to kill and maim thousands of people so is the war on terror failing and what will it take to win that war this is inside story. we're. either working to the program i'm jane dutton the topic of terrorism has been at the forefront of world politics for years attacks on western soil dominate the news for weeks after the happen and the iraq and syria wars against eisler regularly center stage on our t.v. screens the subject was on the agenda at the recent brics conference in china and will be debated at the upcoming u.n. general assembly this week it's catapulted back into the spotlight for an obvious reason the sixteenth anniversary of nine eleven the september eleventh attacks in the united states in two thousand and one have largely defined u.s. foreign policy since and affected lives throughout the world almost three thousand people were killed when hijackers flew planes into the twin towers of the world trade center in new york and the attacks triggered a series of events including new wars new immigration policies and new prejudices despite the so-called war on terror the issue has

or enabled terrorism. as was mentioned, somebody goes on the internet, gets radicalized, gets -- adnani, the minister of war and communications for the islamic state back in september of 2014, came out in a speech and said you know, guys, you don't actually have to come to the islamic state to fight, it's better you stay in your country if you can't travel and attack from there. and continue this idea of martyrdom. so die in your attack but do it at home. and the two attacks in canada, the two successful attacks in canada actually happened within a month of that speech. both candidates, both attackers achieved martyrdom, died, basically suicided by police as they were doing this. so now we're in a world that's even more difficult because not only can we not deter them but they're going to attack you with a blade, bladed weapon or a truck. there are no signs to help us deal with this. and you will have noticed that certainly in the attacks in europe they often wear fake suicide vests. that's not to cause mo

threat of isis and initiatives to combat terror groups. this is hosts by the bipartisan policy center here in washington, d.c. >>> it's now my pleasure to introduce nathan sales, the newly confirmed and appointed coordinator for counter-terrorism at the u.s. state department. he was sworn in about four weeks ago on august 10th. as i think one of the first assistant secretaries of the state department. before joining the state, ambassador sales was a law professor at syracuse university college of law where he taught and wrote on the fields of counter-terrorism, security law, before that he was deputy for policy at the department of homeland security and has a long career in helping keep america safe. we are honored to have him present today's keynote. ambassador sales. >>> thank you, blaze, for the introduction. thank you to the bipartisan policy center for inviting me to speak today. i would like to start with a special word of thanks to governor cain, congress hahn hamilton and mr. ben ven eetsz for their excel work and leadership on the

terror network that is nowhere and everywhere. all times i see very clearly wanted to tell us we are here now and because if it is you know which makes them attackable but also makes them fairly saw i have more hopes that that as a model will and that i have hopes that as a movement but when you say it is a model eisel as a model will and what exactly do you mean because the package additions for terrorism we are always told is unemployment the people can both political dissatisfaction the lack of ability to express your will politically and none of those preconditions exist in the regions where the terrorist threat is mostly hasn't but look when you look at the people and i think the i.c. phenomenon really keeley short that the problem is deeper than economic deprivation or injustice many look at the profiles of people who joined us all and i'm talking about here profiles from mr noor all northern america. you do not have the unemployed. discriminated individual you have an interest in the if air representation of society it's in

terrorism now everyone would like to combat terrorism through war and the like but to talk about the roots of terrorism about the military occupation about aggression about the issues of refugees and so on so forth of course all of the important another issue it was a very important it was the emir of qatar saying that we tend to define terrorists by their identity and religion not terrorism as an act and let me just stop you there because we are getting some lines coming out of this bilateral meeting between the m e r of catherine and president trump so the emir says the relationship with the u.s. is very strong he said that during the meeting and we're also hearing the president trying said that he thinks the problem in the middle east will be solved quickly so i guess conciliatory tone from both leaders well you know if you remember that's what the president said a few days ago he said i can was over quickly during a press conference with the emir of kuwait in washington but of course after his initial attempts at getting the emir of qatar and the crown prince decided to talk noth

