has also sold weapons to the various armed militia in somalia. the weapons were shipped in boats belonging to the infamous shift go company in which allow reality had expressed such an interest just before being killed. ten years later u.n. officials confirm the young journalist suspicions. the boats were just used for fishing but for arms trafficking and probably toxic waste as well. the way they paid off these militias who were very poor was to offer them weapons in exchange for dumping the toxic waste it was a win win situation for them because they were young as well if you will it's only . after three years of investigation the anti mafia division of milan decided to terminate the infiltration operation as it was considered too dangerous to proceed on terror the more main door at a certain point the judicial authorities had to put an end to. the dangers the nature of members of the network we decided it was better to prioritize the safety of our men on the inside and. they look at authority the police. in two thousand and nine the u.s. arres

and the fourth man in the network is none other than the then president of somalia. in one thousand nine hundred five former president monti appoints. honorary consul scantly only makes full use of his devil magic status to set up the toxic waste scam ignores the fact that one thousand nine hundred eighty three international treaty for bids the export of dangerous waste materials from europe to the third world. scud leoni toward northern italian industrial complexes it went from door to door like a common salesman to any industry that needed to rid itself of toxic waste. its destruction is expensive and he offered to do the job on the cheap. among the industrialists gagliano he called on is this man a scrap metal merchant from the turin region who only agreed to be interviews on the condition of anonymity. said they were looking for people who had a ways to get rid of its. value yes the problem was they had to look for quite a few in order to fill their ship. chairman i'm not a computer company and how many tons could be loaded on to the ship from. this ship must hav

somalia is another powder keg. when we visited last year, it was clear that al qaeda inspired militants have more than a safe haven here. they control about half the country. they also have an american-born recruiter. an alabama native who has even tried to attract new members by posting a song on the internet. ♪ i'm going to act my vengeance ♪ >> reporter: what does al qaeda's transformation mean for american security? on the upside, analysts believe the small al qaeda franchises don't appear to have the capability to carry out another attack on the scale of 9/11. the downside could be more frequent, smaller attacks. then, lester, there is the issue of competition. with so many small al qaeda groups vying for prestige, some analysts worry they could try and one-up each other by launching attacks. >> richard, where is zawahiri, who we were told all these years is the number two in al qaeda? >> reporter: zawahiri probably will become number one in al qaeda central. but that organization after bin laden's death, afte

to go in and bomb yemen to go in and bomb somalia the world is a battlefield was considered a neo con doctrine well obama has doubled down on that so i think that conservatives like jordan and others have have a good reason to rejoice that obama is the commander in chief because his foreign policies look a lot like bush's except he actually succeeded in taking down osama bin laden and not running on a wild goose chase in a country that had nothing to do with nine eleven i'm just wondering how important is it for obama to release. a video anything of that actually gives as visual proof about the fact that osama bin ladin is in fact dead because you know that there are a lot of doubters out there. anybody answer here and i think would be great to say i mean i think it would put in for the islamic world in the international community for many americans throughout the day here the body was dumped off the side of a ship within twenty four hours if you put to rest some issues it would stop everyone no but it would be it was a nice to see but i think good for those of us who can bat the cons

i keep going back to that somalia example.del where we invade somalia and hope to tame them later in a spider hole or do a surgical strike and get the hell out. the new model seems so much better, what am i missing? >> i have tremendous respect for evan, but i disagree with the navy of safe havens. i supported that invasion after 9/11. i thought it was just cause. i thought the strikes against the united states justified that, but we took out bases. since then we've developed a technology and capacity to play a definitive role over the horizon. it doesn't need this very large, clunky big-scale military footprint, which engenders and stirs up its own opposition. our enemy grew, and our enemy used to be small, fragmented, disjointed, but now the taliban had become a brand name like the mujahedeen. so, you know, he's not a very popular guy in progressive circles, but don rumsfeld was the run who started thinking about much more nimble, high-flex, less manpower kind of operations. i think to some degree joe biden has been on that

