there may be jihadist elements. >> if there are jihadist elements, it's a great share of the blame that comes from the international rescue. when the cavalry of the good guys, nato, the united nations didn't come, people have to fend for themselves, that's it. >> we're going to have a lot more throughout this hour. as the violence continues in syria, some are asking where is the international community, the united states? we'll talk to senator john mccain and he's flat out saying where is president obama. >>> welcome back. we're live from the turkish syrian border refugee camp. this is what the so called cease fire looks like across syria. the violence in the cities and towns too dangerous to live in. civilian neighborhoods have been decimated. artillery fire, mortar fire, sniper fire. some 23,000 have fled to turkey. there are some 70,000, 50,000 who have fled to other countries, lebanon, iraq. "syria deadly lives." this alleged cease fire brokered by the special envoy kofi annan. this went into effect april 12th. since then opposition groups claim more than 1,000 syrians have been kil

right now there are no jihadists. i haven't seen any. bombings that happened last thursday, no one in syria doubts the regime who is behind it. >> do you feel -- do people you talk to feel abandoned by the world? abandoned by the international community? because in past years during the war in bosnia, or during other wars, people have said we didn't know what was happening at the time. but we have all been watching for the past year what has been happening in syria. every single day we've seen the videos. we've had reporters there when they've been able to get in. do you feel forsaken? >> we are. it's not about feeling. i know we are abandoned by the world. annan's plan is wonderful. six points, really great. we are talking about trying to implement one of them. what about the rest of the five points? everybody is happy watching us being killed on daily basis. nobody cares for us. everybody knows the story. it's okay. we know now. the world is happy watching us being killed and we will do it on our own. even if it takes us ten years. we

the the leaders of the jihadists there work withing on their own as ngo's. here's where, i think on one level you can say that jihad leaders have sacrificed more than other leaders. and that's why they have more credit in the minds of the general public. they have more credentials, here they are, they're not benefiting from anything. but there's something to be said that you could easily -- you could be a strong critic when you don't have the responsibility to govern. and that's why the jihadists, not just al qaeda are highly, in my own mind, they are some of the best critics of injustice. they are the best critics of government. but unfortunately, whenever some jihadists have their own small -- they don't have much to offer. when they are being tested. they are not living up to the sort of justice that they promise that islamic teachings, social justice delivered. they're all motivated by social justice. i can see that. but when with you put them to the test of governance, they fail miserably. as critics i'm on their side for about 90% of what they say. the

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dave jihadists -- the jihadists thrive on chaos. >> police in new york have arrested a man in connection with the case of a 6-year-old schoolboy who disappeared 33 years ago. etan patz disappeared while walking to a bus stop. the the suspect, pedro hernandez, has confessed to the crime. >> he described to detectives how he lured etan from the bus stop. with the promise of a soda. he then led him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there, and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it in the trash. >> a reporter has more on the suspect. >> the have suspect -- she has confessed. h-- he has confessed. he was working in a bodega near where the boy was seen 33 years ago. it happened recently, a month ago. there was police and the fbi dug up a basement near where etan patz lived. a relative of the person now charged, pedro hernandez called police and told police it is that person's belief that pedro hernandez was the killer. he confessed to family members in the past about hurting the child in new york but without ever naming that child. police went and picked

jihadists thrive on chaos. they could find plenty of that here. bbc news, syria. >> a united states senate committee has cut aid to pakistan by $33 million a year in response to the jailing of a pakastani doctor who helped the cia track down osama bin ladin. he was sentenced to at least 32 years in prison for treason. secretary of state hillary clinton said his jailing was unjust and unwarranted. a meeting between iran and world powers has ended without agreement. the five members of the u.n. security council and germany have been trying to persuade iran to suspend its nuclear ambitions. in another round of talks will be held in moscow next month. polling stations have been closed in egypt after the first free presidential election there. if there is no clear winner, the leading candidates will have a runoff next month. the head of the vatican bank, ettore gotti tedeschi, has been sacked. the roman catholic church had a vote of no-confidence because he is under investigation for alleged money-laundering. there have been more are developments with

his book, "milestones," was must reading for jihadists and still is today.he long-accepted belief that holy war should only be waged in response to an attack. qutb justifies something new, holy war that attacks the enemy first. >> all these things are now coming together for bin laden, the islamic awakening, the fact that he's joined the muslim brotherhood, the fact that he's reading syed qutb, and these are politicizing him and giving the idea we need to create more perfect states around the muslim world. >> reporter: 1979 would be a critical year for the islamic awakening. the ayatollah khomeni overthrew the shah of iran. americans were taken hostage at the u.s. embassy. muslim militants around the world were electrified. that same year the grand mosque in mecca, the holiest of sites, became a battleground where militants seized it and the saudi government sent in troops. osama bin laden was appalled that such a holy place had been defiled. and then, one month later, the final blow. the soviet union, godless and communist, invaded afghanistan, a muslim cou

