end of the get and keep a thousand strong deployment runs intervened in mali generally to drive islamist rebels out of the country and assess us early reports a lot has changed for paris is since the start of the mission they say though that they still plan on that continuing battle adoption of the four thousand strong military personnel who are at least on the ground and keeping these a one thousand feet as they say will be part of a few sure you when a peacekeeping mission i were over this is in stark contrast to what first foreign minister now for five years had said in here in your week. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of later on in comments barca but we have no intention of staying forever . now the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of as long as the extremism advance to europe no clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on the ground falls under a call made by u.n. secretary general ban ki moon in deploying about eleven thousand two hundred troops and one thousand

. >> the have claimed some 500 attacks across syria saying they want to establish an islamist country. >> the leader of al qaeda in iraq a confirming some things that we had feared. saying they are closely linked to el qaeda. the group, seen here in the propaganda video, claims to have about 7000 supporters. they have been funding the syrian group for two years. the front's first made headlines when a call for a holy war against syrian president bashar of assaad. then carried out more than 500 attacks including car bombings in damascus last may killing 55 people. yesterday's attacked killing 15 in damascus as also being it should be added to this group. the fighters have been an effective part of the uprising against the assaad regime, but they make no secret of their hostility towards secular institutions. their goal is the creation of an islamist state in syria. >> now the talk about this and the threat that it poses in syria, i am joined by an analyst on international affairs. thank you for being with us. what are the implications of these two groups are linked? >> first and foremo

troops begin a to leave madi and a crackdown on the relentless islamist insurgency gripping the country while worries remain the army will be stuck there for much longer. a detainee on hunger strike at guantanamo bay allegedly tries to take his own life as inmates a reach a breaking point with the protests now in its third month. and a no was game from prying eyes the private investigation industry is thriving in britain as a lack of legal restrictions allows anyone to keep tabs on you at any time. international news analysis and your reports of this is r.t. . the pentagon is sounding the alarm over the french troops withdrawal from mali saying local forces are unfit to take over paris pull the first contingent out of the volatile state on tuesday they plan to withdraw three quarters of their force by the end of the year and keep a thousand strong deployment france intervened in mali in general to drive his levis rebels out of the country and as tessa siller reports a lot has changed for paris this is the start of the mission they say though that they still plan on that continuing that

ali wrapping up the islamist crackdown but it's uncertain whether the country's ready if the u.n. approved african force and maintained. hunger strike hits day sixty four demerge is that one inmate attempted suicide last month meanwhile prison officials are demanding more money to keep the jail running. and by private investigation in britain is but legal loopholes main a growing number of people can simply watch you anytime anywhere. and i welcome good to have you company watching this morning with me. francis started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force only if french troops will remain by the end of the year january's french led intervention drive out islamist insurgents from northern mali but some retreated to desert hide in the vast area. as the details of the french are proposed and keeping a permanent force of about one thousand french troops on the ground in mali to continue fighting against islamic extremists and militants of the country they say though that they still plan on continuing that would duction o

the eu says it believes hundreds of radical islamists from across europe are in syria right now, and they are worried that they could pose a serious threat to security here if they return. >> syria's civil war rages on for a third year, and a growing number of islamists from europe are joining the number of rebels fighting to topple the assad regime. german federal police say it is the same development they observed in the afghanistan war. >> we are not surprised we are seeing young germans in syria. also fighters from france and britain. we think there are some 40 to 60 fighters who come from europe. >> experts think the number of radicalized european fighters in syria may even run into the hundreds. they are smuggled into the war zone by professional recruiters. islamists active in syria are financed by backers in countries including saudi arabia. >> they are not booking their tickets at travel agencies. that is clear. there are middlemen who are of arranging the strips. >> what alarms terrorism experts most are calls for the volunteers to return to their home countries including g

countries well their borders are porous and experts say the islamists could travel through them without any serious problems they also warn the past decades has shown that such interventions don't solve crises but deepen them and generate new conflicts there are rising fears nearby western sahara could turn into a new terror hub and right now it's really unclear who is going to turn who's going to take care of that problem and how if most of french troops to leave it's going to be a completely different game for the remaining thousand the un is talking about some additional attack force but so far it's merely an idea while the clock is ticking also journalist barry land those covered french policy in africa says paris underestimated the scale of the problem from the very start. they probably didn't realize what they were getting into remember call and powell warned your age bush on the eve of the invasion of iraq if you break it you own it and that's what the french and wound up there that's what they're confronting now they're getting into a situation that was much more complex and muc