to get another terrorism related incident in the u.k. a twenty seventeen pandemic of terror with this now the fifth and every attack demands more security measures and public vigilance crowded guard. following the van attack on westminster bridge they put up a concrete barriers to prevent a similar salt earlier this month london's metropolitan police came up with another measure to stop the vehicles targeting large crowds still spikes road mats to be rolled out a big events but just days after the announcement london was hit by a different kind of attack the weapon this time was concealed in a simple plastic bag and bucket and left on the tube during rush hour cordoned off behind me is the area where the fifth terror related incident to shake the u.k. in recent months took place early friday morning in a train topped with commuters or a homemade device partially detonated commuters described the scene as a stampede with people running for their lives just what is lost in memory of the baby in the crowd with the mob to men were shouting run run so we all piled off the train and just ra

terrorism has always been there. fawkes day in london. catholic terrorism. they tried to blow up parliament. that was a long time ago. they shot the u.s. president. the grand duke of austria and started world war i. but they didn't have the technology, the power that the internet has given them. skype, and all those kind of things have given them. makes tm such a great dang in the nuclear age. thought terrorism would be around, but i don't think we could've predicted the extent of it. your question is exactly the question i believe of most americans. this war against terrorism for a long time, 16 years. spent a lot of money. on the reorganization of government. but the best minds we have in the bestry -- we put minds we have in the country. comments, he said terrorism is still alive and well. how can that be? why aren't we making more progress. to the 9/11 commission, and your question specifically. tom is on point, as he usually is. enemies,here were two al qaeda, and the terrorist extremist movement. be aticipated this would generational struggle. bond --

what is the budget in your department for domestic terrorism versus international terrorism? >> we have no specific delineation in the budget for domestic versus international terrorism. we do agree that home-grown violent extremists who are persons in this country with an international nexus or motivation are our biggest threat but we are looking at both but no specific delineation. >> director wray. >> senator, my answer is similar. we don't have in our budget allegations between specific types of terrorism. we do have allegations of agents and other resources to counterterrorism and we tend to move agents and analysts seemingly between squads depending on the particular time period, the particular field office, depending on the threat assessment in that community. >> and your response to senator mccaskill's question, you can provide that information so we can get a sense of how that allocation is occurring. >> let me see what information i can find, yes. >> it's also my understanding that unlike international terrorism, we currently do not have any domestic terrorism legis

to get another terrorism related incident in the u.k. a twenty seventeen pandemic of terror with this now the fifth and every attack demands more security measures and public vigilance crowded. following the van attack on westminster bridge they put up a concrete barriers to prevent a similar salt earlier this month london's metropolitan police came up with another measure to stop the vehicles targeting large crowds still spikes road mats to be rolled out a big events but just days after the announcement london was hit by different kind of attack the weapon this time was concealed in a simple plastic bag and bucket and left on the tube during rush hour cordoned off behind me is the area where the fifth terror related incident to shake the u.k. in recent months took place early friday morning in a train topped with commuters were a homemade device partially detonated commuters described the scene as a stampede with people running for their lives just what is lost in memory of the baby in the car with the mom and a man was shot in grand run so we all piled off the train and just ran for

in guy fox stay in london that was catholic terrorism. they tried to blow up the parliament and that was a long long time ago but terrorists assassinated the united states president and they tried to assist to assassinate the grand duke arden arch ferdinand that started world war i and they didn't have the nuclear age that the internet age has given them and all the skype and all of those kind of things and that is what makes them such a great danger in the nuclear age. i think we felt that terrorism would be around and i don't think we could've expected the problem was still dealing with. >> your question is the same question that is on the minds of most americans. we been fighting this war against terrorism for a long time, 16 years. we've spent a lot of money, reorganization of government but the best minds we have in the country in many ways on national security and yet, as jason reminded us in his opening comments, terrorism is still alive and well. how can that be and why are we makinareto be making more progr? now with regard to th

and this is the only way to make really gained in the world on terrorism. any presence of foreign troops on syrian ground without the consent of the government is considered a form of accumulation. it one aggression and if legrand violation of international laws and the charter of the united nations. mr president the war that the most powerful countries and the groups are waging against syria is not only a military war it has taken other forms no less brutal or aggressive. to break the will of the syrian people and to punish it for its a firm supporter of the army in its efforts to defend serious political independence and italy to the unity. for this reason those countries have imposed that is suffocating economic blockade in syria in blatant violation of international law to destroy the livelihoods of syrians and increase their suffering. from a. new letter and coercive measures and i have been imposed on vital the sectors most notably health care services. so used to have an advanced health care system today however syrians are denied access to many type

