then you also see women in traditional yemeni clothing. the '70s yemeni actually didn't wear the abaya and the hajab. they wore beautiful clothing and scarves around their bodies. >> she showed up in her own red high tops. after they heard about the casting call. the situation is very unstable. >> it's been very tense lately, especially since the military offensive that's been happening in the south but it's no longer just in the south now. >> but even with hard shirp hard trouble, she wants to show that there's a group of yemenis who manage to be happy and healthy. courtney keely, al jazeera. >>> forget apple's ipad, google says it has its own tablet. sensing the world in 3d. plus, she's up for ooh another tony. my conversation with susan strone land. all coming up 11 eastern 8 pacific time. today was a day to honor the biggest amphibious invasion in the world. take a look at what happened today on the beaches of normandy. >> i am honored to pay tribute to men and women who defied every danger, planes and paratroopers slipped through, scr

. >> the biggest question is what do you do with the yemenis. they are a huge proportion of the detainee population, yet president obama said at least upteen times that he's not going to transfer the yemenis back to return. >> reporter: there are many exchanges in closing the facility. the white house says the political climate is changing and last week the president repeated his pledge. >> that's why i'll push to close gitmo because american values and legal traditions do not permit the detention of people behind our borders. >> reporter: whether he can follow through will depend on time and resolve. >>> investigative reporter and al jazeera contributor jason leopold joins us. obviously a situation rife with difficulties here. is there any indication that what happened in this particular prison exchange, is an opening to major changes at guantanamo. >> no, and it should not be read as any real changes with regard to releasing other prisoners. this is an isolated incident. i call it an incident. it's been a point of discussion for going on three

yemenis appeal will this is the young student from cardiff he's been identified as one of the speakers in that video. yes i mean it's incredibly disturbing to watch it obviously you have got a very young british national he's over there now he's giving that message even though the people back in the west calling on them to come and joining in the fight you know the heart of this is i says one thing to establish an islamic caliphate this isn't just folks from syria or iraq they're saying that is just the beginning and we've heard this message repeatedly in a lot of the videos that are out there that are especially focusing on the west today they're saying to the young people back here leave your cars leave your money leave your women you know come enjoying this holy war as they think that they are fighting it's really disturbing because of course that is having its time. getting the disenchanted people back here in the west people who are young who are possibly confused about their was the identity and the people who are going to be vulnerable and then susceptible of course to going out

why was it not possible to partner with the yemeni government. it's true that he was found in less-governed spaces, but these areas, they could reach with its government into these aspects. this is a dangerous precedent for us to create. it leads to capricious use of the presidential power. trust me, this is the right thing to do, a and this will save american lives. but no evidence is provided to justify any of those claims. that's the problem that remains in the shadows and as such it's quite a dangerous precedence to set for future presidents of the governments. >> we'll take a break, and when we come back we'll look at the territories created by this the stream is uniquely interactive television. we depend on you, >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> the stream. next on al jazeera america and join the conversation online @ajamstream. >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. there have long been international compacts governing the rules of war on the battlefield. there have

yes, many of them are yemenis and many of them are hoping that the u.s.way to make an disagreement with the yemeni government for them to either lea gitmo eaand go home. they were not on the list to be let go. they were on the list to be held as indefinite detainees. >> because among of them, a former deputy defense ministers, these were the leaders who planned attacks on americans and afghans. these are not fighters from the battlefield, they are decision makers who's could be making those kinds of decisions from their house arrest in qatar. >> these men are a combination of defense figures, intelligence figures and political figures. this is what we know from their files. in afghanistan and certainly in the taliban, those categories bleed over one into another. what is of interest i think perhaps during the stay at guantanamo these were not trouble makers or difficult prisoners. they were generally for years described as compliant and cooperative captives who got to live in these medium security confinement. they were not considered dangerous, which spe

meanwhile, this yemeni-american man is accused of plotting to kill u.s.ilitary members in new york. he has not yet entered a plea and tonight, while it's unclear if he belonged to aqap, his arrest throws yet another spotlight on yemen and the al qaeda threat there. >> yemeni officials are telling me that they will need a lot more support from their american and saudi allies if they are going to win this fight. they say the military is stretched way too thin there. we're also hearing from u.s. officials and other western official there is in yemen. they say they are very worried about their diplomats and other foreigners there in the capital. >> and now the capital of yemen remains closed? >> it does remain closed. this is one of the longest closures that it has seen yet and goes to show how concerned they are about the threat level. >> mohammed, thanks very much. >>> this note to our viewers, whether you lived through it or learned about it, one of the most terrifying situations in history was when the u.s. salt on the brink of nuclear war. the cold war h