my hunch is that they know this is an islamist attack already.e hallmarks of it in terms of trade craft and terms of timing, in terms of target. and i would certainly agree, we have continued to motivate the enemy. the enemy is now active on five continents. we have just surrendered our forces or surrendered in worse commensurately we have galvanized this generation of islamists, just as they defeated the soviets in afghanistan in the 1980's galvanized ben laden's generation. lou: i know this may be a peculiar perspective to ask you to assess, but if this does not anger and galvanize the american people in the war against terror and radical islamist, what would it take? >> it depends on the political culture of the administration. we withdraw from iraq and organize the withdrawal from afghanistan, what the weight is raised to the american public is we are winning those words. we are not. the way they are perceived is that we are in full retreat. the perception of the other side is the most important. it is motivating, first of all, their operativ

they have not acknowledged it is seated in any radical islamist world view. what is the point of this? when are we going to see a brake through here in the -- breakthrough in the mind set of the government, we should point out, this is a mind set that was shared by the bush administration,. >> at the end certainly. lou: early as 2002, a major issue went to use expression radical i islamist this nation will destroy itself if we cannot speak honestly about our enemies. >> it is okay we'll pass the immigration bill, and 11 million people will get citizenship. lou: your sense of -- >> i think you are right, it is about a mind set they decided we don't you know political correctness, we don't want to talk about anything that might discriminate. we put blinders on the r realit, it is time little bit at political correctness took a back say the to common sense, if we're blinded to the challenge we'll never adequately -- >> this is an ideology that believes that america's presence in the world is too strong our support for israel is too stro. >> the administration? >

countries well their borders are porous and experts say the islamists could travel through them without any serious problems they also warn the past decades has shown that such interventions don't solve crises but deepen them and generate new conflicts there are rising fears nearby western sahara could turn into a new terror hub and right now it's really unclear who's going to turn who's going to take care of that problem and hell if most of french troops to leave it's going to be a completely different game for the remaining thousand the un is talking about some additional attack force but so far it's merely an idea while the clock is ticking investigative journalism michel call on the things that africa is instability in the proof is the perfect excuse for the west to intervene and explain the continent's untouched resources. if you want to establish it in your region first you have to get rid of the river shamisen you have to ask why the out of this region you have to consider that africa. hundred percent of all raw materials crude crude for the economy grows up when the contras espe

bin laden when he was still alive pledged public support to the islamists fighting there. and we saw even pre-9/11, an amalgamation of chechen fighters into al qaeda camps, et cetera. it doesn't mean there were broad alliances or strong cooperation between both forces. it just means there was this interaction. so there -- if, in fact, there are direct links back to the chechen islamist movement, this will be the first time you've seen an attack on behalf of the checen islamist movement outside of russia. but we're a long ways from being there yet. >> and yet we do know that tamerlan, who was 26 and was killed, he had last year traveled back to russia for a considerable period of time. what do we think he was doing there? >> well, we -- the short answer is we don't know. and that's the job of the cia and the national security community working with russian liaison, with fsb, their version of fbi, sfr, their version of the cia, to try and develop a picture and understanding. who he met with, who he talked to, what type of activities. it is possible that his radicalization ha

starting to leave molly wrapping up the islamist crackdown but a thousand soldiers will stay permanently. as one time tomorrow's hunger strike hits day sixty forward emerges that one inmate attempted suicide last month meanwhile prison officials are demanding more money to keep the jail running . and i spied a private investigation in britain is booming is legal loopholes mean a growing number of people can simply anytime anywhere. i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me. now france has started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force the french anticipated a short campaign against islamic insurgents in january but now i plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the year the military intervention initially drove out the militants from northern mali some retreated to desert hideouts in the vast area. has the details they say though that they still plan on that continuing that would duction of their four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand

countries well their borders are forests and experts say the islamists could travel through them without any serious problems they also warn the past decades has shown that such interventions don't solve crises but deepen them and generate new car flipped there are rising fears nearby western sahara could turn into a new terror hub and right now it's really unclear who is going to turn who's going to take care of that problem and how if most of french troops to leave it's going to be a completely different game for the remaining thousand the un is talking about some additional attack force but so far it's really an idea while the clock is ticking. as the mass hunger strike could go in tandem obey continues for a third month a lawyer for one of the protesters has just been told that his clients tried to commit suicide according to a letter from another inmate the incident took place last month it still not clear whether the man succeeded in taking his own life though the u.s. military strongly denied the claims saying there's been no recent suicide attempts and that no lives are in danger