jihadist iconography, jihadist ideology online. they have claimed responsibility for some attacks in syriaened n recent months. they have not claimed responsibility for this attack but it is possible that they are behind today's attack. >> brown: what about the seeming target here? the military intelligence headquarters? is that even clear about what was the target? >> that is not clear. this attack did happen near a military intelligence headquarters. in fact, one of the most dreaded of the security branches, the so-called palestine branch where people are detained and tortured and have been much so during this uprising over the past year but the attack happened on the highway outside of this military intelligence compound and it fwor hallmarks of the kind of attacks you do see in places like iraq. you had a small explosion that sort of drew people to the scene and then a much larger explosion happening afterwards, it was during rush hour, it was where people are where going to work, possibly going to the airport, it was many t ma

we have to understand the soviet, afghan war was the crucible in which this whole jihadist thing really emerged and blossoms. i'm not suggesting that if all those things were written in the 1950s. this had not been completely operationalized. this whole soviet afghan war really became the crucible of jihad. the word jihad became legitimized. this is something that we have to understand. there is a direct link between conflict and acts of terrorism. also the orthing that happened with the -- the -- soviet afghan war was pakistan underwent a tremendous change. here are the actions of some of our allies. i don't generally mince words. maybe if i had, i would have been in the better shape now. but the fact of the matter is there wasn't fum change that occurred in pakistan's islamic culture. they always existed in the subcontinent. but they got a new lease of life. these did not exist in pakistan before. i have been brought to pakistan and afghanistan prior to the soviet, afghan invasion. i knew what i was talking about. it's almost unrecognizable. i think this is another reason that we have

well there is some of those robber the rebels like the cell of his and the jihadists or al qaeda they don't have a code of conduct they do anything just to push the area let's say on the second terry and there's a sectarian grounds capitalizing on the arrests there in syria in order to pursue the sectarian interests. it is sick terry and the because they've been trying to put in some incitement for for for sectarian killing and civil war for not know i mean few months ago now is they start talking about different sudanese are now always and all this and of course they go and they kill the sudanese so just to play they say are always and they say other sectors involve the christian and also the only i mean me is nowhere near that is this is civil war they are they shoot for something or we talk about civil war now in effect no there is no civil war there will not be civil war for the simple reason there is this attack fear is an jihad these were criminals some of them coming from outside they are in one side and there is the supporters of the syrian government who they backed the syria

. >> jihadists you're talking about?> islamist forces, whatever you want to call them, the sort of third entity that has emerged if you want to say on the one hand you have government forces, on the other hand this free syrian army, this rebel fighting force, and now this third entity emerging that is more of the islamist force whose ideology, whose desires for the country don't necessarily mesh with that of the opposition but they're sort of latching themselves onto the opposition's cause of wanting to topple this regime. but their long-term goal for syria and the thoughts and what they want to see the country become is not what the opposition wants. of course the risk is this third force gains more power as the opposition continuously feels abandoned by the west, by various international players. who do they have left to turn to to protect themselves at this point in time? >> and that of course fits into the narrative that the assad regime has been repeating all along that this is al qaeda, that these have jihadists th

it doesn't count the larger community of al qaeda-like violent jihadists, for one thing, we have beenqaeda core as opposed to its franchises. the franchises shouldn't be dismissed or minimized. they are a serious problem. but, beyond that, there is this other phenomenon. another form of jihad that is being waged by another organization. they call it civilization jihad. and that organization is the muslim brotherhood. and we have done a really there row study of this group. at a web site called muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com and it shows what the nonviolent group, but pre-violent group is actually doing inside of our country, that is having at least the same intended purpose as the violent jihadists, namely, destroying us from within. and the really troubling piece about this is i think the obama administration not only doesn't understand that this other kind of jihad is being waged against us, they are actually empowering and legitimating -- >> they say they are not extremists and position themselves as one you can do business with and the white house had several over for a meeting an

apparently that was found to be offensive to say that there were some jihadist groups that overlap in terms of target because apparently that fits the criteria of being stereotypical. and i want to go back to the subject matter experts. you mentioned as we have been told there were five subject matter experts that were doing this purge and that two of them were interagency, but three of them were outside the agency, and we know the president of the named co-conspirator in the holy land foundation trial for which there is plenty of evidence as the fifth circuit court of appeals said, to substaniate that they were supporting terrorism, even though the attorney general decided he did not want to pursue them, or his office, he didn't take credit for that decision, but -- in fact he left that to an acting u.s. attorney to say that there wasn't evidence when actually he was on the record before the district court and the fifth circuit saying there was plenty of evidence there. but the concern still goes back to who are these subject matter experts? you were ready to give a couple of awards