. >> reporter: we asked bin laden about somalia. united states referred to the military operation in somalia as a rescue mission to prevent genocide by warring tribes but bin laden simply viewed it as another invasion of an islamic country. american intelligence agencies believed it was bin laden who dispatched with rocket launchers to shoot down u.s. helicopters. 18 u.s. soldiers were killed. bin laden does not deny he had a role and revelled in america's retreat from somalia. >> translator: our people realize more than before that the american soldier is a paper tiger that are trying to defeat after a few blows. america forgot all about the hoopla, the propaganda. and left dragging in shameful defeat. >> reporter: and in saudi arabia another kind of warfare. in november 1995, a bomb exploded at the saudi national guard training center in riyadh killing five americans. the bombers made videotaped confessions saying they were inspired by bin laden. >> translator: we look at these young men as great heroes and martyrs who follow the

i've been thinking about nation building, failed states, affection, iraq, -- afghanistan, iraq, somalia, haiti, all these foreign policy challenges we faced, and we have this illusion of the trouble of getting to denmark. denmark is in quotations. it's a mythical place with low corruption, stable democracy, good services delivered efficiently and so forth, and we have this vision of denmark in the back of our heads, and we go to a place like afghanistan and say, well, how do we get afghanistan to look like denmark? it doesn't work very well. [laughter] part of the reason i began to realize was that we don't understand how denmark got to be denmark. i actually have had a visiting professorship at argos university in denmark, so i've been going to denmark for the last few years, and most deans have no idea how denmark got to be denmark. [laughter] it struck me that there's not a basic book you can go to to see where political institutions came from. i didn't see one, so i decided to write it, and that's how we got the book that i produced, so i also did not want to write a book on the ori

in addition the insurgency in somalia and algeria has been rekindled and the insurgents spreading into west africa. similar insurgencies of varying but building vitality are underway in yemen, southern thailand, and the north caucuses. the major cities of hindu india have been attacked by islamist fighters and the islamist movement in western europe is growing and in britain, has driven the traditionally stoic security services to the point of public despair. as for the united states, bin laden long ago delineated al-qaeda's war aims for defeating america in three concise phrases. first, to take advantage of economic situations internationally to help bleed america to bankruptcy, second, to spread out u.s. and intelligence sources and flexibilities and third to strip away america's allies and to disrupt domestic political unity in america as much as possible. i will leave it to the audience to decide, using these three war aims, as a metric whether there's any reason for bin laden and al-qaeda to be discouraged about the progress they have made in the war they began in 1996. now, let m

targeted assassination less the obama administration is also inside of somalia you have the drone war that's raging raging in pakistan and you have a dramatic increase in special operations forces targeted killings in afghanistan particularly under general david petraeus who set to take over as the director of the central intelligence agency so what we've really seen from the obama administration and i you know to respond to what secretary clinton is saying is a doubling down on these bush era policies of targeted assassination becoming just a norm in how the u.s. conducts business so far from being over either from the al qaeda side of things because we see these disparate small groups still thriving in small ways in their in their countries on the one hand and then the u.s. on the other hand engaged in this special operations form of attrition warfare where we believe we can kill our way out of the problem that was a big part of the problem with the bush era strategy so i'm very concerned about what comes next i don't see the obama administration saying let's take this as an opportu

catherine: the navy seals unit dissenting on this was responding to the deaths of american soldiers in somalia. perhaps remember that in the movie " black talk down ". >>pam: blackhawk down-- >>pam: the next leader of al queda has been running this operation for years. sans osama bin laden cut himself off. u.s. intelligence believes that a couple of a difficult time recovering from the depth of osama bin laden. that-well cuttable of a difficult recovery time. that al queda--will have a difficult time recovery time. look at the reaction from americans as news of this dehis death--with hundred celebrating. it this is outside the white house. people gathered purafter president obama made the announcement after the osama bin laden death. and this seems to only fitting that more people gathered outside of ground zero in times square in new york. the site of the world trade center for the towers came crashing down in september of the attack. in the new york, times square, people were chanting, you as a! in the bay iraq, the news brought people were chanting-usa. and times square in here, in the bay-

helicopter went down they feared their coming under attack and a failure like black hawk down in somalia. >>> the leader of the american indian tribe is demanding an apology from the president for using the code name "geronimo" for the code name for an osama bin laden. the affairs committee will look at the use of geronimo's name. a congressional hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. coverage of the killing of osama bin laden continues at 6:30. we will have an update at 11:00. >> a big change tonight in the weather. the rate has moved out and behind it, a major change in temperature. feels like march. >> we have warmer days ahead. first up, let's look at where the fast moving rainshowers are located. a lot of blue sky developing. we see that on the rooftop camera looking across the city. there are some of the rain showers falling across portions of prince george's county. three-quarters of an inch -- through the evening, clearing skies and partly cloudy skies. when will it warm up? i will tell you in the forecast. >>> a rockville couple is in hospital tonight after their home explosion -- a