officials on the alarm over young europeans being recruited to join islamist rebel groups in syria claiming they pose a serious threat upon their return. eight pm in moscow. good having you with us here on r t our top story this just into r t one of the jailed pussy riot band members has been denied early release from prison a judge in central russia ruled to keep. behind bars for the remainder of her two year sentence she got that term for hooliganism last summer after her group's impromptu performance at the christ the savior cathedral in moscow r t z x a alexei he has been watching the proceedings he joins us now live with the latest hello alexi so tell us more about the ruling in this case. well we actually expected a quick decision either way a negative or a positive one the whole process lost it for almost ten hours and the decision on. parole lee has been next now the judge said that she considered every single statement coming from the defending lawyers which were mostly related to her having a rather good behavior during her prison term now in central russian prison and also the fa

operations to a un approved african force the french interest a paid at a shot campaign against islamist insurgents in general but now plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the yeah the military intervention initially drove out the militants from northern mali but some retreated to desert hideouts in the last area artes to syria has the details they say though that they still plan on continuing double adoption of the four thousand strong military personnel who are at least on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they say will be part of a few sure you when a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister now for five years had said in sharing everything. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of weeks later on barca but we have no intention of staying forever. now the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of as long as the extreme islam advanced europe now clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on the ground falls u

the same as we know happened in egypt with the islamists coming to power. >> right.t's fascinating. i appreciate having you on. we want to have you on again. thank you so much. >>> just ahead, you will meet an amazing woman who survived the bombings. her name is heather abbott. she was outside a bar near the finish line when the first bomb exploded, then came the blast that would change her life forever. >> before i could even think of what to do, the second blast happened and i found myself catapulted into the bar on the ground. >> so it actually lifted you up. >> yes. . >>> it's been humbling to talk to the heroes who saved so many lives here, and to the victims who have shown really extraordinary strength and grace. today, i had the privilege of meeting heather abbott. she's a great person, as you're about to see. the day of the marathon, heather, some of her friends had taken the train up from providence, rhode island. it's a tradition for them, catch a baseball game, watch the marathon runners. heather was hit by the second blast. her left foot and ankle, badly

at sending combat instructors to train troops with all this effort paris has managed to push the islamist to the north of the country securing key cities but with fighting still going on in the mountains and a string of suicide bomber attacks in the several cities it's clear that the islamists are not exactly all out nor are they defeated which raises the comparison with another country afghanistan where the terrorists live in the midst of peaceful civilians the also use so-called hit and run guerrilla tactics so the french have been combing through have valley north of golf believe that. many of the islamists can be hiding there but the question is what comes next if we look at the neighboring countries well their borders are forests and experts say the islamists could travel through them without any serious problems they also warn the past decades has shown that such interventions don't solve crises but deepen them and generate new conflicts there are rising fears nearby western sahara could turn into a new terror hub and right now it's really unclear who is going to turn who's going to

russia did warn the u.s. a couple of years ago that the all that sort of my brother had a radical islamist links were why did the f.b.i. fail to take proper action. i don't know but the question now is was it incompetent that's the primary line of questioning which is being aired in the media i'm afraid there might need to be another line of questioning. i don't want to put forward any. suggestions for which i have no basis i don't have any basis for what i'm about to say but i'm afraid in the history of the world there are examples of countries tolerating or encouraging terrorist attacks on their own territory for political reasons i repeat i have no proof at all that this is the case in this in this example but history unfortunately does give us precedence for such cynical activity and the fact is that whatever the truth may be about these brothers there has been a long history of american us american particularly neoconservative friendship towards and support for the chechen rebels in general at the time of the beslan massacre for example the blame in the american media was put exclusiv

at sending combat instructors to train troops with all this effort paris has managed to push the islamist to the north of the country securing key cities with fighting still going on in the mountains and a string of suicide bomber attacks in the several cities it's clear that the islamists are not exactly all out nor are they defeated which raises the comparison with another country afghanistan where the terrorists live in the midst of peaceful civilians the also use or called hit and run guerrilla tactics so the french have been combing through her valley north of believe that many of the islamist can be hiding there but the question is what comes next. guantanamo's hunger strike has passed the two month mark and it's got psychologists and lawyers deeply worried one prisoner of eleven years who is refusing food even trying to kill himself last month is lawyers says the inmate was taken away by ambulance but his condition is unknown u.s. officials are telling attorneys whether the hunger strike inclines. officially forty two inmates are protesting but their lawyers say many more street pr

