning that came from a memoir from former terrorism czar who learned that operatives will been infiltrating coming in on tankers. it's trouble for a lot of reasons. we'll bring you the updat

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the center for search egypt international studies.i'm andrew schwartz, our vice president for external relations. i'm so glad to see all of you here today for this important booktalk with these two just terrific military analysts, scholars, authors and i want to tell you about both of them. mark moyar, doctor moore is a historian and analyst of contemporary national security affairs. is the chair of insurgency and terrorism and professor of national security affairs of them ring for university at quantico. his previous books include triumph forsaken, the vietnam war. and "phoenix and the birds of prey: counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in vietnam." marks articles have appeared in "the new york times," wall street journal, "washington post" and other publications and you may have seen his op-ed in "the new york times" and wall street journal in the last couple of months about afghanistan. mark is a harvard grad and a cambridge and received his phd from cambridge. his new book, "a question of command" which will be discussing today

to my mind right away that i don't think we know nearly enough about is what is going to happen in egypt. if you look at what happened yesterday on the frontier, the killing of an egyptian security officer by fire from gaza and the great turmoil that's going on there, and if you look at hue us bar rack and you hook at the political uncertainty around a succession there, i think egypt is a huge known unknown and upheaval there could have an enormous influence. the other one, of course, is more known than that, and that is iran, how close are they, what red lines have the israelis drawn, how close -- how well do the iranians understand those red lines, and there is some hope, i think, among people that they do see most of them. but iran is the other great one. >> great. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us for this very special event and look forward to hosting you back here again soon. thank you, joe. [applause]udib conversations] >> president obama's ambassador at large for global women's issues melanne verveer talks about the changing roles of women in the law and the rights o

natural liquefied gas has been coming into the harbor from trinidad and egypt, this is the first timehat a tanker carrying l and g from yemen. >> gregg: potentially dangerous. what can be done? >> that's what the boston and mayor are trying to figure out. i talked to the everett mayor a short while ago, he told me he's going to be sending out letters monday to call for a summit to get everyone in on the loop, firefighters, residents, what the options are here. he wants improved communication was all agencies and infrastructure improved around the docking area to be beefed up. the mayor of boston's press office told us the mayor has another idea. here it is, he says, quote, we believe the safest method of unloading such cargo would take place off shore far away from residential neighborhoods and city officials will work to see if that is possible. that of course is not only going to take manpower, but a lot of money and again, u.s. coast guard promises greater inspections and longer than necessary. >> gregg: laura ingle, thanks. former president bill clinton's foundation releasing a li

as well as omar soliman, the director of the general intelligence service here at the government of egypt. you will see after the briefing a statement regarding the case involving blackwater contractors. the united states does not tolerate attacks on innocent by iraqi civilians. and the department of justice indicted in the security contractor is a dangerous possible for the september 16th, 2007 shooting at nisour square in baghdad, it announced that at least 34 unarmed iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured without justification or provocation. the department of justice also stated our goal of that, quote, for those who engage an unprovoked illegal attacks on civilians weather during times of conflict for times of peace will be held accountable. and this remains our objective. the state department fully supported the department of justice and his investigation and prosecution of these individuals. with respect -- respect the independence of the judiciary. the decision does not exonerate the defendant unnecessarily timid the proceedings. the department of ju

with obama's visit to egypt, -- to asia, it was described by the japanese themselves as the worst visit ever by an american president to japan. i don't see a strategy. a state visit to india makes perfect sense, but i don't see a coherent strategy on that. what can we do? clearly, we have to reassure those allies who are likely to be intimidated by the very radicalized china. we have to do a better job dealing with them, and i think there are options that would entail mobilizing the chinese with help. i am sure that it is right that the chinese don't want to see a collapse of the north korean regime, but they are also in a position to insist on at least external behavior. they have not been motivated to do so, and that is a challenge for obama. bush failed in this regard. i don't think he even tried. maybe obama will. recognizing that an alliance with india is almost certainly in the strategic interests of both countries, and fostering that, would beat a very astute thing to do. he has a problem with taiwan. i hope he will continue to take what has become the recent history of the ameri

