to 'resurgent' al qaeda is (vicki) weekend.into the weekend. weekend. into the weekend. (vicki) (vicki) al qaeda is 'resurgent' and looking to carry out attacks on passenger planes in europe and the u-k, security minister ben wallace has warned.(grant) this just after rogue drones disrupted hundreds of flights at loon's second busiest airport last week. cnn's samuel burke reports. samuel burke, cnn business and technology correspondent: "a resurrected al-qaeda going after airliners and airports is what keeps european officials up at night. that's according to uk security minister ben wallace who told the sunday times the terror group behind 9/11 is developing technology to bring down passenger jets. the report says uk officials fear miniaturized bombs and drones packed with explosives could be used to blow up key targets. of course this all comes as president trump surprised even his own military generals last week suddenly declaring isis defeated and announcing plans to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. blind-sided allies and security analysts

it's al qaeda. they have operatives in syria, and al qaeda spends a lot of time planning external operations. we thank or men and women in homeland security, in the military, in our security systems and intelligence systems for protecting us, but al qaeda spends all day long plotting and thinking about how to strike the united states around the world and here in the homeland. and the lack of a u.s. presence in syria means that the syrian branch of al qaeda hora al dean has the ability to operate in a space that's even more desirable than what they have today. the last winner in all this, it's surprising because you may say what does it have to do with syria is china. you have all these countries in asia who see this sort of growing conflict between the u.s. and china, and they're trying to figure out how do we stay out of this fight, but if we're forced to pick which side do we pick and they prefer us. we're more reliable and capable, we believe in human rights. but china in those meetings is going

marketing with regards to al qaeda right now the remarketing the al qaeda brand so the statements are quite silly in fact that al qaeda sat quietly in the corner this is a quote the times article i don't think this sort of militias. that were executing civilians hardened killers i don't call that sitting quietly in the corner for the last eight years not sure exactly what he's talking about but one thing is the u.k. the u.s. nato member states have been actively supporting al-qaeda in syria for the better part of the last say five or six years arming them training them providing them with all sorts of material support really allowing them to grow and prosper and get hardened battlefield experience and entrenched positions in syria so. i think that should be a topic of debate and conversation but that's been completely brushed under the rug and instead you get these talking points about a new al qaeda threat we should all be afraid and they might be targeting airlines you know what exactly you know people at home might be thinking there isn't a terrorist threat anymore is that we've ju

in january twenty sixth seen the same month in which german weapons were spotted in the hands of al qaeda a warning was issued by the un security council's panel of experts on yemen to help . we discussed that some forces or groups are committing acts contravening human rights laws and are not controlled by the yemeni government who have been there receiving military support which includes weapons that might end up being sold on the black market or be handed over to entities on sanctions lists. to investigate whether arms were being passed to an authorized end users are restricted social media accounts with fake yemeni names in order to contact underground illegal trading networks virtually anything is for sale on the net are each documented dozens of german assault rifles and machine guns being sold in some cases the sellers were at pains to emphasise that the arms were brand new and had never been find. someone's resistance fighters are not given their monthly. we heard although without concrete evidence that they then sell the weapons they received. on each posted a request to buy an m

in march twenty sixth ina al qaeda published a video showing an r.p.g. thirty two for the first time. the r.p.g. thirty two is a modern laser guided weapon assembled in jordan in partnership with russia. the company says it explodes the anti-tank rocket launcher only to the united arab emirates. then this type of weapon had only been seen in the hands of the us brigades and no other faction in yemen. we were not responsible for handing over any of our weapons. so no weapons were handed over by us. in fact if you looked at our arsenal. we do not possess any weapons prestigious enough to be passed on to others. the same outrage video featured another weapon the f.n. mini me machine gun design for the belgian company f n have started. many yemeni factions including the us brigades have been spotted with these machine guns in their possession. entire other weapons and ammunition appeared bearing belgian export data. the other you should journalists and tracking requests for belgian guns or dental fighters being in the position of fighters or up for sale in y