>> reporter: jubilation about the rescue spans off the waters from somalia to the captain's hometown of vermont to the bay area. the captain has not spoken to the media but has talked to friends and family who described his rescuers as heros. the heros are the nay venn navy seals and those who brought me home, that's his quote. >> his wife says his rescue gave her quote, the best easter ever. these words from the captain himself. >> i am just a small part of this. the real heros are the u.s. military. they are the most capable group around. we should all reach out and thank them. captain phillip's ordeal ended yesterday when navy seals staged his rescue. navy seals opened fire on the pirates when one of them was spotted holding an ak47 to the captains back. three pirates were killed, a fourth who surrendered earlier now faces charges. all four were between the ages of 16 to 19. in washington, president obama praised the u.s. military and the freighter's captain. >> i share our nation's admiration for captain phillips courage and leadership and self- less concern for his crew. >> he's

why could the people not come from yemen, somalia, wherever else? in each of these countries, planning to set up forces the size and shape in afghanistan? given the russian experience, maybe better, but there are many historians, and you are among the most eminent, who seem to point out that the push and shove of afghans aside does not really lead to a good centralized situation. you point now to the fact that we may take in a more sophisticated way of something less than central. we have bits and pieces of governance that somehow negotiate a pact among each other and with us that brings stability, although it is very very difficult to imagine and hard to describe to the american people or anyone else how this comes about and how remains stable. my basic question goes back to why afghanistan? is it originally because it was due to the earlier wars? could we get out of the way with them? we have and what you described as one alternative which is a very small group of people to do intelligence work and do this in afghanistan, yemen, somalia, and other

soldiers in somalia. this sparked the movie from also block lockdown.transportation agencies are increasing their security also, local police are more aware of for a public scandal like gathering howorship homes worshiping houses. >> ofin the san jose, local way and. >> i think that it is purel---a belief but we still need to remain vigilant. probable, kron 4 news. >>reporter: many visitors. with flowers, candles at this memorial visitors a been stopping by all day. and many were paying tribute to the lives lost during 911 at this memorial. the visitors we spoke with say the prodeath of osama bin laden is giving closure but there is always the trust of a future terrorist threats. >>pam: continuing coverage on the death of osama bin laden as we learn more of the mission that killed the al qaeda leader. we will bring details to you and online www.kron4.com. >>reporter: a fire at a granite rock 50 firefighters came rushing to the scene to try to put out this please. a huge plume of that was high in the air. you could see it for miles. this was called --the

there are still active terrorist cells in the world, especially in yemen and somalia. we need all the help we can get, and i think this means we will get a lot more help. expect lessening of airport security. everything changed after 9/11 and law-enforcement exports -- experts say there is no turning back. >> we are almost in tears fell from 9/11, and we are still worried about this threat everyday -- we are almost 10 years out from 9/11. >> we have to keep our guard up. >> the wild card is the arab world gripped this spring by a pro-democracy movement that is shaking up the status quo. >> this is emboldened people into feeling a little more secure to participate in these populist and democratic movements, or does it result in an anti-american backlash where his killing is used as a sign of retribution on the part of people in the arab world? >> law enforcement experts expect to see heightened concerns over the next few days in the wake of bin laden's and death. we went inside the airport just a short time ago. from all appearances, it is business as usual. >> families

i was thinking of nation-building, fail safe, iraq and somalia and all these foreign policy challenges that we face and we have this illusion that i would call problem of getting to denmark. denmark is in quotation marks. it is not a real country but a mythical place with local russian, democracy, stable government, good services delivery efficiently and so forth. we have this vision of denmark in the back of are head and we go to afghanistan and say how do we get afghanistan to look like denmark? it doesn't look that way. part of the reason i began to realize what we don't understand how denmark got to denmark. i had a visiting professorship in denmark. i have been going there the last few years and i'd tell you that most danes don't know how denmark got to be denmark. as a political scientist there ought to be a basic book that says where political institutions come from. i didn't see one so i decided to write it. i also did not want to write a book on the origins of politics that told the traditional eurocentric or a low centric story. not because i am opposed to england or the west