an attack that happened just two weeks ago starkly shows the need for change in egypt. a drive-by shooting killed six catholic christians. while the united states and the human rights community has been vocally condemning this attack and other human rights abuses, the egyptian government has yet to recognize the full significance of the violent act or the overreaching issue of intolerance in the country. violence in the name of religion is unacceptable. but when governments do not sufficiently address such behavior that violence is far more troubling. religion is a fundamental freedom that must be upheld and respected in every nation and in every community. i urge my colleagues in the house to join me in calling for freedom and basic human rights for all people. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, this week i introduced legislation that require

there was a clash before yesterday between the muslims and christians in egypt and seven coptic christians got killed. do you have any reaction to that end with secretary clinton discussed this issue with mr. abdul? >> let's have the meeting, which is happening in about 20 minutes. let's have that meeting and then we will let you know of this issue came up. >> no reaction on the clash? >> i will take the question. i don't have anything in my book. >> do you have any plans to send ambassador came to north korea? >> ambassador king? he doesn't have-- has no plans to go to north korea. >> do you think ambassador kaine will attend the future six-party talks? >> ambassador king is our ambassador at large for human rights in north korea. obviously ecolab rates vary closer with ambassador steve bosworth and ambassador sung kim where they have very complementary roles. they are in the region on a regular basis consulting with our partners but his role is different than the six-party process. >> when ambassador king visits south korea next week, wilham besser king discuss with the south korean gove

last friday in egypt, 30 bloggers and activists were detained. group was thankfully no longer in prison is with us today. while it is clear that the spread of these technologies is transforming our world, it is still unclear how that transformation will affect the human rights and human welfare of the world population. on their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress. but the united states does. we stand for a single internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas. we recognize that the world information infrastructure will become what we and others make of it. this challenge may be new, but our responsibility to help ensure the free exchange of ideas goes back to the birth of our republic. the words of the first amendment to our constitution are carved in 50 tons of marble on the front of this building. every generation of americans has worked to protect the values etched in that stone. franklin roosevelt built on these ideas when he delivered his four freedoms speech in 1941. at th

are many other shipments that move through this high traffic area, usually coming from places like egypt and trinidad. the suggested plan to bring the tanker to the area was set in motion before a nigerian man, who may have trained in yemen, attempted to blow up the plane. another concern out there, the lingering warning that came from a 2004 memoir by former counter terrorism czar richard clark who wrote that officials learned al-qaeda operatives have been infiltrating boston by coming in on liquid natural gas tankers from algeria. >> right now with all vessels calling on port to the united states, they submit a 96 hour notice of arrival to us and we do security checks, both through documentation and with sometimes with physical boarding teams on board the vessel. >> reporter: just a short while ago, i spoke with the mayor of everett which is where the ship would eventually dock. he tells me he's been on the phone with the mayor of boston to set up a joint meeting which they're hoping to get on the books for the 15th of january to go over security measures put in place. past studies hav

christia make up about 10% of egypt's mostly muslim population. scores of people have en killed in trib fighting in sudan. a regional official said tod at least 139 tribal members ed in clashes in mote southern sudan. scores more were wounded. it is estimated trib violence in the region killedome 2,500 people last year alone. the u.s. environmental protection agency nts stronger andards governing smog. lisa jackson pposed standards to cutown on ozone emissions. as a resul hundreds more counties would likely be i violion of air pollution rules, but they have up 20 ars to meet the new limits. former preside bush had blocked the tougher standas. on wall street today, the do nes industrial arage gained 33 pnts to close over 10,606. the nasdaq fell one int to close at 2,3. those are me of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the enof the prram with a preview of what you'll find tonight the newshour's web sit but for now, back to jim >> brown: next, a loer-room incint involving guns escalates in a suspension for tional basketball associatio star gilb