the attack put a spotlight on the growing involvement of islamic jihadists in the the five bashar aliraqi branch from al qaeda that has been openly agitating to join the fray. that prospect raised fears that syria was heading into the kind of chaos and bloodletting that plagued iraq and served as a training ground for terrorists. do you accept that? >> well, wolf, i have great respect for neil farkwar and we should not be spes tying who did this. we've seen this movie before, these cruel deeds in both lebanon and iraq and the explosions go off and we don't know who did them and no one claims any responsibility and if indeed, there are elements of jihadists coming from syria to iraq, then the chickens come home to roost the jihadists were killing shia and killing americans. so, yes, there is a kind of -- there may be an involvement of the jihadist, but don't foreclose the possibility that this is the syrian regime doing this particular deed in order to make sure that no foreign gathering, no foreign help can come to the rescue because once you have jihadists and once you have these ca

are you hearing those concerns about jihadists, about -- >> yeah.se revolutionaries who started out with their peaceful protests waving olive branchs are saying they're being pulled over at check points by people asking them if they've gone to pray at the mosque today or asking ask them why they haven't grown a beard. and these were the one who is started the uprising. so to as this has gone into its month, the uprising is morphing, it's changing, and it's impossible for it not to if you consider the amount, the incredible atrocities that have been committed over the past year and a half. that is going to warp syrian society. it has. and, you know, bob brought up earlier the sectarian element. you know, one scenario could be bashar's sect, there could be none of his people left in that country when the dust finally settles, when this is all done. >> is this just inevitable, bob? i mean, insurgencies, opposition movements, that more radical elements come forward? because some are saying had the u.s. gotten involved or -- >> no. >> -- that would have

are you hearing those concerns about jihadists, about -- >> yeah.se revolutionaries who started out with their peaceful protests waving olive branchs are saying they're being pulled over at check points by people asking them if they've gone to pray at the mosque today or asking ask them why they haven't grown a beard. and these were the one who is started the uprising. so to as this has gone into its month, the uprising is morphing, it's changing, and it's impossible for it not to if you consider the amount, the incredible atrocities that have been committed over the past year and a half. that is going to warp syrian society. it has. and, you know, bob brought up earlier the sectarian element. you know, one scenario could be bashar's sect, there could be none of his people left in that country when the dust finally settles, when this is all done. >> is this just inevitable, bob? i mean, insurgencies, opposition movements, that more radical elements come forward? because some are saying had the u.s. gotten involved or -- >> no. >> -- that would have

. >> jihadists you're talking about?you want to call them, the sort of third entity that has emerged if you want to say on the one hand you have government forces, on the other hand this free syrian army, this rebel fighting force, and now this third entity emerging that is more of the islamist force whose ideology, whose desires for the country don't necessarily mesh with that of the opposition but they're sort of latching themselves onto the opposition's cause of wanting to topple this regime. but their long-term goal for syria and the thoughts and what they want to see the country become is not what the opposition wants. of course the risk is this third force gains more power as the opposition continuously feels abandoned by the west, by various international players. who do they have left to turn to to protect themselves at this point in time? >> and that of course fits into the narrative that the assad regime has been repeating all along that this is al qaeda, that these have jihadists they're fighting against, even

>>the story of the american born jihadist on the run for his life.w only on "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>> let's debunk one of the central myths about president obama being spread by mitt romney. the myth is that this president has boosted spending at a voracious rate and lead a renaissance of big government. a claim that mitt romney is trumpeting on his website and talks about all the time. except it is false. obama has had the smallest budget increase in nearly 60 years. the budget for his first year of course was set by the previous government in congress. but after that spending fell 1.8%, next year spending rose by 4.3%, and then it kept up by 0.7%. spending since 2009 will have risen only 1.4% a year, a tiny amount, less than herbert hoover increased spending. compare that to the last year of president bush's tenure spending jumped 17.9%. we know there is a problem because the deficit is so big, but republicans want us to think spending is the problem, that way they cover up the real cause of the deficits enormous tax cuts that we could ne