soldiers killed 14 islamist soldiers in a raid on the islamist group boko haram.t is said the fighters were planning an easter sunday attack. m23 olitical leader of rebels in the democratic republic of congo says they will not attack united nations soldiers. the un it recently decided to enforce peace. backed by his soldiers, m23's for acal head arrive news conference. he wanted to talk peace. his message was for the united nations. we will not run away. we will be there. but we think this is not the solution. it is a clinical solution. >> m23 believes the un is advocating forced as the answer. last week the security council unanimously approved the creation of an intervention brigade to neutralize rebel groups. its rules of engagement will allow the un forces to fire on the rebels first. it was m23's entrance into goma late last year that prompted the international community back. the rebel force is made up of soldiers who deserted the government last year. it is called the march 23 movement after the date of a failed peace deal signed with the government in 2009

and the longer we wait, the longer the radicals and islamists are going to jump n. the longer we wait, the worse it's going to be not only for syrians but also for the region and the united states. >> woodruff: joshua landis? >> look, the average cost of iraq and afghanistan for the american -- each american household has been $40,000 of debt for every household. $1 trillion in iraq and afghanista we hardly changed the outcome. we did change it because we've spent -- we have spent $250,000,000 in syria. almost nothing. we could pour in more money but what outcome are we going to get? it's a civil war it's pitting two different sectarian groups against each other, and the united states f they get in -- if they get in and get a sunni arab win over the minorities there could be ethnic cleansing. there is going to be a lot of things that go on that we didn't plan for as had happened in other countries. we could provide a no-fly zonett reasons to stop the killings. fit doesn't stop, as it probably won't, then the mission creep is tremendous. we'll have to go hunting assa

communicate with radical islamist groups in the chechnya or even get training in bomb-making? after returning home he created this youtube channel, including videos with radical preachers. there is no way to be sure if he posted the material himself. >> i think what you're seeing with this particular phenomenon is -- with this particular attack in boston, is a self-radicalization process that's occurred as these two young men have tried to figure out who they are. >> reporter: but just one problem. how did the brothers learn to make and detonate two bombs almost simultaneously, something that is not easy to do? >> it suggests either practice in the united states or training elsewhere or perhaps both. >> now, you can read a so-called recipe online about how to make a bomb. but these two brothers made and detonated two bombs nearly simultaneously, something that is not easy to do. and did they do it their first time out? it begs the question, experts say, if they did have help and from who. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> you know, john, in the hours after we learnt the ide

what does it mean to be a self-radicalized islamist?ink when you say self it appears as they came out of nowhere and out of the person's own mind. i believe that it's a political movement and global movement that believes it should be based in the islamic state and they view american government which is based in reason and secular law to be unislamic and to be their enemy. radicalization happens when they take that political ideology and more and more slide toward a militant movement to defeat western secularism or liberalism versus doing it through democratic or evangelistic mechanisms. >> understand that we're working with a limited profile here and we learn more stuff every day from people who knew him, tamerlan apparently said recently i don't have a single american friend. i don't understand them. he quit boxing. something he apparently loved. couldn't go out for the olympic team because he wasn't a full citizen. he was accused of hitting his girlfriend. his father left the country. but how do you go from there? there are a lot of

but then there are the really sort of professional trained radical islamists and if you think back to the 9/11 hijackers, for example, some of the stories we heard of them mixing in pubs, almost even drinking alcohol, they will do whatever it takes to go undetected, because they know that there will be people out there looking for this sort of behavior, and they are the more -- in fact, i would be more worried about those because they would be the ones who would be able to reap much more devastation. that begs the question, what do we do about this type of person who doesn't change his or her behavior and blends in with everybody else, and the report mentioned it accurately. it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. that leaves us only with one other option. that's what i speak about a lot. that is that we have to ask the question what makes angry young muslims at the age of 16, 17, 18 years old or around there, join this form of or this phenomenon in the first place. why do they believe that this is a legitimate vent for any frustrations they may be feeling and why do they no lon

the islamists started this war.y explained to us as clearly as general and ho chi minh why they were fighting us and we have ignored it. mrs. clinton has ignored. bill clinton, george bush, barack obama. the idea that they're attacking us because of our culture is insane. that is -- >> that is just wrong. >> we are now waging a war against them culturally. we're trying to impose democracy, women's rights, parliamentary systems on a people who don't want it. they're going to fight that. jenna: fred? >> they don't care if we vote. why they should care about that? jenna: fred to michael's point, we only shared a little bit of his writing, what one of the things that michael says if we're going to respond in the muslim world, respond fast, violent and we destroy the enemy. that we aren't in afghanistan or iraq and years and years and years. that is the problem, not necessarily the response but the fact that we're there for so long and trying to build governments there. what do you think about that argument? >> i think w