. >> brown: in aition to china, secretary clintonamed tunisia, uzbekistan, egypt,ran, saudi arabia, and etnam. today, china's official medi fired back. one state-n newspaper charged clinton was enging in "information impialism." and the foreign mistry issued a response on its wesite, saying: "we urge the u.sside to respect facts and op using the so-cled 'freedom of the internet' to make unjustied accusations against cha." chinese reporting of clint's criticism was sparsebut the u.s. state departmt took its case dectly to chinese blogrs. the american embassy in being and consulat in other cities hosted webased discussions about the speech. for its part, ogle issued a statement aising clinton's speechand c.e.o. eric schmidt said the company stillopes to find a w to remain active in chin for more on all this we turn to michael posner, assista secrary of state for democracy, human rigs and labor; and david lampton, directoof the china studs program at johns hopkins university. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> mr. posnewhat exactly was seetary of state clintoaccusing china of when it

if we go to saudi arabia or algeria or egypt it is a middle class but that is not producing the budget of the area. formal salaries -- it is not like the latin american middle-class of today. it is not like the chinese middle-class. where these were most integrated into the global economy that looks like a middle-class elsewhere you have a lot more moderation. ready muslims are most separated from the global economy, they lack the middle-class, and america and eastern europe and asia you have a lot more extremism. long and short issue is not as long. the problem is not that the muslims are not integrated in terms of culture in the world. they are not integrated economically into the world. when i was doing this, the question was how do we know this is true? how do we know it exists and there was a middle class, it would actually act the way that we think. there are very few places in the muslim world where we can see evidence of the rise of a middle class and the impact it has. it is largely in places like turkey or pockets like the persian gulf and in many places you see semblances of

i came from egypt and i was born in the 1950's during the egyptian revolution. we believe that the united states was good. however, [unintelligible] i came to the united states and i have a lot of jewish friends. i have visited israel and i see the world completely different by coming year. my question for you guys is, number one, if we would like to improve our relationship with the arab countries, we have to show them that we support the arab countries and the muslim countries are getting rid of these oppressive regimes that are treating the people very badly and pushing them toward the extremists. in the united states has really to be viewed as the superpower that is fair and not biased in implementing the united nations resolutions in every direction. and the third thing is, i really do not see that israel is someplace that has to be eliminated, like the iranian president has said, however, the palestinians are living in camps and they are not treated well. what about an economic stimulus to put these people in jobs, to give them a place to live? instead of

i was born in egypt. come to the united states when jimmy carter took over to be president and here, i see a good democracy in the united states. every president in the middle east there is for lies. the problem is not to rid al qaeda. everybody looks up to the united states and wishing united states can change that system to make a free democracy so every country. yemen, tomorrow. so mall you. if you remember, all these leaders is dictators and they have a benefit from having organization like this going to keep democracy against them. we need democracy and liberty from the middle east from the leaders not from the people. you watch and see what will be. unfortunately, people in america don't realize it's the true picture in the middle east. not just saudi arabia but all middle east. host: where are you from originally? caller: i was born in egypt but i fought against russia in afghanistan and i don't realize all this is political to me. the problem truly believe me is the leader in those country. presid

we have supported the police state of saudi arabia that governs a jordan, egypt, and algeria.e give unqualified support to the israelis. these other motivations of the enemy. this is not to say that those policies are wrong. we all have our own opinions on that. certainly i would move to change some of them. but the idea that you do not recognize what your enemies motivation is for political reasons, you will never be read on who you are fighting. host: yemeni leadership, in the cross hairs of al qaeda -- that was from this morning's "washington times." there is a vacuum if we do not support, but you are saying that one of the reasons that al qaeda is fighting there is this? guest: they are an unusual enemy, often when we do something, it is win-win for them. for example, we did not have an airplane explode on christmas day. but 80% of what they were aiming for was successful. they terrorized the american people, seized the air-traffic system, causing the united states to spend much more money on screening and personnel. suggesting again to the american people that their gover

