one or two ikrima's men are believed to have been killed or wounded.ed raid came just two weeks after al-shabaab launched the attack on the west gate shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. an official said the operation to snatch ikrima had been in the works long before that. officials briefed on the operation said the seal commander made the right call in deciding to withdraw. the seals had not expected to find so many women and children, in effect human shields, inside the compound. >> pelley: david martin at the pentagon for us tonight. david, thank you. remnants of tropical storm karen met up today with a huge storm system moving from west-to-east, bringing severe weather from the carolinas all the way up toÑi vermont. a school bus overturned this morning on a muddy road in north carolina. nine students were taken to the hospital but theñr injuries ar serious. when the weather service in anchorage, alaska, put out its forecast last friday, it seemedi like any other-- until you look closely. the first letter of each lineñr spells out "pleaseÑi pay us." tu

these tv 2 norway images are rare photos of the alleged terrorist known as ikrima. he is in america's crosshairs. just days after the mall attack, two dozen navy s.e.a.l.s raided ikrima's compound in southern somalia. they failed to capture him. but cnn has learned why president obama risked so much. u.s. sources tell cnn ikrima is now seen as a prominent part of the al qaeda network, with possible information on new attacks being planned. his reach now is far beyond somalia. >> he's really emerged as a key link figure between various al qaeda affiliates, between al qaeda's affiliate in yemen, between al shabaab in somalia and al qaeda central in pakistan. he is somebody who has deep connections to militants in the west because of the time he spent in the west in recent years. >> reporter: al qaeda in the arabian peninsula based in yemen is now considered the most dangerous of the al qaeda affiliates. cnn has been shown encrypted e-mails through a third party that were exchanged with ikrima. they show contacts between him and the american-born cleric who was killed

it is not known if ikrima was involved. but nyan police today released photos of two men they have identified who were part of the attack. for more for more on the men targeted by u.s. special forces over the weekend and the organizations they're a part of, i'm joined by jeremy bash. he has served as former chief of staff to both the director of the c.ia and secretary of .defense during the obama .administration. and our own margaret warner, who has been working the phones all day. thank you both. jeremy to you first, why is the yoorpted states going halfway around the world to try to grab terrorists like these two men? >> well, judy, al qaeda in east africa in the al shabaab element here is a threat to the united stitz and our allies. >> woodruff: we may have an audio problem with your microphone so we are going to try to figure that out. let's see. we're okay now, you can cope talking. >> all right, judy, the al shabaab element-- and our allies, we look at what they plan in the 1998 terrorist bombings an in nairobi. >> wo

ikrima remains at large. these two raids show that strikes can be risky and difficult. one got its target and the other did not. a u.s. official told me the u.s. does not see the somalia operation as a failure. the official says it shows terror that they can, quote, knock on their door anywhere in the world. john sciutto, cnn, washington. >>> our thanks to jim. >>> this morning, there is optimistic on the talks over a long-term security green light with afghanistan. u.s. and afghan leaders held latest round of talks yesterday. afghanistan wants guarantees against future terrorism from pakistan, while the u.s. wants troops to remain in the country beyond 2014. despite the impasse, u.s. officials say they are confident an agreement can be made in the next few weeks. >>> nsa officials uncertain about recently melt downs. they say ten electrical surges at the facility have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars of machinery and caused years of delay in opening that facility. the facility in utah is slated to

ikrima and a leaked intelligence report he is linked to attacks in cance kenya.october of 2 2011 he directea grenade strike. it was in retaliation for kenyan forces for entering somalia. he is to have foiled planned attacks. a restaurant popular with government officals and the assassination of government officals. he has links to al qaeda operatives. both were involved in the u.s. embassy bombings targeting americans in kenya and tan ai tn tanzania. most of the energy of intelligence agency has been spent on finding out more on ikrima. not only seen as the master mind of this attack but the man that pulled together the al shabab and the kenyan group and what remained of al qaeda in east africa. together one potent mix. late in the last decade large numbers of the group crossed the border in somalia to fight alongside of al shabab. some of them are expected of coming back. >> they have battle field expose youexposure and track and they e filtering back into this country. there is a lot to be done before this country is safe. >> after west gate mall it appears no