in march twenty sixth al qaeda published a video showing an r.p.g. thirty two for the first time. the r.p.g. thirty two is a modern laser guided weapon assembled in jordan in partnership with russia. the company says it explodes the anti-tank rocket launcher only to the united arab emirates. then this type of weapon had only been seen in the hands of the us brigades and no other faction in yemen. we were not responsible for handing over any of our weapons. so no weapons were handed over by us. in fact if you looked at our arsenal. we do not possess any weapons prestigious enough to be passed on to others. the same outrageous video featured another weapon the f.n. mini me machine gun designed by the belgian company f. and have stone. many yemeni factions including the us brigades have been spotted with these machine guns in their possession. other weapons and ammunition appeared bearing belgian export data. the other you should journalists and tracking request for belgian guns or dental fighters being in the position of fighters or up for sale in yemen but the company did not respo

all of that was triggered by al qaeda threats and it is something they have never abandoned.s talking about, as well as the drone aspect, there isa as well as the drone aspect, there is a general continuing threat from al qaeda, and it is talking here about them finding new ways. there was another plot to smuggle on a transport plane inside a photocopier, as i recall, trying to smuggle a bomb in a cartridge in a freight plane flown into nottingham, asi freight plane flown into nottingham, as i recall, so they have this history of trying to bring down passenger jets, history of trying to bring down passengerjets, and history of trying to bring down passenger jets, and this history of trying to bring down passengerjets, and this is a renewed warning in effect that this is something that is still keeping ministers awake and still a very live threat. indeed, absolutely. sian, sticking with the sunday times, the picture story of the front page, our main story this evening, the death of lord ashdown. a lovely picture, lord ashdown with his dog, he has died of cancer at the age of 7

troops moved into afghanistan to defeat al qaeda and dethrone the taliban. desire quote as it may sound the outcome of this almost two decades long war is hardly worth the price both the u.s. and afghanistan have paid more than sixty thousand of us and afghan soldiers have been killed al qaeda is still there and nineteen other terrorist groups including eisel cropped up and gained foothold in afghanistan right under the nose of the u.s. army there. as for the taliban it is no longer in power but still this is hardly a victory worthy of eighteen years of hard fighting as the current government struggles to remain in control of just over a huff of the country but the war on terror was only one of the points on washington's to do list in the country. we will work with local leaders the afghan government and international partners to have a reconciliation process in every province huff of children without education poverty and discrimination are rampant the countries ranked third for corruption by transparency international not exactly a shining light of democra

we had a terrorist group, al qaeda in iraq, spring up out of nowhere. >> new information on how al qaedang iraq and establishing a staging ground for more attacks on americans. >> to evaluate how to meet and defeat this new enemy, in 2004 flynn examines strategy and operations in iraq and afghanistan with general stanley mccrystal, commander of jsoc, joint special operations command. >> mike flynn looked at the way special operations were pursuing, capturing and killing high value targets. he thought it didn't make sense. >> he said, look, we're only doing a fraction of what we should be doing. we need more, much more. more intelligence, more people, more understanding. >> during the next two years, flynn undertakes the reinvention of how american forces gather, analyze and execute in combat. >> you kill one of these guys, they are replacement. you have to go after the information first. if that means trying to keep the person alive and taking more risk, he was willing to do that. >> flynn focuses operations on retrieving information from captured insurgents. he is hands on. often interr

they say it is anyone's guess where bin lauden is. >> al qaeda got away. off to pakistan. what was striking is how quickly it turned to iraq. >> it wasn't inevitable, but if i were saddam hussein, i'd be thinking closely about the future and see what happens to the taliban and afghanistan. when out with friends, you could tell the truth, or a better version of it. just ask dos equis, the only beer on draft in dan marino's dan cave. woo! dos equis. keep it interesante. [ horn honking ] [ engine revving ] what's that, girl? [ engine revving ] flo needs help?! [ engine revving ] take me to her! ♪ coming, flo! why aren't we taking roads?! flo. [ horn honking ] -oh. you made it. do you have change for a dollar? -this was the emergency? [ engine revving ] yes, i was busy! -24-hour roadside assistance. from america's number-one motorcycle insurer. -you know, i think you're my best friend. you don't have to say i'm your best friend. that's okay. >>> after a flight halfway around the world, 20 terrorist suspects captured in afghanistan are settling in in an open ai