and last friday in egypt, 30 bloggers and activists were detained.amir, who is thankfully no longer in prison, is with us today. so while it is clear that the spread of these technologies is transforming our world, it is still unclear how that transformation will affect the human rights and the human welfare of the world's population. on their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress, but the united states does. we stand for a single internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas. and we recognize that the world's information infrastructure will become what we and others make of it. now, this challenge may be new, but our responsibility to help ensure the free exchange of ideas goes back to the birth of our republic. the words of the first amendment to our constitution are carved in 50 tons of tennessee marble on the front of this building. and every generation of americans has worked to protect the values etched in that stone. franklin roosevelt built on these ideas when he delivered hi

we have supported the police state of saudi arabia that governs a jordan, egypt, and algeria. we give unqualified support to the israelis. these other motivations of the enemy. this is not to say that those policies are wrong. we all have our own opinions on that. certainly i would move to change some of them. but the idea that you do not recognize what your enemies motivation is for political reasons, you will never be read on who you are fighting. host: yemeni leadership, in the cross hairs of al qaeda -- that was from this morning's "washington times." there is a vacuum if we do not support, but you are saying that one of the reasons that al qaeda is fighting there is this? guest: they are an unusual enemy, often when we do something, it is win-win for them. for example, we did not have an airplane explode on christmas day. but 80% of what they were aiming for was successful. they terrorized the american people, seized the air-traffic system, causing the united states to spend much more money on screening and personnel. suggesting again to the american people that their gov

here he is in egypt but he is going up in tyler, texas. a place where people have names like tiffin and just in an oblong and they are southern baptists and he is the only guy with hair on his body. and his hair, age 12, starts with one girl here in the next thing his whole head is curly and he's not having any luck with the ladies and he blames all of this on his being arab. that he wants nothing to do with palestine. is a major bummer src is concerned. but with the events that start to happen overseas, he sees kids his age standing up to an occupatiooccupation. he starts to sort of feel connected and it's interesting to see how his political way or identity happens. from there weo to 1991 in the first gulf war. we experience this with the family that lives in a small, world midwestern town. and it's really a great way to see how american tolerance which sometimes is so easily extended can be so quickly removed. and then how it can reappear again. that kind of shows that short as of the american memory. from there we go to 1995. what happ

supports dictatorship and egypt with weapons. egypt arrests and tortures zoellick here -- torturous zawahiri. yemen provided the most comprehensive account on thursday of contacts between al qaeda and the nigerian accused of trying to blow up the u.s. airliner, saying he may have met with a radical cleric who previously had contact with the elected shooter at fort hood. in the weeks before he -- had contact with the shooter at fort hood. yemen's deputy prime minister said the account who oversees security issues filled in some of the planks of his movements -- fill in some of the blanks. sam, republican connecting the dots on terrorism. caller: i am disappointed in the whole system. the problem is -- less than 50% of them x-rays and inspected, and they all end up on the same airplane. whether you check the people or not better than 50% of your cargo will not get inspected. [unintelligible] host: chicago on our independent line. please go ahead with your comment. caller: good morning. my first time on, i have listened to it often,

presidents in aar of egypt threatened to quote, drive israel into the sea. the conflict is now called the six-day war. the armies of egypt, syria, jordan, and lebanon amassed on israeli borders. and the united nations troops were ordered to withdrawal from the sinai peninsula. so the whole world watched and waited. the united nations stood by and did nothing. but to the shock of the world, israel turned back all of the aggressors in just six days and headed to the enemy capitals. israel won a defensive war of the west bank, gaza, sigh my peninsula, and the golan heights. a cease-fire was negotiated. international law says that countries must return land gained from a defensive war only under a negotiated peace. so lateral and egypt have since sign a peace treaty. israel gave back the sinai. time and again israel has traded land for peace but it still has no peace. all of the nations of the middle east must condemn terror as a policy for change. the palestinians and israelis must settle their disputes now some 60 years later through mutual respect, cooperatio