for example is on the sanctions list the terror pakistan the sanctions just saw it the definition that gets you on the list is number one you need to take concrete action in support off on behalf of all in the name of al-qaeda so it is about active engagement on recruitment on getting money on for curing repr on supporting in any actual process for example if you are seeking active measures. targeting civilians killing innocent people in the name of let's say some religious ideology but do not associate yourself with al-qaeda that you are not branded as terrorists not in this sanctions regime right saw days of course the second part of the un the counterterrorism committee that deals with all forms of terms but i meant rising it to be clear regime that actually takes concrete action under chapter seven and did the international agreement is to limit the action for now on all groups that are in somewhat way connected to isis or al-qaeda now i heard you say in a previous interview that what binds these people together is a common ideology and personal relationships and. if you look for e

terrorism.ideologically motivated extremists here in the united states are threat to our nation, our people, and our values. i condemn this hate and violence and my department is focused on countering it. dhs will not stand on the sideline as these threats spread, and we will not allow pervasive terrorism to become the new normal. we are tackling the dangers ahead in two ways. first, we are rethinking homeland security for a new age. there is no longer a home game and an away game. that is why dhs is moving toward a more integrated approach, bringing together intelligence, operations, interagency engagement and international action like never before. second, we are raising the baseline of our security baseure across the board. we are looking at everything from travelers screening to information sharing. threat levels mean we need higher standards. for example, we are requiring all foreign governments to share critical data with us on terrorists and criminals, and to help us confidently identify

welcome to our terrorism has been unequivocal he declared as the scorch of our times a phenomenon worth the wavering condemnation and the live action but when it comes to the practicalities of fighting terrorism do all members of the international community really practice what they preach to discuss that i'm now joined by. their coordinator of the united nations the taliban monitoring team mr shinde say it's such a great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for. me now your security expert who is dedicated to fighting something that is not really defined in international law because there is no universally agreed upon definition of terrorism doesn't that leave you in the position of when you have to fide a label a terrorist brand rather than thing and then the such well the interesting aspects about the security council work on pricing on the sanctions is that it has taken the position. to tell the world who terrorism's ah so we have a sanctions list where we have seventy five plus x. it changes pretty much in the databases groups around the world that sanction us being connecte

terror attacks in london or manchester of course the. growing becomes of some young people injured terribly this is the fifth terror instant than in the u.k. this year. here's grim reading isn't it what we heard from two witnesses saw what happened this instant in west london this morning of the. sound explosion sound and i tell. the interesting next to the tosha in the car each i turned my head. and i saw the fire merged towards my side so i literally just said and meanwhile the lady was screaming crying so i get no i'm fortunate people you know me. so i tripped and people on top of me so i when i get oh it's very difficult to stand up i just suddenly saw lots of people running towards me to panic mode i knew that something state is a top and so i stood up the doors were open a dispute with coming into the station. just arrived and i just i thought myself but not know it was what i was running away from. the sort of patrick who send you a political analyst and executive director twenty first century what i call my patrick side of you on

is the most vulnerable region to the dangers posed by terrorism. one out of every three refugees in the world today is an arab. the mediterranean sea has become a conduit for irregular migrants from asian and african states who are fleeing the scourge of civil strife as whole as the despair of economic and social hardships. this is reflected in the arab region report on multidimensional poverty conducted by the league of eric states in collaboration with the united nations. the report will be issued tomorrow. each of the graphical home africa lies at the heart of egypt's foreign policy. it is in africa that are historic roots lie in it is from africa that we derive the pride in our identity and deep sense of belonging. this continent has also become subject to the same security the arab region and constitutes a major example of the crisis in the current international economic order which perpetuates poverty and economic disparity. will order bears major responsibility in the economic political and social crisis that has threatened international pea