his name was ikrima, officials say he also was linked totem wasee bombings. but the seals got caught in a fire fight and had to withdraw back to sea before they could capture him. it is not clear if he was killed or wounded in the fire fight. defense secretary hagel said the objective of both these operations was to bring terrorists to justice. by which he meant put them in jail. david n both of these operations why boots on the ground and not drone strikes? >> reporter: officials say that both these men lived in populated areas and that using a drone which fires a missile just posed too great a risk of civilian casualties. so boots on the ground was the only optioned jses david martin at the pentagon, thank you. abu anus al-libi had been on the fbi most wanted terrorist list for 12 years. today we asked a former federal prosecutor why the capture was so significant. >> he was a member of al qaeda during al qaeda's early stages where their anti-u.s. agenda was being formed. >> jeff: close to bin laden. >> close to bin laden. >> for five years former federal p

there is another norwegian connection, a person named ikrima, an adopted name. americans failed to capture a few days ago when they did that raid, the u.s. navy seal team six recently got outgunned by the people defending the house that they thought he was in. he is somebody who spent some years, about four years in norway, he applied for the weekend political asylum, and then he left in 2008 before you got it -- he got it. >> i presume, it is precisely why norway -- i believe they pay a lot of the salaries for civil servants in somalia, desperately keen there is no growth of the influx from somalia. >> the idea of blowback, that people who leave european countries to go off to fight jihad in some distant place -- whether afghanistan, mali, and somalia, if they survive it, , these battlether scenarios where life is short and cheap, the idea they would come back and put those skills to u in their adopted country. that has always been the fear. there are no signs of that actually happen with norway at the moment. but that is the fear. >> thank you very much. one m

ikrima, the target of the somalia raid, remains at large.he operations show america's increasing focus on the growing terror threat emanating from africa. in mali and algeria, al qaeda and the islamic magreb and just across the gulf of yemen, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. unlike in iraq and afghanistan, now the u.s. is relying on smaller, swifter operations. james liddy is a former navy s.e.a.l. commando. >> the united states is showing once again that it's not going to let terrorists dictate the war on terror. a surgical strike makes a lot of sense to try to minimize the casualties that would ensue if you had a larger footprint or bigger operation. >> still, these two raids show the difficulty of that strategy. one team gets its man, the other does not. both in high risk operations. that said, a u.s. official told me today emphatically the u.s. does not see the somalia operation as a failure, rather he told me it shows that we can quote, knock on their door anywhere in the world. it showed we can get eyes on them and guns on them very

he is a kenyan from somalia, but he is known kifrply at -- simply as ikrima. he is thought to be involved with three terror networks. he recruits a lot of al-shabab members. leaked reports say he also planned several other big terror plats, including un offices in niairob nairobi, and a airport attack in kenya earlier this year. but the raid still shows the u.s. can put pressure on al-shabab whenever it chooses. >> thank you. >>> somalia has been an unstable country for decades which makes the challenges even more difficult, peter has more. >> reporter: this is the tip of somalia's spear against al-shabab. the militia snaps to attention on parade. these men have had a checkered history at times fighting with the government sometimes with al-shabab. for now they are the government's defense in the south. this man served along kenyan forces to drive al-shabab out of their hometown a year ago. the kenyan troops have been confined to defending key installations like the airport. they have the equipment to hold the attackers back, but don't have the local knowledge

he is known simply and ikrima, and he is a mysterious figure.here are no public photos known, and thought to be involved with theater ror networks. he is a key leader in al-shabab, that's the group behind the nairobi mall attacks last month. he also planned several other big terror attacks. now with the failure of the u.s. raid, it is likely he remains a serious threat. >>> joining us is ambassador robin sanders, the normer ambassador to nigeria and republican of congo. ambassador welcome. >> thank you, john. >> what is your reaction to this raid? >> well, the raid in libya, i think is really a good closure for the families of the victims from 1998. >> you knew many of those people. >> i knew many of those people. i lost a good friend in the bombing. and for them 15 years later it was a good closing. what we did was the right thing to do. there has been a $5 million bounty on the head of alibby since 1991. >> so it comes after this attack in nairobi. so what is the connection if any? >> it may not be direct ex-september they are all involved wit