. >>> 85 people have been killed outside of the yemeni city.the result of a feud between shia rebels and tribesmen. something soldiers are among those killed. >>> dozens of refugees are stranded in yemeni's capitol. they say they faced persecution in their homeland only to encounter the same treatment in what they thought would be a safe haven. >> reporter: home to dozens of eritreans. they fled their homelands. they were forced to enlist in the eritreans army. they said they would have to serve for a year and a half but it's been several years. they now said enough is enough. >> they left in small boats, a dangerous journey that takes days. when they arrived in yemen they were held for months. here they are considered illegal immigrants. now stranded they rely on people who give charity. but he's soon running out of money. >> they have their own camps with food, schools and medical centers. >> the united nations recognition o does not help in yemen. the government does not recognize that these people are refugees. they have no shelter. no food

to give one example, the yemeni -- the yemeni citizen escaped from prison in 2003 and 2006 after his recapture. he was not recaptured after his second escape and remains at large. in he the most recent example they mount an assault on the prison's main prison, freeing 20. the u.s. embassy has been closed sin may and remains closed today due to kidnappings and attacks on american citizens. yemen's brampling of al qaeda, aqap, was founded by former gitmo detainees. experts declared aqap declared them to be the most effective al qaeda affiliate and think biggest danger to america. aqap has orchestrated numerous high profile terrorist attacks inside the arabian peninsula. it's tried on numerous occasions to strike the u.s. homeland, typically through air travel. analysts evaluate that the aqa spmbings the al qaeda group most capable of carrying out sophisticated attacks against the west esm with cannot risk trusting one of the world east most dangerous places with its most dangerous terrorists. the fundamental question is how much risk should we take with our nation's security. this help

yemeni detainees. they're next. back to the "star wars" bar scene to regroup and terror caucus.hat is what is happening here. >> you would think he is tuck tail after being embarrassed. he is lame duck. he knows his legacy is closing gitmo. that is what he promised. that is what he will do. >> not quite that lame. >> his reputation i think approval rating at 38%, according to reuters. he is going for broke now and shutting this thing down. >> republicans are introducing bills to prevent this. ted cruz is coming out introducing a bill to suspend anymore guantanamo transpercent. republicans will not sit tight on this one. they will stand with the american people -- >> polling is with these guys. american people are with them. they will not let this one side. not for campaign promise. barack obama is concerned about his legacy. concerned about his commitment to the left-wing principles he came in promising. he wants that left-wing base. very happy with him when he exits office. his speeches. his future job opportunities are going to depend upon that. >> a lot of years left to be on

yemeni government sources tell us members of aqap are fighting alongside isiss in iraq. a u.s.efense official says there is no indication they have joined with isis in iraq but did say there are foreign tight fighters and sunmy militants wpts isis there. hat tam posts others messages of support for isis like this video from jihadists in indonesia singing the praises of isis. analysts warn any alliance between the two the groups could prove extremely dangerous. >> each group's weaknesses could be filled by the other group. say one group is very good at bomb making and another group is very good at propaganda. if you put the right bomb in the right place for the right propaganda effect, that can be far more important than either of these things on their own. >> reporter: yemen is currently on the frontline of a war on terror with al qaeda. the u.s. embassy there has been shut down for almost two months. despite a massive american-backed counter terror offensive that began in april, aqap has proven resilient and resurgent. since 2011, they have even been able to take over areas of

a yemeni security or military force here on the ground are is to hold the floor of militants the government o'connell's leave the doors wide open for the buy property of the red carpet to allow them to go straight to the mosque was. originally from syria. i think it's good i'm happy just. not hundred percent. so this is what i did myself you know i left literally to some faces and cupboards and they put on pictures. i want in terms of like. catastrophic a role but in terms of like harmony all they help base it's role and killed to help and so. if you placed one you know one line away it's out of this report out be i'll be happy. so why today another one tomorrow. we're going to be on me in a while. well going into the. show thirty four can just bend over fifteen billion euros on full keypad says beach one hundred sixty million degrees with. no cells from st petersburg to france we travel in such a song. we've got the future covered. put on your cultural phenomena like. the face you know moan and. a pleasure to have you with us here on our team today to show. your friend post a photo from a

landmark notions house where a four year old girl was reportedly killed during the attack house a yemeni cafe and was popular with young families military forces came and hear of militia way using it as barracks the central square of the city has also come under fire locals claim the attack happened when many people were outside following a church service constant danger people to leave their homes policia met some of those fleeing the violence in neighboring lugansk. thank god because he was do so still exists not safe for them to stay here after everything that is happening. we want them to stay alive a bittersweet for world families leaving for an uncertain future betray a scary went to sleep at night because the bomb will forward everything. so it's really scary we're making our way to the russian border no one's quite sure how safe this journey is but people here desperate to leave they've been on a waiting list for days the phone call came in the morning giving these women less than four hours to pack up all their belongings and leave again with blood and we don't know what will ha

this comes a day after four yemeni forces and five suspected members of al-qaeda from killed in the south. >>> now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said there is, quote no, doubt three jewish teenagers missing in the west bank were kidnapped by a terror group. they made several arrests overnight in connection with the disappearance of the three boys. >> standing across the occupied west bank is israeli soldiers block roads and conduct house-to-house raids in search of three scenes missing since thursday. >> we're carrying out arrests. we're carrying out everyones, and i hope they finish as soon as possible. >> they were last seen trying to hitchhike a ride. one of them is believed to be an u.s. citizen. >> he holds abbas accountable for the responsibility of those three young men. >> but he denies any part. >> this tests relations between israel and the newly formed palestinian unity government which includes hamas. the group has said in the past it would kidnap israeli citizens to use as leverage. that tactic has worked before. in 2011 more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners w