people who carried out the operation were carrying black flags people recognized them as members about qaeda but they were fighting with us is forces. that we. are has been involved from the beginning in the battles to liberate ties everyone knows this and all factions deal with them with me one delegate recently visited ties members of al qaeda attended and had photos taken with them. where all . other evidence was found linking the abu allah bust brigades to work. in march twenty sixth al qaeda published a video showing an r.p.g. thirty two for the first time. in the r.p.g. thirty two is a modern laser guided weapon assembled in jordan in partnership with russia. the company says it explores the antitank rocket launcher only to the united arab emirates. then this type of weapon had only been seen in the hands of the past brigades and no other faction in yemen. we were not responsible for handing over any of our weapons. so no weapons were handed over by us. in fact if you looked at our arsenal. we do not possess any weapons prestigious enough to be passed on to others. the same outrider vi

the aviation threat is real aviation is still a blue ribbon the vent for these terrorists and al qaeda are resurgent they have reorganized their push to mirror more plots to wards europe will become familiar with new methods and still a sponsor aviation attacks while is told britain's sunday times newspaper that thoughts of an aviation attack by al qaeda are keeping ministers awake at night the report adds that the terror group's growing capabilities will force a security crackdown in the wake of the gatwick incident when reports of a drone paralyze britain's second busiest airport last week. u.k. ministry is reported to be concerned by the us withdrawal from syria warning that it will create a new safe haven for islamist french president emanuel micron's shares those fears saying that he deeply regrets donald trump's decision the u.s. is also planning to have its troop presence in afghanistan. after seventeen years of its war in that country but analysts warn that the war on terror has not only failed to defeat al qaeda there but has actually spawned the birth and spread of numerous o

in the still a blue ribbon event for these terrorists al qaeda are resurgent they have reorganized they are pushing more and more plots towards europe and have become familiar with new methods and still a sponsor aviation attacks the minister told britain's sunday times newspaper that thoughts of an al qaeda aviation attack are keeping ministers quote awake at night and also said the terrorist group is developing technology to bring down passenger jets the u.k. ministers are also reportedly concerned by the recently announced u.s. withdrawal from syria warning it will create a new haven for islamists and the french president is also concerned saying on sunday he deeply regretted u.s. president donald trump's decision but the u.s. is also planning to have its troop presence in afghanistan after seventeen years of its war in that country but analysts warn of the war on terror has not only failed to defeat al qaeda but has actually spawned the birth and propagation of numerous other extreme militant groups ati's either stand off take support or look. over the past eighteen years u.s. leade

>> we have seen linkages from al qaeda in west africa to al qaeda in syria to al qaeda in south asia.y judgment, they are trying to regain relevance. >> al qaeda is looking to make a comeback and reassert itself as the world's most high-profile terrorist group. it's been hit hard by the u.s.-led coalition ground wars inside iraq and syria. the manpower in those countries has been decimated over the past several years. instead, the group has turned its attention to aviation attacks. officials say first up on al qaeda's agenda is developing new technologies to take down passenger jets including bomb carrying drones, miniaturized bombs, new chemicals, and new explosive methods. terrorist experts say al qaeda is focused on infiltrating airports. they are planning to get more jihadist operatives hired as airport employees, giving them access to flight and passenger info and planes. >> we don't have any illusions about what their intent is. >> european intel chiefs say they are worried president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria will embolden al qaeda and other terror grou