look at a body of work and say that they see in this conflict photography, and it reminds them of somalia or iraq, i think that is dangerous because i think there are very unique elements to each conflict, and if you do not focus on the distinctions, you start to create a broader, watered-down topic, which is armed conflict, so i think it is important that when we focus on conflict, we make sure we do not just generalize, but we allow specific places and voices and people to be heard and we do not make these generalized assumptions about what conflict is like. >> the other photographers in the show, what is local, and the others are from new york and new delhi. what do you like about some of their work? >> in a big fan of the fact that he approaches photography from a non-traditional point of view. he also cunner has a mixed view of cameras themselves. he calls them toys. >> he uses these cameras that one might assume our toys, but he also says all the toy cameras are cameras, so it does not really matter to him what he is using to take the images as long as he is getting the images he wa

somalia was the least peaceful nation in the world. libya slumped from 60th place to 143rd. violent clashes continue between anti-government groups and security forces. egypt fell from 49 to 73. bahrain from 72 to 123. >>> government forces opened fire on demonstrators in central yemen. more than 15 people have been killed and 120 others are wounded. tens of thousands have been occupying a square for days. they were demanding the president's resignation. early monday morning, government forces used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the protestors. at least 200 died since january in a series of government crackdowns. the political upheaval allowed al qaeda-affiliated groups to take control of some cities. there is growing international concern over the situation in yemen. >>> time to check on some of the stories we gathered from broadcasters around asia. >>> a flood in a coal mine in southwest china on sunday has trapped 12 workers. a local government officials said rescue work is under way to save the miners trapped in tunnel about 200 meters underground. the mayor of

these are things that have to be watched because a chaotic libya, if libya turns into somalia, a failed regime that is a very dangerous situation in the current war against al qaeda. >> host: once you to comment on this headline. violence is key over the koran burning in florida. >> guest: your heard general david petraeus make a part with appeal for calm because of this pastor in florida who took upon himself to burn korans. it is an incendiary thing to do and it has led to deaths in the un compound. there were seven civilians who were killed by a raging mob two days ago. this is a serious situation. it is hard to understand how this pastorate in florida can justify burning korans when we have 1,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan in harm's way. >> host: "this burning land" learning lessons from the front lines of the transformer israeli-palestinian conflict. it has pictures of victories and personal stories. thank you very much, greg myre and jennifer griffin. we appreciate it. >> that with jennifer griffin and greg myre, authors of "this burning land" who appeared on washington journal. f

they were heading to somalia but he bombed the wrong hotel. 1998, al-qaeda killed more than 220 people in bombings on the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania. two years later, they killed 17 american sailors on the u.s.s. cole. in 2002, more than 200 people died in the al-qaeda attack on a pub in bali. many of them australian tourists. >>> the scene outside the white house overnight was one of fewer jubilations, people flocked to lafayette square to celebrate. >> thousands of people streamed there even though it was midnight on a sunday night. many brought u.s. flags and cheered the announcement of bin laden's death. >> surae chinn is there live with more on the big, spontaneous celebration. good morning, surae. >> good morning to both of you. apparently twitter was the first to break the news to and lenged to the masses even before the president made his announcement that osama bin laden had been killed. after the announcement, people gathered here at the white house to celebrate. >> u.s.a., u.s.a., u.s.a.! >> reporter: cheering, chanting, f

its strongest support base is here as opposed to any other place in the world, somalia, yemen. if one looks at the tribal structures, cost and tribal structures and arranger -- pashtun tribal structures, they have fought with for several decades and providing sanctuary to a range of al qaeda leaders. they have a long-term relationship. there's also a range of militant groups that have supported al qaeda. i would strongly argue that this is a safe haven in my view that is different from yemen, somalia, and other places. and in addition, if one looks at the bulk of the attacks over the past 10 years, the london attacked as successful, the madrid attack was successful, the transatlantic plot nearly successful, the attempted attack on my shahzad, they emanated from the individuals operating here. clearly yemen is a problem, but this is an extraordinary threat. >> i would agree with dr. jones that afghanistan is different as a haven than other prospective havens. i would from the reasons different agree the primary reason is its proximity to pakistan. it is important to distinguish