our approach in the terrorism arena in both international terrorism and domestic terrorism, and this is a product of the immediate post 9/11 era, is to look for every possible tool we have. a lot of times the best charge may not -- even in the international terrorism arena where we have a statute, may not be the terrorism charge. there may be reasons why it's simpler, easier, quicker, less resource intensive, and you can still get a long sentence with some of the other offenses. that's the approach we have been taking on domestic terrorism front. where a lot of times there are good, effective, very serious charges we can bring. so even though you may not see them from your end as a domestic terrorism charge, they are very much domestic terrorism cases that are just being brought under other criminal offenses. senator hassan: i do understand that. i also am concerned about making sure that we're doing everything we can to go after these domestic terrorism groups who promote violence. i have just been trying to think through let's say we had a case of neo-naziism terrorism. there is no

i said earlier that terrorism is a great challenge of oui’ terrorism is a great challenge of ourtimesrrorism is a great challenge of our times, but by standing together we will defeat it. will the public see anything different in their daily lives now? what they will see isa daily lives now? what they will see is a greater presence of armed police on the transport network and on our streets. this will provide a greater degree of protection, but also the issuance to the public, but the public should go about their business in the normal way but be vigilant and cooperate with the police. that was the prime minister speaking in the last 15 minutes or so, with the terror threat level nobody is from severe to critical. all day we happily from eyewitnesses who were near to that incident this morning, they described what they saw, and indeed the panic that briefly set i was sitting in the back carriage. suddenly i heard a big bang. i turned left and i saw the fireball surged towards me. the fireball came and singed all my here. i have got burn marks on the top of my head. everybody ran off t

attack that we're looking at here making this the fifth terror attack on u.k. so since the beginning of this year we can take a look back and remind ourselves of some of the previous a time to be scared. fortunately no face polities have been reported in this morning's blast on parsons green but it is the first time we've seen a terrible latest explosion on the london tube train in over a decade to toss the mines back to two thousand and five two the suicide bombing attacks on the london cheap so today has really of folk to have memories of thought dreadful time back then now this incident does come a day off to the u.k. home office said that the number of terror related arrests in britain has risen by sixty eight percent over the supposed year indeed past it but hits a new record high with suspects more than one suspect a day being held and questioned by police so what today's incident does show is the security services in the u.k. all. precedented and i'm pretty sure that the u.k. prime minister to raise the money is going to be facing questions whether that

terror arrests are up 70% this year. they have never seen since 9/11 a threat tempo like this coming from all sorts of directions. and so the real concern tonight is that there could be another attack unless they can round up the people responsible for this one. >> paul kruickshank joining us, thank you. now the president's response to the terror in britain, just a little while ago president trump renewed his view that radical terrorism will be irradicated. earlier he tweaked about the subway attack making claims snouting well with the british prime minister. we'll go to the white house correspondent athena jones. tonight the trump administration is dealing with multiple threats and conversations overseas and here at home. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's right. the president arrived just a few minutes ago at his golf club in nearby bedminster, new jersey. but before leaving joint base andrews, he talked about this north korea threat and said america's military options are robust. he called them both effective and overwhelm

terror attacks in london and also manchester this is the fifth terror incident in the u.k. . counterterrorism expert dr louis harrington told us that there are all particular features about this latest attack that are concerning the presence of a device. it's very different to all the other attacks we've seen jihadists die in the process it's part of the process. if this was an individual if this was an islamic. salafi jihadists then either he's planning or she's planning to have to flee to syria or planned another series of attacks so it's different to what we see in manchester what we've seen on the westminster attack we've seen in the london bridge attack this was not somebody that was prepared to die in the process. now the head of the world anti-doping agency has criticised fresh cause to ban russia from the twenty eighteen winter olympics yesterday seventeen national doping agencies had made the demand for doping allegations and this is what he said at a session of the international olympic committee currently being held in peru. comments that have been made by the. tim