of notorious terrorists we hear the incredible story of a man who switched from being a trusted al qaeda bomb maker to informing on the feared jihad ists as an m i six by. the israeli defense forces apparently changed their official line on the use of tear gas in schools i thought the video emerges allegedly showing officers launching a stun grenade into a building in the west bank. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron great to have you with us this hour as we start with our top story branded by organizes a day of rage crowds of yellow vest protesters have gathered in paris for a weekend of anti-government rallies we're showing you live pictures from paris now where demonstrations are ongoing despite president emanuel mccrone earlier bowing to pressure and canceling proposed fuel tax hikes the southern city of leon has already been hit by fears protests with police using tear gas to just. a student ryan is. all protests have been against wide ranging reform student rallies have been against a proposed exam changes according to local media dozens of arre

marketing with regards to al qaeda right now the remarketing the al qaeda brand so the statements arequite silly in fact that al qaeda sat quietly in the corner this is a quote of the times article i don't think this sort of militias. that we're executing civilians hardened killers i don't call that sitting quietly in the corner for the last eight years so i don't not sure exactly what he's talking about that's it for this hour from the team and myself join us again seven a mosque for the latest updates this week will see that. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy one sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is on all sides very dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time to sit down and talk. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter us has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamping each dish. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent minus minus two y

marketing with regards to al qaeda right now the remarketing the al qaeda brand so the statements arequite silly in fact that al qaeda sat quietly in the corner this was a quote out of the times article i don't think the sort of militias. that were executing civilians hardened killers i don't call that sitting quietly in the corner for the last eight years not sure exactly what he's talking about. about to say i'm here waskow that sits for this hour join us again for the latest. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see that. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be rich. too great to be prosperous like that before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my house. where should. i had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. i never had to worry about how i would eat some where i would sleep. i'm facing christmas alone

. >> weekly linkages from al qaeda in west africa to al qaeda in syria to al qaeda in south asia.y judgment they are trying to regain relic relevance. >> al qaeda is looking to make a comeback and reassert itself as the world's most high-profile terrorist group. it's been hit hard by the u.s.-led coalition's ground wars inside iraq and syria. their manpower in those countries has been decimated over the past several years. so instead, the group has turned its attention to aviation attacks. officials say first up on al qaeda's agenda is developing new technologies to take down passenger jets including bomb carrying drones, naturalized bombs, new chemicals and new explosion methods. terrorism experts tell fox news al qaeda is also focused on infiltrating airports. they're planning to get more jihadist operatives hired as airport employees giving them access to flight passenger info and planes. >> we don't have any illusion about what their intent is. >> european intel chief say they're worried that president trump's division so my decision to withdraw troops from syria will embolden

in january twenty sixth seen the same month in which german weapons were spotted in the hands of al qaeda a warning was issued by the un security council's panel of experts on yemen has. discussed that some forces or groups are committing acts contravening human rights laws and are not controlled by the yemeni government who have been there receiving military support which includes weapons that might end up being sold on the black market or be handed over to entities on sanctions lists. to investigate whether arms will being passed to an authorized end users created social media accounts with fake yemeni names in order to contact underground illegal trading networks virtually anything is for sale on the net are each documented dozens of german assault rifles and machine guns being sold in some cases the sellers were at pains to emphasize.

we also know that this particular market has been a target of al qaeda, dating back to 2000. i was reminded of an attack that was scuttled by french and german authorities 18 years ago. that is -- both of these are ongoing concerns. we have seen these vehicular attacks and attacks on soft targets across europ i would say that despite some of the claims that al qaeda or isis are on the wane, we are still seeing these sorts of attacks regularly across the european parliament for the europe -- ropean continent. laura: what do you make of the factth thasuspect was apparently notably's and counterterrorismn -- kn police and counterterrorism has opened an investigation? jonathan: there are a great numberauf individuals orities are tasked with ising to track and it impossible to track all of them. authorities across europe are owning in the number of leads they have. what is interesting is that there may haveeen a raid on this indidual's home and he was allowed to skip the dragnet which allowed him to pull off what we now see is a desperate act. the information is still sketchy, but