we do know this extremist militant was attending the same mosque here, an islamist accused of extremism by authorities. we know they attended the same mosque because his mother told me so. the question here is whether the men actually ever met at all or whether there was some other kind of link, perhaps tamerlan tsarnaev had to militancy here. he was here for six months. we don't know what he did for the first few of them. we know his aunt first saw him in march this year when he came here in january and his father turned up in may and he began helping him refurbish apartments around town, anderson. >> nick, the other day when you interviewed the mother, you asked her about the extremist who was killed in dagestan by russian authorities. was i correct, because when i heard it was sort of muffled on my earpiece, she claimed not to know who this guy was? if that's in fact what she said, do you buy that, that someone in dagestan who is devoutly religious would not know who this well-known extremist is in dagestan? >> reporter: i have no reason to think she was necessarily deceiving me. the

s foreign secretary william hague warned those radicalized while fighting alongside islamist militants could launch terror attacks on their return home among all the euro countries the u.k. seen the largest contingent of its own citizens head to fight in syria since the beginning of the conflict in two thousand and eleven let's discuss it now with ross friend and managing the network called against violent extremism oh good to see you today could can you explain to us why why are so many young europeans and brits in particular choosing to risk their lives to go to the front line and fight with the rebels in syria. yes of course the i mean it's a complicated process and it's important to remember when we talk about people going to the front line the majority of groups fighting in syria are not actually jihadist and even those jihadist groups are not all associated affiliated with without so this isn't necessarily. as black and white as it as it first appears and i'm sort of jumping are you saying you say you say it's not as white as it appears but the u.k. foreign secretary william hagu

the druze say islamists fighting in syria target them as followers of a cult. and dizziness. some of the. very very. very sure of them you know just because on top of that jihad is militants operating in syria seem to be melding a helping hand from within israel itself the israeli internal security service shin bet said instances of israeli arabs sneaking into syria to fight alongside radical islamists have increased in recent months something they insist. that has almost never occurred before they go and decide not just to join the syrian opposition but to join the islam is the actors and more specifically the lawfare and the more radical part of this the lobby which like the a lot for france which as we know i've recently pled alliance to al-qaeda so it's the same reasons there are driven people in the past to join jihad in iraq even the un peacekeeping force finds the situation rather unsettling. it's always possible everywhere yet as the sounds of gunshots from the border with syria get louder and seem to move closer to home is relief issues are already showing signs of g

capital cairo as police fire tear gas to disperse protesters who join the day of rage against the islamist rulers. painful scars of war r t catches up with a u.s. army veteran of was an eye witness to a u.s. led massacre in iraq saying the horrors he saw almost made him take his own life. western diplomats say they're happy with iran's attitude at the latest round of international nuclear talks despite a lack of any significant breakthroughs tehran's chief negotiator speaks exclusively with r.t. about his country's stance on the stalemate. or am in moscow i match reza good having you with us here on r t our top story clashes have broken out between thousands of anti-government protesters and riot police in egypt's capital cairo people took to the streets joining the so-called day of rage against the country's islamist rule the rallies been organized by the april sixth youth movement that played a crucial role in egypt's former leader hosni mubarak and it's now turned its back against the current leadership kyra based journalist tom dale has more. clashes have broken out in downtown cairo m

in morocco thousands of workers have rallied to protest against of the economic policies of the islamist led government marchers were demanding the prime minister's resignation unions are furious over high unemployment and planned reforms of the pension system a moderate islamist party came to power in two thousand and eleven elections following an arab spring uprising in the country. according to syrian state media rebels have set up to nine oil wells a blaze in the east of the country that's after opposition groups got into a dispute over who could use the wells allegedly over five thousand barrels of oil and over fifty thousand cubic meters of gas are being lost every day because of the fires meanwhile near the city of aleppo heavy fighting has been reported between government and opposition fighters. iraq hasn't witnessed another day of violence ahead of parliamentary elections later this month in baghdad two blasts left four people dead. three people were gunned down including a local sunni imaam known for organizing weekly protests the country has seen a spike in sectarian violence