. >> al's doubts about islam became overwhelming when he saw the crimes committed by jihadist and osama bin laden on september 11th, 2001. >> to watch people go that far, to take hundreds of lives. these are innocent people. >> al stopped practicing islam. he decided to visit a christian church. >> i began a comparison process, looked at the koran compareed to bible. looked at the person of christ. after six months i fell in love with this jesus. i couldn't resist the conviction of the holy spirit and gospel message. god of the bible loves me and sent his son to die for me. the holy spirit gave me the courage to get down on my knees and asked me to become my lord and savior. never did i feel freedom that i felt at that moment that i love you, lord, to follow you, but i don't feel any pressure on me from you to do things because you are obviously have done it already for me. >> today, al fadi has a new mission, to tell other muslims about jesus christ. >> i want my fellow muslims, please, give the message of christ a chance. pray and asked the true god to reveal himself to you. i assure

>>the story of the american born jihadist on the run for his life.exclusive new interview only on "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." ♪ >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." you know trayvon martin is not the only victim of the stand your ground laws that have proliferated around the united states. we now have a new victim a 29-year-old in arizona who has the mellow capacity of a 13-year-old. arizona also has your stand stand your ground. what has it led to? death being twice as much considered a justifiable homicide as it used to be between 2005 and 2009. so before not as many justifiable homicides, twice as many where people go well, i guess he was standing his ground. we're going to call it a justifiable homicide. the latest case is very interesting. let's go to ana kasparian to tell us more about it. >> cenk, daniel atkins was on his way to the taco bell restaurant with his dog. he was walking, but he got into an altercation with a driver. fox news details exactly what happened during that altercation. >> they thought my brother was th

a good thing in his life, it would not lead him to violence or radicalize him in turn him into a jihadist but that would be something personal and nurturing for him. we all agreed that would be even more subversive, and that a u.s. marine, who is as great a symbolize you can think of as a defender of our freedom and who goes to fight on our behalf, this man who is so indoctrinated, if you like, in the system through his military training, would be turned and find the good in islam and work that out for himself, that would be remarkable. they then had the difficult task, if we want this guy to act in some way, some devastating and possibly violent way, what are his motives? if we decide he has not successfully been turned. does he have other reasons for acting? i think they try very hard to provide those reasons and i think it is another reason why the show is working on many levels and what people respond to it. tavis: people are responding, my time is up but i am a huge james bond fan and i keep up with all things bonds, he is a james bond can be blond, and he could also be a red head. i

the apology haddists -- jihadists thrive on chaos, and they can find plenty of that here. many >> other events taking place in syria today. amnesty international today blasted governments around the world, saying they had failed to show courage equal to that of the protesters and they called the u.n. out of step. i'm joined by ajami, author of "the syrian rebellion." thank you as ever for joining us on the program. the important point he raised, that if the natural community has left a vacuum in syria, there is a chance the al qaeda will come in to fill it. >> katty, you have it right. that's the proper way of thinking about it. 15 long months now of the syrian rebellion. the syrian people wait -- waited for the reign of mercy. they did not receive it. they waited for the democracies to come. they waited for the cavalry to come. they waited for the united states to make a decision and 9 the united states hid behind the united nations security council and now we find ourselves in this desperate moment. i am very dubious, by the way, about this whole story about the prominen

this is one jihadist group earlier in the week there had been twin suicide bombings in damascus. it seemed they were claiming responsibility for those two attacks but in the past couple of days you've had the groupcy no, we did not take responsibility for those. this was -- so it goes to show the finger pointing, the fact that the regime continues to say they are terrorist, the opposition says no, not the case. >> very confusing situation. thank you very much. >> he went from having the white house within arm's reach to becoming the poster boy of the trail. >> i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i caused my daughters. >> he's the so-called brown reporter from "the daily show"." who thinks hollywood is guilty of white washing history. then he pulled sim self out. >> this is a test of our character. >> how jay z can lift itself back up again. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at ba

in a new video posted on jihadist websites, the 70-year-old said he's okay and addressed the president directly. >> my life is in your hands, mr. president. if you accept the demands, i live. if you don't accept the demands, then i die. >> among the demands for weinstein's release is end of u.s. air strikes against al qaeda and taliban militants. >>> but even as that video was released yesterday, a u.s. air strike in yemen killed a top al qaeda fugitive. yemen's military says fahd al quso was hit by a missile fired from a drone aircraft. he was wanted in his role in the bombing of the "uss cole," which killed 17 american sailors 12 years ago. >>> now to the 9/11 terror trial at guantanamo bay, cuba. saturday's arraignment of the five al qaeda suspects was just the first step in what's likely to be a drawn out legal process taking years. as drew levinson reports, the defendant's behavior could slow things down even more. >> reporter: lawyers for the prisoners charged with the september 11th attacks say their clients were not trying to disrupt the court by reading magazines, praying and