marketing with regards to al qaeda right now the remarketing the al qaeda brand so the statements are quite silly in fact that al qaeda sat quietly in the corner this is a quote of the times article i don't think the sort of militias. that were executing civilians hardened killers i don't call that sitting quietly in the corner for the last eight years not sure exactly what he's talking about. from myself and a team here join us again in thirty minutes for the latest global news headlines where we see shea we'll take you through the latest updates. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent slice last year some with four hundred to five hundred trades per circuit first second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars . china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is on

embassy bombings in nairobi where he continued to be part of al qaeda as an intelligence operative his new book about his time as both an ally of as i would bin laden and as a spy for the british government is called nine lives my time is m i six top spy inside al qaeda is available now in the new film of blood that he advised on is released on d.v.d. on monday we've contacted them i six about the content of this interview but they did not get back to us in time for comment indian joins me now amun welcome to going underground a minute you got under so many different names but do you feel if you live right now before you get on to the book right now even though we're between there is no way six nice live shot of him a six did you fear for your life right. well there is because there. are a few years to live a coward and one could say throughout the book it's the enemy is communism because the soviet glory was a bit of. a socialist policies obviously in yugoslavia i'll get to the philippines in a bit is that the end it was the end we call it is that even after the fall of the berlin wal

marketing with regards to al qaeda right now the remarketing the al qaeda brand so the statements arequite silly in fact that al qaeda sat quietly in the corner this is a quote of the times article i don't think the sort of militias. that were executing civilians hardened killers i don't call that sitting quietly in the corner for the last eight years not sure exactly what he's talking about. that set from the team and myself for this hour join us again in about thirty minutes for the latest headlines up next the documentary channel stand by for little miss come. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. join me every day on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get us out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. they put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. want to. have to

nato and we all knew that once gadhafi was toppled once the whole region was destabilized then al qaeda or isis or other types of terrorist groups would gain the base there and that is indeed what we're seeing and sony isis had a foothold in the benghazi region and if al-qaeda is resurgent then they are going to have the same so the whole of north africa now is a mess and that was created by nato intervention and this is what led partly to the migrant crisis across europe and this is leading again to terrorist bases that can strike out against europe of his beautiful british intelligence of the russian army good evening and thank you very much. a leading social media researcher a freaking russian bot activity is among five accounts suspended by facebook the tech giant took the move for quote coordinated inauthentic behavior during last year's special election in the state of alabama morgan explains. viewers will recall back in twenty seventeen there was a special election in the u.s. state of alabama and the republican candidate roy moore was basically accused of having lots of russian

and nothing in this resolution would affect our ability to fight against al qaeda and its associated forces. the resolution specifically exempts, specifically exempts from the withdrawal of american military, our campaign against al qaeda and associated forces. there's also no question that the saudis engaged in this conflict that there have been many violations of human rights and, yes, we are facilitating and helping -- i'm not saying we're committing, but we're certainly part of the saudi effort. we are supposedly helping them with targeting. that means giving them intelligence information to minimize civilian casualties, and i am certain that american military is helping in that regard. but the bottom line we're told that 61% of civilian casualties are due to coalition strikes, so there is tremendous civilian loss as a result of this campaign and the united states is one of the honest brokers in trying to minimize that. we have not been successful through the use of our military. the use of our military has never been authorized by congress. now, this is a debate we've had many,

isis and al qaeda. well that was quite a little thing we pulled off there. so we want to dos the same thing in syria? overthrow assad. let's keep in mind that the christians from iraq when we went in and did our duty in there, moved to syria so they could live under assad. assad let them live peacefully. >> thank you for the call. we have an open invitation for senator rand paul to join us on the program and take calls any time. we always welcome members of the house and senate to be with us. this is a tweet from senator paul yesterday who did support what the president was doing in syria. i'm happy to see a president who can declare a victory and bring our troops out of a war. it's been a long time since that happened. >> mission accomplished. let me try to push back on this. right now, you know, for all the politics that everyone is engaged in about the syria withdraw, here's the situation on the ground. there are 20 to 30,000 isis fighters that are still lurking around iraq and syria. in the area that the united states and our allies have still been unabl