helicopter in somalia. the world trade center bombing. the bombing of u.s. military barracks in saudi arabia. the 1998 twin bombings and the attack on "uss cole" in 2000. his most devastating terrorist activity was the 2001 attack on the trade center in new york city and the pentagon attack. however, after american troops moved into the country in 2002, he was forced to flee to the remote caves and mountains. the search for bin laden was like no other in history. he remained an elusive quary. he remained one step ahead of his foes. >>> bin laden was found in a mansion in a medium sized city near the pakistani military schools. obama -- president obama reached out to president become and george w. bush. he issued a statement that read, this moe mentous achievement marks a victory for america for the people who seek peace and lost their loved ones in 2001. the fight against terror goes on. america sent an unmistakable message, no matter how long it takes, it will be done. the future of u.s. relations in the middle east and terrorism. most agree the death is ex

. >> if the government of pakistan collapses, and it becomes somalia with a nukehe repercussions are absolutely -- they are unthinkable. or they seek the umbrella of china. the options are not attractive. >> what is concerning is the report that they may have shown that the chineseho helicopters, which has a lot of high-tech stuff that we don't want anybody. to. >> you are right, that is disturbing. this is a far cry from our friend and colleague -- a photograph fromurrid d colleague, and she spent years at the it "post" and for years she was producer and a substitute host of this program. she died this week of lung cancer. she had a fine career in jonisana ndfu family. she was married for 40 years and they raced three marvelous children. recently, to our supreme delight, she became a grandmother. colby king, one of our rular, said one of the things he liked about her, who recruited him for " inside washington," you always knew where she stood. john harris remembers her mpetivess but manyears ago she spotted a "newsweek" writer and said i "you ha got to have him on at." his name was

seal team 6 was deployed in somalia taking part in the desperate fight for black hawk down film.n 2009 there were back in africa taking down the pirates who hijacked an american tanker with three sniper shots. the seals have been afghanistan for nearly 10 years. in 2008, they successfully rescued an american businessman held by a warlord west of the capital. thus the october they were sent to rescue a scottish aid workers held hostage by the alabama. that ended in failure. linda died from injuries from a grenade explosion. the grenade determined to be enthroned by one of her would-be rescuers. navy seal 6 has had several different names, first called it dead group it now has a new name but it's classified. >>pam: today we asked our viewers if they think the government should release the photographs of osama. our internet reporter has a look at your comments. >>kimberlee: this is been a hot topic on facebook. we received 100 comments alone. make a believer out of may, show me the face of this mass murderer not a sheet covered body. as for me being a veteran of the air force i woul

. >> sarah obama lives in kenya and she is nought target of terror threats from the somalia branch much al-qaida. this is one of dozens of specific threats that emerged since the killing of osama bin laden. >> back here at home, what started as a black history event in oakland is a catalyst for long-term research. search for history, for roots. abc 7 carolyn tyler reports. >> the church of jesus christ of the latter day saints has the largest records in the world. >> we find them. >> three billion pages was documents cover more than theirr ancestors and the roars are open to the public. so it is here in the mormon temple family history center that a groupp of east bay youngsters came to trace their roots. >> not a lot of people in my family know where they came from and so i say, you know i should start. >> 18 year old eliot is part of than -- the ancestory project. keith karlson came up with the idea. >> it is an old cliche of knowing where you are from helps to determine your future. we have seen the youth become empowered. >> none of those look like they are a winner. >> staff from t

how is he communicating with the al qaeda presence in yemen or somalia? who are some of the people he's looking to recruit, and who was he talking to? the exploitation phase is going to continue not just for months but probably for years. that's really bad news for al qaeda. >> the rails, how threatened -- how vulnerable are our rail systems? >> well, it is a soft target. there's nothing new there. we knew al qaeda was coming after our transportation. i think what is significant is that in the past al qaeda has never focused on a date. they've never been event driven. it's always been time and place of their choosing. but it should not surprise us that the tenth anniversary of 9/11 was going to be atrabltrac to them as well. there's nothing we've heard so far that speaks of a specific actionable threat. what it does mean is the long-term aspiration of al qaeda to go inside the united states and attack transportation and other hubs is still there. the issue is capability. do they have it? >> and were you shocked to hear that there was a cia safe house righ