was somehow less violent perhaps even more humane than terrorism today is that. an accurate impression i'm not sure if i would call anything more humane that kills people right but i mean we have talking about the numbers of people. what we seeing is upscale of violence right and interesting even psychology the founder of al-qaeda in iraq who used the model organization of eisele. wrote to bin laden and zawahiri both of them advised them to scale down the level of violence because they thought it was a horn what exactly so that the two real big mistakes in my opinion that maybe come back to haunt number one the absolute indiscriminate use of violence against any any one number two i still has very clearly told us where they are right so while al qaeda wanted to be the. terror network that is nowhere and everywhere at all times i see very clearly wanted to tell us we are here now and the caliphate is you know which makes them attackable but also makes them fairly saw i have more hopes that that as a model will and that i have hopes that with it but when you say it

in london there was catholic terrorism. and they tried to blow up the parliament. terrorists assassinated a united states president. terrorists assassinated the grand duke of austria and started world war i. they didn't have the technology and power that the new generation has given us, that the internet has given them, like skype and that has given them. that makes it a great danger. terrorism was around, but i don't think we could have known the extent of the problem we were dealing with. lee. >> chris, your question is exactly the question that's on the minds, i believe, of most americans. and the war against terrorism, and for a long time, 16 years, spent a lot of money, a lot of reorganization of government and in many ways, national security. and yet, as jason reminded us in his opening comments, terrorism is still alive and well. so, how can that be? and why aren't we making more progress? that's the big question now. with regard to the 9/11 commission and your question specifically, tom is right on target as he usually is. we said there were two enemies, on

thejoint terrorism the joint terrorism analysis centre, the independent organisation responsible forng the threat level on the basis of available intelligence, has now decided to raise the national threat level from severe too critical. it's the fifth terror attack in the uk this year. the so—called islamic state group says that what it called one of its "detachments" planted the device. the un meets to discuss north korea's latest missile launch, after the united states calls on beijing to take direct action. cassini ends its 20—year mission by heading directly for saturn before burning—up in the planet's atmosphere. hello and welcome to world news today. the uk terror threat level has been increased to critical, in the wake of a bomb explosion on a rush—hour train in south west london. british police say they are treating an explosion on an underground train in south—west london as a terrorist incident. 29 people were injured. at least one woman suffered burns. others are reported to have cuts, grazes and facial wounds. the so—called islamic state is claiming responsibility. the in

in london that was catholic terrorism. they have tried to blow up the parliament and it was a long time ago. terrorists assassinated the grand duke of austria at the start of world war i but they didn't have the technology and they didn't have the power that the nuclear age has given them and that the internet has given them and skype and all those kinds of things have given them. and that's what makes him such a great danger in the nuclear age. i think we felt i believe most americans have been fighting this war against terrorism for a long time, 16 years, spent a lot of money, did a lot of reorganization of government and the best lines we have in the country in many ways our national security and yet as jason reminded us in his opening comments, terrorism is still alive and well. so how can that the and why are we -- why are we making more progress? that's the big question with regard to the 9/11 commission in your question specifically tom is right on target as he usually is. we said there were two enemies. one was al

and the terror threat level to the uk was raised. terrorism analysis centre, the independent organisation which is responsible for setting the threat level on the basis of available intelligence, has now decided to raise the national threat level from severe to critical. this means that their assessment is that a further attack may be imminent. the army will now replace police officers at some locations as hundreds of detectives search for who plan this bomb. —— planted. we are making excellent progress at the moment as we pursue our lines of inquiry to identify, locate and arrest those responsible. this is a very complex investigation which is contining at speed with the full weight of the london counterterrorism policing resources assisted by colleagues from around the country and our intelligence agency partners such as mi5. for those who walked out of the tube carriage today, there is, of course, relief. lucky. i'll go home, give my wife and kids a big cuddle tonight. happy to be here. but with a bomber on the run and fears that

terrorism. there chords in nature of the united nations. taliban monitoring team well rest assured their team you have right now started its work with a focus on al qaeda which has become an all modern of source for many terrorist organizations and i think there is an impression that the old school terrorism was somehow less violent perhaps even more humane than terrorism today is that an accurate impression i'm not sure if i would call it anything more humane that kills people right but i mean we have talking about the numbers of people. what we seeing is upscale of violence right and interesting even psychology the founder of al qaeda in iraq who used the or mother organization of eisele. wrote to him and zawahiri both of them advised them to scale down the level of lines because they thought it was a point what you really saw that the two real big mistakes in my opinion that maybe come back to haunt number one the absolute indiscriminate use of violence against any any one number two very clearly told us where they are right so while al