. >> al-qaeda has been alive and well. >> we see linkages in al-qaeda in west africa to al-qaeda in southing to make a comeback and reassert itself as high-profile group. their manpower in those countries has been decimated over the past several years. so instead the groups turned its attention to aviation attacks. officials say first up on al-qaeda's attention developing new technologies to take passenger jets including bomb-carrying drones, new chemicals and new explosion methods, terrorism experts tell fox news al-qaeda is also focused on infiltrating airports, they are planning to get more jihadist operatives giving them access to flight and planes. will release national strategy for aviation. first for the trump administration and first aviation plan in 10 years, classified but unclassified version will be released publicly. in washington gillian turner fox news. jillian: it is 16 minutes until the top of the hour, this year saw its share of fake news. >> it's all fake news. it's phoney stuff. it didn't happen. fake news, fake news. [laughter] >> fake news. jillian: so what were the

military operations are focused on two things, isis and al qaeda. we are not a participant in the civil war nor are we supporting one side or the other. my advice has been to continue to support martin griffis and there is an ongoing discussion this week but hopefully one of the more diplomatic developments the parties are in sweden and there's a frame work that gives a reasonable expectation that advances the situation to some degree. but again i would continue to recommend we are not a participant and we remain an honest broker with the ability to contribute to the diplomatic situation. there's not a purely military situation just like there isn't a complex continuously so our military advice focuses and al qaeda and isis to make sure we can disrupt what has been the last few years a strain of al qaeda and we are obviously concerned about isis. >> there've been calls from congress to cut off military sales again strictly from a military standpoint. what would be the consequences of that? >> it's fair to say saudi arabia would be less capable witho

and the sunday times has got the al-qaeda terror group returning to target airliners.esurgent and seeking to carry out new terrorist atrocities against airlines and airports, according to ben wallace, the security minister. what do you think of that? very scary. he is very well connected as the security minister, and he is saying, and he uses colourful language, while isis became the latest terrorist boy band, al-qaeda have just reorganised and they were just dominant and they have militarised bombs and they use drones to attack airlines. for some reason they seem to be a prestige target. that was the sense ever since 9/11 that al-qaeda are fixated with the idea that airlines are an emblem of capitalism for them. there isa emblem of capitalism for them. there is a sense in which they sum up the way western capitalists get around the world and if they can capitalise on that, as i did on my macro, they see it as a massive win. —— as they did on 9/11. and there was this attack against an airline in 2017 at the point is they never really went away. they have a new generati

al qaeda is much smaller, but with good global enter connections. they maintain aspirations to a check of the west in the united states in particular. what keeps them from being able to do that is the direct pressure that is maintained every day. that is an important part of the pressure replace on them as well. >> to what extent do our military and diplomatic leaders -- are they able to assess public opinion in afghanistan about our involvement? >> i believe they monitor that through a variety of pulling mechanisms. they look at a pretty hard. they have the lead for the element of the campaign. >> what is your impression? to the afghan people wish we would leave or are they happy that we are there and support our effort to fight these terrorist organizations? >> i believe the afghan people are weary of war. i think they are proud people and prefer not to have occupation forces in their country, but they also recognize the brutality of the taliban regime. people remember what it was like back in 2000-2001. afghanistan was not a good place for women

isis and al qaeda. we are not a participant in the civil war, nor are we supporting one side of the civil war or the other. my advice has been to continue with the support to martin griffiths. the good news is there's an ongoing discussion in sweden this week which is, you know, hope springs eternal, but arguably one of the more important diplomatic developments in a few years with regard to yemen is the parties are actually in sweden and there's a framework that gives us some reasonable expectation of an outcome that advances the situation in yemen to some degree. but again, i would continue to recommend that we are not a participant in the civil war in yemen and we remain an honest broker, if you will, with the ability to contribute to a diplomatic solution in yemen. there is not a military solution. you've covered that as much as anybody has. there's not a purely military solution in yemen, as just like there isn't any complex contingency of the sort in yemen. so our military advice is focus on al qa