in thousands of napoleon's soldiers and bones to fertilize the fields of england and mummies from egyptombs. and if i couldn't go along very long. when this former brought these coprolites to henslowe he said he had discovered gold because these fossils are not made of carbonate. they are made of phosphate and they can be used as fertilizers and it turned out they were great deposits of them that could be mined and so one commentator at the time said isn't it ironic that now england is going to be rescued by these fossil doo-doo just as it was rescued in the industrial revolution by oil and gasoline. all of these prehistoric deposits were fuelling the modern industrial revolution. well, and the coprolite the deposits were all over east anglia and particularly huge deposits in cambridge fire and right under cambridge university and when i sit in england by said you know it is very hard for me to imagine one of the greatest universities in the world is founded on top of a huge pile of crap the record because they got the joke before i even knew where it was going. well, these coprolite mi

to my mind right away that i don't think we know nearly enough about is what is going to happen in egypt? if you look at what happened yesterday on the gaza frontier, the killing of an egyptian security officer by fire from gaza and the great turmoil that is going on there and if you look at mubarak, you look at the political uncertainty around the succession there, i think egypt is a huge unknown unknown and could have enough people there could have an enormous influence. the other one of course is more known and that is iran, how close are they, what red lines have the israelis drawn, how well did the iranians understand those red lines and there's some hope i think among people that they do see, most of them, but iran this the other great one. >> ladies and gentlemen thank you for joining us for this very special event. thank you, jim. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. >> hello everyone. i am the director of media relations at the world resources institute for of thank you for coming to the national press club for the seventh annual environmental storie

he is in egypt now and will be traveling to jordan, lebanon and turkey. dr.bruce alberts, former president of the national academy of sciences will be traveling to indonesia shortly and former nih director will be headed for north africa in february. over time we will need additional signs on voice from various disciplines to visit different parts of the world who come science on was will seek to deepen existing and develop the relationships and gather input on here is a potential collaboration aimed at addressing common global challenges and realizing shared goals although the convoys are private citizens, they will share with a learned how on these trips with the u.s. government and relationships they build. to reaffirm our commitment to global engagement. finally before taking questions, george mitchell of arrived in paris today, had a meeting with foreign minister there and very shortly will leave paris for brussels for meetings with the quartet at the envoy level. >> can you go back on the quartet meeting or individual meetings? >> it is a quartet meetin

they fund certain things in egypt and they support things and this and that.t they haven't put it all together yet. and i'm going to put it all together and i'll demonstrate i'm the best counterterrorism expert the west ever had by sticking their thumb in their eye. they haven't come up with this strategy yet but i'm going to inoculate the global movement and by identifying them i'll make sure they can't hurt us in the future because we're all aware of them and so from then forward one time like there's another one. this is why i was saying he's the investigative, you know, reporter for al-qaeda. the six steps. amplifying backtrackers. this is something -- anybody who used to be a big voice in al-qaeda, the global jihadist movement that then renounces al-qaeda hurts them. he says it hurts them. it hurts them really bad. i call it my barking dogs metric. however many barking dogs are yapping in response to something is an indicator of how vulnerable they feel. the sharif recantations -- or revisions, zawahiri wrote a book about it in response. did two videos ab

here he is in egypt but he is grown up in tyler, texas, a place people have names like tiffany and justin and they are blonden and southern baptist and omar is the only guy with hair on his body and at age 12 it starts with one curl hair and the next thing you know his hair is curly and he doesn't have any luck with the ladies and he blames this on his the arab and then he wants nothing to do it, is a bomber as far as he's concerned. he doesn't know why a for the success with the place long gone and far away. but with the evin steps are to have an overseas he sees kids his age standing up to an occupation. he starts to sort of feel connected and it's interesting to see how his political or just identity awareness happens. there we go to 1991 and the first gulf war back and experience this with a family that lives in a small rural midwestern town, and it's a great way to see how american tolerance can which sometimes is easily extend it can be so quickly removed and then how it can reappear again and that kind of shows that shortness of the american memory. from there we mid-1995. what hap