terrorism device that has not gone off properly that's worth already said earlier we can go live to terrorism expert doug weeks for for more on this doug nice to have you on the program what do you make of this incident what's your immediate thank you. well i think you're showing i think the point. assessment you know some terrorist. certainly can do so the self clearly you're not functioning the manner in the words. to which was obviously a good thing my point. proximately eight people have been taken to hospital most men were burned so that suggests to me that the new mind it's. intact. obviously function as it was. can you do so now with regards to the police and what they are actually doing at the moment i think the reason one can conclude that one of the things that they are obviously concerned about is making sure that there are not other in the minds of those on the trains and so i wonder in the hours to come that you will see fairly significant points for most of the london transport. nations so right now i think that nerves and limited amount of information and. a whole lot beyond th

what do we do about the rise of self-directed terrorism? at bottom we need to ensure that our counterterrorism tool kit is flexible and nimble enough to address evolving terrorist tactics, technologies and trends. let me highlight a few specific measures that i think will be instrumental as we confront an increasingly decentralized self-directed terrorist threat. first, the protection of soft targets. last month's attacks in barcelona were only the most recent reminder of the challenge of securing locations that by design are supposed to be opening and inviting. that's why the ct bureau is working with international partners under the global counterterrorism form to draft a set of good practices under protection of soft targets. we plan to final itz and announce these recommendations publicly in the near future. stay tuned. in the meantime, we of been training partner kun i tris who have the political will to protect soft targets but may lack the necessary resources do so. last year in response to an attack on the radisson blu hotel in mali

matters we need to phase terrorism in order to avoid any more creation of terrorism agonise papers andocieties here against you have a rich and jan that that says that you are keen to know what's going on and to predict the future in a way or another will express my thanks to you i wish old europe made things to be very successful i wish your forum will help in the creation of rapprochement between us and this law mcwhirter serve our main issues our men closes and peace be upon you. he will but our cattle. those were the words there of carter's foreign minister dressing the gathering there calling for the international community to increase channels of dialogue he's speaking of course at the brookings institute forum which is being held in new york that's coming a few days before the united nations general assembly will tackle a number of issues including those close to what the brookings institute is now discussing we did see a picture of cutaway there shot because as amir was there perhaps indicating how important the issue of regional peace and stability is for all the leaders in th

ok let's bring in doug weeks now he's a terrorism expert are you live on the line of a chance to say i haven't i would you talking to you live and out internationally this. ok we're going to doug in a minute or i'm just a reminder as well you know looking back at the events awful events that have happened back in two thousand and five fifty two killed when four british islam is carried out suicide bomb attacks on three london underground trains and a bus number that britain suffered four attacks blamed on terrorists so far this year which has killed thirty six people and so far this morning no reports of any fatalities thankfully but certainly reports of initial injuries albeit we think reasonably minor if you're just joining us let me recap as far as we're getting what's happened this morning looking at live pictures there now coming through both on the ground near the station the district line station in west london in the u.k. and from the air payton lee of the actual train involved around about eight twenty this morning a london bound metro train at the passons green station it w

the task force on terrorism in ideology. we have brought together a diverse group of experts that rule in the room to assess of the threat and the role of ideology in viewing terrorism. to begin answering these questions report we are releasing today, again, defeating terrorist not terrorism is the first step in this process. the study contains the task force initial findings on the current state of the terrorist threat and their assessment of counterterrorism efforts. the group is now moving e-mailing to the harder work of providing recommendations for transforming those findings into a long-term strategy for policymakers. we are eager to get your views on this work today and of course, going forward. to lead off today's discussion it is a great honor to be joined by chairman michael mccall, as you all know, he is a long-standing leader in addressing the pressing challenges to our nation security including efforts to reform, congresses fractured oversight of the homeland security and recently has achieved a remarkable succe