and in the middle of the speech he talked about the rise of the islamist parties.n egypt and elsewhere. the brotherhood. in egypt and -- whats watt praise he used? we have to be concerned about the rise of nonsecular parties. what a weird word to use. the word is religious parties. the word is islamist parties. yet, even in this trivial throw away line. in a speech in jerusalem. he refuses to use the obvious word. >> bill: now, does it matter? that's the question. so we have established the fact that president obama for whatever his reason and he won't explain it, isn't going to define the worldwide terrorism problem accurately. he is not. does it matter that he doesn't? >> it matters because if you want to mobilize the population. if you want to give them the courage to persist and to carry on a fight which should be a difficult fight. it could go on for a generation. you have to be clear with your own people about who the enemy is. churchill did not speak about german extremists. he talked about the nazi menace. he described it in detail. fdr didn't speak about e

on syria alarming reports show europeans are heading there in their hundreds willing to join the islamist rebel fighters or report on that is just ahead for you. and are looking for leeway jailed member of the pussy riot punk band is hoping to see her two year sentence cut short this at a parole hearing in central russia we have the latest from the court after a short break. we'll get to the future makes two pewters these days so super is the memory for that russian research is have got a few ideas that could make each of computing a reality what about the process or check out a lot of new architecture that promise is unparalleled power design for the stars is that got you all hot under the collar don't worry because the latest cooling systems ensure neither you nor the globe's top super computers break a sweat launch update here on a launch we used the future of. the international airport in the very heart of moscow. it's good of you to join us here on arts here on river sushi in moscow hundreds of young europeans are heading to syria. joining radical militants there fueling fears of how

they are a member of a larger group of an army of islamists, acting together to bring justice to theation. even though the attack by itself obviously they put the bomb in their mother's kitchen following the al qaeda instructions on how to make a bomb in your mother's kitchen which appears in inspire magazine. but we believe they did not act alone like mike referred earlier. they have gotten some professional help somehow in putting the bomb together and that's what -- maybe the older brother has been trained in russia when he went back on his trip as part of a bigger operation and they're just an implant in the united states as a part of many like them who are islamists, jihaddists, driven by the cause, yet they're operating in a different city. >> neil: there's a big difference between emphasizing and sympathizing with the brothers and claiming credit, the brothers or they, for what happened in boston. are you saying that these sites are beginning now to take credit and responsibility for the attack. they're not taking credit. these guys are part of the islamic -- doing the work th

officials sound the alarm over young europeans being recruited to join islamist rebel groups in syria they may pose a serious threat upon any return. nine pm in moscow i matras a good having you with us here on r t our top story one hundred forty people have been detained in moscow on suspicion of having ties to islamic extremist groups security services saying they swooped in on a prayer house that they believe was visited by people involved in northern caucasus militant organizations artie's marie if an ocean is about on top of the story for us she joins us now with more so what exactly has been going on in this raid that happened just in the south of the russian capital. well we're hearing that one hundred forty people have been detained in southern part of russia's capital suspected ties with extremist islamist organizations and more than thirty of them. to be sold on this although we don't know what countries i'm in from or which nationalities they are that's following a special operation by russia's federal security service that we are hearing is continuing in this very moment r

al qaeda in the islamist maghreb endorsed it.hey go on to say, if touyou wa to be a lone wolf, here is how you do it and encourage people how to make their own bombs and things like that. there is certainly an endorsement but no specific organization that i've seen has claimed ownership of this attack and these specific -- these brothers. >> thanks, as always. richard engel for nbc news. former new york mayor rudy giuliani is with us right now. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us. your expertise is that of leading a city and as a former prosecutor and looking at this as a person who has to keep a city together, like boston is today. under reasonable watch, reasonable curfew restrictions. but they can't go on forever. how do you look at the situation in boston? we see almost a ghost town up there. >> well, i think they were right to do what they did coming out of what happened last night. i mean, they don't know where they're going to find this guy. they have no idea what they're going to face when they find him. what kind of shoo

then it morphed into more of an islamist militancy including terrorism. today that moved over to places like dagestan. it is a very complicated thing. some people when you talk about the taliban, they may be interested only in what is going on that part of the world or north africa and they have no transnational hostilities at all in mind, but you have to be very careful and the fact that wee seen the chechens in afghanistan and we've seen them in syria. there was a plot just last year in spain, that included chechens. that we have to be concerned that this conflict in the southern part of russia is moving beyond those borders and may affect our security and we don't know that we can't say for sure, that affected our security in boston but there is reasons for, that is one of the alleys we need to go down to be sure if we have a new threat vector coming at us. jenna: i have only 30 seconds here. >> right. jenna: the bigger story this week was about $100 million plus going to syrian rebels to fight against assad but we know some of the worst of the worst i