hauling in thousands of napoleon's soldiers, bones, to fertilize the fields of england, and mummies from egyptem that could be mined. and so one of the commentators at the time said isn't it ironic that the england going to be rescued by these fossil doo doo just as it was rescued in the industrial revolution by the oil and gasoline. all these prehistoric deposits were fueling the modern industrial revolution. well, the copper light, deposits were all over east anglia. and particularly huge deposits, and right under cambridge university work when i said in england, i said you know, it's very hard for me to imagine one of the greatest universities in the world is founded on top of a huge pile of crap. they just roared over there because they got to the joke before even finished it. they knew exactly where i was going. well, these mines sprang up all over england. and these young men they couldn't get work were now making big bucks mind, very unsafe funds that they were not properly built. they're having cave-ins all done. people die. the young men would go and take all the money and get drunk.

to my mind right away that i don't think we know nearly enough about is what is going to happen in egyptif you look at what happened yesterday on the gaza frontier, the killing of an egyptian security officer by fire from gaza and the great turmoil that is going on there and if you look at mubarak, you look at the political uncertainty around the succession there, i think egypt is a huge unknown unknown and could have enough people there could have an enormous influence. the other one of course is more known and that is iran, how close are they, what red lines have the israelis drawn, how well did the iranians understand those red lines and there's some hope i think among people that they do see, most of them, but iran this the other great one. >> ladies and gentlemen thank you for joining us for this very special event. thank you, jim. [applause] [inaudible conversations] morning. i want to start with two updates on stories that we haveç talked about in previous years. last year i talked about watching for at the beginning of enforcement of the newly revised lacy act. congressman lacy

they bought a certain things in egypt and support things in this and that, but they haven't put it all together yet. i'm going to put it altogether and demonstrate that i am the best counterterrorism analyst the west has ever had a domestic my stomach in their eye, they haven't come up with a strategy that's but mcorp to inoculate the global movement from these efforts by identifying them and agree to make sure they can't hurt us in the future because we are aware of them so from then forward he is always like there is another one. this is why i was saying he is the investigative reporter for al-qaeda. so the six steps -- and the fine back trackers is something anybody who used to be a big voice in the global jihadist movements then renounces al-qaeda hurts them. he says it hurts that really bad. at a college by barking dogs metric, however many of our yapping response to something is indicator of how vulnerable they feel. besides every cancellations or revisions of all these guys responded and he said his third senate does. the second fabrication. anytime the west can make up lies he

i also told them that i was born in egypt. a muslim.d was a law professor with great faith in the american legal system. you have sued president bush, he asked? yes, you and i have sued him and i will do everything i can to help you, i answered. to my considerable relief he said with a heavy germany accident, this is good. on the second day of my visit, i brought him mcdonald's coffee and a half dozen of packets of sugar to satisfy what i know about the turkish coffee culture as well as an apple pie which he ate for nostalgia for his mother's version. on subsequent visits i became more adventurous what i would bring on our next visits. jolly ranchers, cookies, canned fruit, dried foot, melting mcflurries and even a package of shrimp cocktail. i was shopping for a starving man. i also brought him starbucks but to my surprise he preferred mcdonalds coffee. it's an interesting bit of consumer's trivia an absurdly dark one really when one considers that just about a mile from the strip mall housing those and other fronts of innocent america

i also told them that i was born in egypt, a muslim and was a law professor with great faith in the american legal system. you have sued president bush, he asked? you and i have sued him. and to my considerable relief he said with a heavy german accent, this is good. on the second day of my visit i brought him mcdonald's coffee and a half dozen packets of sugar to satisfy what i knew about the turkish coffee culture as well as an apple pie which he ate for the nostalgia of his mother's version i became more adventurous what i would meetings, turkish figs, subs, pizza fillet o fish, jolly ranchers, fresh fruit, dried foot, melting mcin yours and even a package of shrimp cocktail. i was shopping for a starving man and i brought him starbucks but to my surprise he preferred mcdonald's coffee. it's an interesting bit of consumerist trivia and a dark one really when one considers that just about a mile from the strip mall housing those and other fronts of innocent americana there exists a camp housing of fully constructed project of dehumanization. he asked me about my family, told me about summe