it is not clear ikrima was killed in the attack. sun sam moll/* some mollie was killed. they were not told about u.s. plans to carry out this commando raid against abu anas saw al-liby but three may have opened u.s. delta troops. >>> with me retired u.s. army schafer from dc and former navy seal and member of the fbi joint terrorism task force jonathan gilliam is here with me in new york. tony, i am going to start with you. you commanded a joint dod, dcia base with two in kenya supporting special ops in somalia. what can you tell us about the difficulties that would have encountered by the seals yesterday? >> very difficult. it is importanto understand who you are going after and when you are going after them. the people that have to get into the circles they have to penetrate these tribes. tribes are difficult to penetrate. a rough environment by the fact of distance as well. the fact that we took a shot was good. the fact that we have not got confirmation yet is not good. we should try and continue to try and this should be one step moving forward in continuing to pros

their aim was to capture a man called ikrima, a key player in the al qaeda linked al shabaab movement. this is the group behind a terrorist attack oin a shopping mall in kenya last month. the team in charge of this raid, seal team 6. that's the same unit that killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden in his pakistani hideout in 2011. this time, it does not appear that it went quite as well. a firefight so intense they decided to withdraw without ever knowing if they actually got their man. the other raid, though, 3,000 miles away in tripoli, in libya. that one, a success. al libi, an al qaeda operative wanted for the 1998 bombings of two u.s. embassies in africa. he has been captured by delta force operatives. his wife speaking exclusively to cnn about what she saw. >> translator: we expected them do do anything, but they took us by surprise. this thing came all of a sudden. there was no longer any talk about him in the media. so i felt somewhat reassured. he even stopped taking his weapon or his sons with him or hiring private security. he was living his life normally. everything happen

the s.e.a.l.s could have liquidated the place and killed ikrima but that would have created civilian casualties. why go against al shabaab? jeremy bash spoke to candy crowley on "state of the union." >> they haven't sought to attack the u.s. mainland yet but remember, they conduct an operation against our embassies in 1998, 15 years ago. they will come after the united states if we don't go after them. >> a more successful african mission came one day later, some 3,000 miles away in tripoli, libya. cars pulled up on the streets of al libi, reportedly returning home from morning prayers, and ten members of the elite delta force grabbed him. not one shot was fired. cnn visited al libi's home and visited his wife, who claimed her husband left al qaeda in 1996. >> translator: we expected them to do anything but they took us by surprise. this thing came all of a sudden. there was no longer any talk about him in the media so i felt somewhat reassured. he even stopped taking his weapon or his sons with him or hiring private security. he was living his life normally. >> the pentagon says al

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they targeted a house in house south of mogadishu where they thought a man who goes by the name of ikrima a kenyan of somali origin hid of fighters for al-shabaab in somalia. they knew he was at the house at the time. when they got close they decided they could not capture him alive. they decided to retreat. local reports suggest there was a gunfight on the ground. that mission we're told was not successful. it was supposed to be a capture mission, not capture or kill mission. jon. jon: please stay on it for us. thank you. jenna: let's bring in general jack keane, retired four-star general, fox news analyst. good to see you. >> hello, jenna. jenna: four raids, two nights, what do you think of the timing? >> they are related in that sense. clearly somalia and libya are not related. but as intelligence run folding they made the judgment it makes sense to do it simultaneously so they don't give off early warnings and people start taking unnecessary precautions that would detect what they're trying to conduct. so i think while they're not related operationally they probably did put them toget

the mission to secretly enter a hostile town, capture and bring back alive a man known as acream -- ikrima. but after the s.e.a.l.s make their way to their target, a heavily defended seaside villa, they are spotted. a massive firefight breaks out as more and more militants gather. the s.e.a.l.s cannot capture the target, they abort the mission. a top pentagon official insists the s.e.a.l.s were not run off by al shabaab fighters. >> military personnel on this objective during the raid literally went to the door step of this al shabaab terrorist and discovered that there were civilians in the surrounding area. >> reporter: a military source says the s.e.a.l.s also report they saw children at the compound, another factor in ending the raid. and he says there are other u.s. forces nearby to respond if the fight had grown worse. we are also getting a clearer picture of the mission in libya. in tripoli, army delta force commandos in vehicles surround abu anas al libi, a senior al qaeda operative while he is still in his car. his son shows us the vehicle. shattered glass from smashed in windows,