overall, the terrorist organizations that he spawned in somalia, elsewhere, they're still there. and they reflect a problem in the islamic world. there are a lot of people out there that are in these groups. the small minority of the islamic world, but they are there. they want to create these religious governments and they want to kick westerners out. they want to create the kind of government that they created briefly in afghanistan. they are going to still use violence. they are still going to use terrorism as part of their goal to set up these crazy governments. tavis: speaking of crazy governments, what is this going to do for our relationship with pakistan? >> is going to depend on a lot on what evidence comes out as to who knew what in pakistan. as the head of the cia has said, it is hard to believe that no one in pakistan knew that this guy was sitting in this village. the city is a military city. it is right down the street from their version of west point. it is very hard to believe that somebody did not know. the relations with pakistan could be minimal, depending on t

servicemen died in somalia in 1993. the incident inspired the film "blackrock down -- black hawk down." >> president obama deserves credit for this but it was not just him. they have been using intelligence for a long time. this was a long-term effort. at this moment of decision, he had to decide to do this or just take the easy way out and just on the place. >> some say that this is the moment that president obama was assured of reelection. the world is not work like that. this will not loom so large in a year and a half's time. he has established himself as a tough, courageous, and successful commander-in-chief. >> our correspondent has the latest details on the debates over whether or not the white house will release the photo of bin laden's body. >> the cia chief, leon panetta, has given an interview in which he believes that a photo will eventually be released. the white house responded quite quickly saying that no decision has been made. what we do know and what we have been told is that the photograph they have i

. >> terror cells in yemen and somalia may protest that view. experts are sure some terrorist attacks will continue, but many hope the death of bin laden will usher in a new era of dialogue. >>> let's bring in our washington correspondent, max hoffman. confirming the death o osama bin laden, al qaeda threatening retaliation, what is the response where you are correct -- where you are? >> the white house says beirut are extremely vigilant, but have turned this to their advantage, saying the statement by a cut confirms that osama bin laden is dead. >> what about the material the was found after the bid late in reid? -- what about the material the u.s. found after the osama bin laden raid? >> the americans did not think that he played a big operational role. the materials show he was still giving ideas to al qaeda. the question is, to whom did he give the ideas and what is the structure for al qaeda with osama bin laden still in the picture? we have heard some official pakistani intelligence saying that al qaeda was actually split in half, part und

no quiere decir que dejarÁn de existir filiales en paÍses como yemen y somalia, que ocasionalmente busquendenses. eso no quiere decir que es el fin del terrorismo, pero significa que los estadounidenses pueden sentirse mejor acerca del fin de esta red internacional que ha sido desmantelada hace poco. >>presidente, la foto de usted viendo la misiÓn en pakistÁn captÓ la gran tension que estaba sintiendo. ¿usted vio el momento preciso en que bin laden fue ajusticiado? >>bueno, lo que les puedo decir es que estÁbamos monitoreando en tiempo real lo que estaba sucediendo en tierra. bueno, no puedo decir mÁs que eso... pero sabÍamos lo que estaba sucediendo de momento a momento y cuando fue abaleado bin laden, comprendimos que el blanco habÍa sido alcanzado, pero no estÁbamos completamente seguros de la identificaciÓn del cadÁver hasta que fue llevado a un Área en afganistÁn donde pudo ser bien examinado por personas encargadas de ese tipo de trabajo. >>¿sabe que serÍa la primera vez en la historia que un presidente de estados unidos en funciones, presencia la muerte de un enemigo? ¿quÉ sintiÓ ud

it inspired similar operations in somalia and iraq. we will be fighting terrorism for a long time in different parts of the world. today was an important day at striking back and seeing justice done after 10 years. >> thank you. despite the celebration and relief expressed in the united states, many people had given up hope that osama bin laden would ever be found. now it is clear that that sentiment did not extend to america's military and intelligence services. they never stopped trying to track him down. our editor looks back at the search that took a decade. >> for a decade, his face has been one of the most famous on earth. and we rarely got a global debt and, -- we really got a good look at him, his visibility was one of the most important parts of him. osama bin laden was the 17th of 52 children whose father was an immensely rich saudi developer. his childhood was a happy one. he learned to the radicalism which later made him an effective guerrilla leader at university, where he studied engineering and came under the strong infl