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nick robertson. >> reporter: one of the biggest incidents appears to be in hama province. 35 people were reportedly killed, we can't verify that but there appears to be a number of fuels going on in that village. they say resulting the attack. . the state news agency said the government armed forces put down a group of terrorists, killed a number of them. they -- we are seeing conflicting accounts of what happened. the villagerring says they were civilians, the government saying they were terrorists. the government reporting an explosion, two of them in the center of damascus. two ied's went off outside a military headquarters, four people were wounded in that attack. you can see the smoke rising in the aftermath of that in the center. that important -- to maintain a sense of security and stability inside the capitol. a lot of attacks in and around the suburbs, we have seen that before. shelling in some areas, the death toll there relatively high compared to what we have seen. the rebels saying they

sources because i was talking to nick robertson earlier and some of our own sources inside libya that were saying the same thing. they weren't surprised. they kind of expected an attack. >> so if they expected an attack here, you have the ambassador, you have the u.s. ambassador. why would he be at that facility? >> that's a really good question. >> he is actually usually not there. he is based in tripoli. they were getting ready for some sort of ceremony and opening of an american center in benghazi. from what we understand, it tl wasn't a lot of security. it was very open. i mean, if they had any kind of intelligence or warning, you would think they wouldn't put the ambassador there. >> you would think so, yeah. in tripoli they are reasonably well protected and in benghazi it's a consulate, not an embassy. it doesn't have nearly the same level of protection. that's a question for the state department. it's so interesting hearing that coming from u.s. officials because we've been hearing the same thing today from a our sources, our intelligence sources, missed the country. >> now, we

he has been in prison on terrorism charges for years but now he's out and as cnn's nick robertson reports a message for the west. >> reporter: if the man next to me looks familiar, it's because he is. he is the brother of al qaeda leader. he says he has a plan to end al qaeda's jihad against the west. >> translator: i only speak as a mediator for the islamic movement. i don't represent certain groups. my roll is a mediator between the west and them. our people like death the same way that others like life. but we don't want to get into this endless cycle of violence. we like for others and us to live peacefully. mohammed was released from egyptian jail barely five months ago after serving 14 years on charges including terrorism. charges he denies. before jail, he and his brother from fellow jihadists. still share the same ideology, he says. >> translator: there is no difference between my brother's thinking and mine. the portrayal of my brother's ideology and mine that it's blood thirsty is not true at all, he says. >> reporter: his sage page proposal offers a truce if the u.s. and west s

want to bring in senior international correspondent nick robertson. he's in london. what can you tell us about the people who were likely behind these attacks? >> reporter: we know the last attack on the consulate was on the 5th of june. chris stevens was there at the time as well. the notes left behind said that the attack was revenge for the killing of a seen r your al qaeda figure. they said he was killed in a drone attack. that was never confirmed, his killing, until yesterday when the head of al qaeda issued a video statement saying that he was dead on calling on libyan jihadist to attack and kill americans. late last year the head of al qaeda sent senior jihadists to set up training camps inside libya. thr aware of the training camps and aware of the people running those camps. so we don't know if al qaeda had a responsibility in this or the groups affiliated with them had a responsibility if this attack, but they are well known for operating in that region and seemed to have had a hand in the previous attack on the 5th of june. >> so nic, all of this begs the

. >>> eamon al zawiya hee spoke exclusively to cnn's nick robertson and submitted a six-page plan callingtruce with islamists, promising to stop provoking and attacking the u.s. if the u.s. ends war on islam and releases all islamist prisoners. as nick points out, the dplands are similar to a 2004 proposal by osama bin laden. >> it wasn't accepted and after 2004, came the attack in london in 2005. is your proposal like this? if it isn't accepted, then there's more attacks? >> translator: i am sorry to say that those who caused the london attacks were the west, because the oppression continues. either you stop the oppression or accept the reconciliation. or then how are we supposed to convince the people? how do i convince others to stop? if the oppression and violence continues? >> muhammad al zawahiri says his brother will listen to him but says they have not talked in a deck indicate. >>> it's been 404 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? sadly, not much today, which brings us to our third story. moody's warned today it could follow

nick robertson, thank you so much.ciate it. >>> a 15-minute movie trailer sparked outrage in egypt and might have served as a cover for the attack. the u.s. consulate in libya. we're going to talk to a new york imam why that video made extremists violently angry. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. >>> row tests against the u.s. and egypt were apparently sparked by anger for a movie that ridicules the prophet muhammad. it's not the first time an attack on islam has been met with such an angry response. we saw scenes like this in 1998 -- 1988 to 1998 after fatwa was issued against salman rushdie. allegations of qurans being desecrated in gun mow bay, and protests also in 2005. demonstrations and death threats against a danish cartoonist f