weeks and linkages from al qaeda in west africa and syria to salvation.in my judgment they are trying to regain relevance. >> archive is looking to make a come back and reassert itself as the world's most high profile terrorist group. it has been hit hard by the us-led coalition's ground wars inside iraq and syria. there manpower in those countries have been decimated in the past several years. the group turned its attention to aviation attacks. first up on al qaeda's agenda is developing new technology to kick down passenger jets including bond carrying drones, miniaturized bombs, new chemicals and new explosion methods which terrorism experts tell fox news al qaeda is focused on infiltrating airports, they are planning to get more jihadist operatives hired as airport employees giving them access to flight and passenger info and planes. >> no illusions about their intent. >> reporter: european intel chiefs say there were donald trump's decision to withdraw us troops from syria will embolden al qaeda and other terror groups to up the anti-in the middle ea

they tell us that al qaeda is focus on infiltrating airports.ng to get more hired as employees giving them access to passenger info and planes. >> we don't have any illusions about their intent. >> they are worried that trumps decision to withdraw troops from syria will of the anti-in the middle east. >> the white house is also worried about terrorism in the friendly skies. they have been working on this for months. they will release a strategy for aviation security. it will be the first for the trump administrationar the strategy is classified but and unclassified version will be released publicly. >>> coming up, a small business with a lot of cultural meaning is on the brink of closure. how this portuguese bakery wants to be saved. >> to see this go away would break my heart. >> tile will be here and she has the complete forecast coming up. >>> the owner of a portuguese bakers say he is on the brink of closing. he said the minimum wage hike could cause him to go under. >> we are in santa clara and will tell you how the community is trying to r

which has been al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and obviously concerned about isis there as we aresewhere. >> there have been calls increasingly from congress to cut off military sales to saudi arabia. and strictly from a military standpoint, what would be the consequences of that in terms of regional security, in your view? >> i think it's fair to say that saudi arabia would be less capable without access to us technology and capability. i will not weigh in on whether or not we ought to do that, because the military dimension in this case is but one of the considerations that our nation is going to have to make when determining whether or not to continue to sell weapons to saudi arabia. right now there's been no change in our policy, so that's what we are doing. but i do understand the debate that is taking place with regard to what we will do that in the future. again, most of the considerations are very important, but they are not military considerations. >> i have one last question. in some ways it is probably the hardest one and that is afghanistan. this is a war that has been

he praised the progress made against isis but now another terrorist group al-qaeda is promising a new threat. >> reporter: officials ringing alarm bills in an uptick of terrorists -- >> we have to keep targeting them. during the holiday season and all year round. >> reporter: much of the federal government's attention has been on isis. >> we are destroying the blood thirsty killers known as isis. >> we have done a very, very major job on isis. we have defeated isis. >> intelligence shows al-qaeda has been alive and well and making inroads. >> west africa, syria, south asia. in my judgment they are trying to regain relevance. >> reporter: al-qaeda is looking to make a come back and reassert itself as a high plofile terrorist group. profile terrorist group. their man power has been decimated over the past several years. so instead the group turned its attention to aviation attacks. first up is developing new technologies to take down passenger jets including drones, chemicals and explosion methods. al-qaeda is also focused on infiltrating airports. planning to get more hired as employee

al qaeda continues to have a deep interest in acquiring weapons of mass destruction as with the story as the kawi in his network i can trace the story of a senior terrorist operative telling how iraq provided training in these weapons to al qaeda later i learned that that was shake out libby that had to happen just instantly happened it happened months before that he been water boarded in egypt when he did this no u.s. personnel were present and he had recanted within a couple of weeks and we never were told about that every statement i make today is backed up by sources solid sources these are not assertions we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence we were indisputable we were allowed to. at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free and some people and to defend the world from grave danger as karl rove famously said to this reporter you know you guys are reality based communities we make reality by the time you figured out you know what's wrong with our reality we've moved on the creatio