a substantial portion of the detainees remaining at guantanamo bay are yemeni citizens. transferring these individuals to a country plagued by prison breaks, assassinations and open warfare at this point could prove very catastrophic. these detainees would likely join several other former gitmo detainees who have returned to the fight in yemen, further destabilizing the country and worsening an already tenuous security situation. the most recent example of a totally failed and dangerous policy on the part of this administration is the exchange of five guantanamo detainees for sergeant bergdahl. we're all glad sergeant bergdahl is back. we should have done everything we could to get him back, and thank goodness he is now with his family. but the deal, the exchange of five individuals from guantanamo bay who wake up every morning now thinking of ways that they can kill and harm americans was not the right thing to do. there were other ways to handle it, yet this administration almost callously, without notifying congress -- and by the way, that was clearly intentional, the

yesterday, we were hearing now president obama is thinking about limited air strikes in the yemenie model of drone strikes on limited targets, john kerry is very much picking up the theme that's been going around that it's time for malaki to go. that's been the cry from politicians from all parties. however, no one's been specific about who might replace him. what are they suggesting? what role should the u.s. play in out of thing al-malaki, whether or not it's terribly in instructive to ask for his removal. on iran, john kerry did the interview saying he was interested, the u.s. was interested in cooperate, iran and sharing information, but actually he was really stepping back from the comments that he made earlier this week on monday where he didn't rule out military cooperation. actually, that stepping back process has been going on almost instantly after he made those comments, saying he didn't know where that idea came from, and that certainly that really close cooperation with iran was not on the tail now. look, all we have now is lots of comments back and forth, speculation. we hav

it comes a day after four yemeni soldiers and five suspected fighters were killed in two separate attacks in the south. >>> ukraine is bracing for its gas to be shut off. prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk is preparing for russia to turn off the gas. moscow set monday as a deadline for them to pay off part of that $1.9 billion debt. ukraine says they have -- russia says they have not received an appropriate response from kiev. the second-largest company is facing problems. they are being blamed for damaging the environment. we have this report. >> reporter: it may be june, but spring just arrived in this village in northern russia. it's a short season, with only a couple of months to prepare for the long, harsh winter. the indigenous lived like this for centuries, relying on the surroundings for their food. this man checks his nets for the catch. there is not much. what there is will go into his family's fish soup tonight. >> translation: from olden times we hunt and fish on our land. then they arrive. we don't mind them. but if they drill oil they should respect nature. how are we supposed

yemeni leadership is looking for the aqap -- not the yemeni government leadership -- is looking for a way to have success in an external operation. if you remember, they were the first ones to hold territory in the south of yemen that they believe watt the initiation of their -- so you have all of these new relationships happening in a way that's really concerning. al shabab, as you know, two years ago we were able to establish the relationship between al shabab and aqap. i won't go into all the details, but now you can get a better picture of this al qaeda threat is getting worse by the day, not better by the day. the fact that they hold a billion in cash and gold bullion, and if you think about 9/11 took about $200,000 and maybe a year and a half of planning. that's a lot of dangerous cash laying in the kitty. these folks aren't worried about building schools and roads and taking care of public services. they're worried about killing and trying to dominate individuals across iraq, syria. they would love to take lebanon. now they're on the border of jordan, they're on the border of i

the bombs were built by a yemeni and has 0 no clues to al-aulaqi's direct roll. >> what are you getting in the way of reaction. >> a short time ago the white house insisted the document was held up for nearly three years because of sensitive national security issues but a close review of the memo shows almost nothing was blacked out prior to its release. >> well, the administration did was we worked through the legal system, and those who are most interested in seeing it, to produce a redacted document that protected national security interests while at the same time trying to live up to our commit. to transparency. >> the center for constitutional rights releasing a statement that reads in part: the government's drone-killing program is built on gross distortions of law. this forced transparency comes years late, along after the memo was drafted, and used to justify the premeditated killing of a u.s. citizen without trial and away from the battlefield. the memo included language does not apply in anwar al-aulaqi's case. >> catherine, thank you. let's get some analysis. alex little, for

we've had a very hard time getting the yemeni government to make assurances that we can take seriouslyto what will happen to people when they come home. >> woodruff: you're saying there are practical reasons why it hasn't happened, not just political? >> each repatriation or settlement takes a very delicate negotiation and set of arrangements and those are hard and sometimes take a lot of time and some of them have not been possible to do. >> baher azmy, sounds like he's saying it's more than political will, there are real complications, but i want to turn you to the other detainees, i think 71 who are not cleared for transfer, 20 of them going before military commissions, 50-some. what we're told is they're in this ambiguous situation, they are dangerous but there's not enough evidence to charge them with a specific crime. what should happen to them? >> well, they should either be charged with a crime or released. i mean, this notion that some cannot be tried but are too dangerous is an all-set in our constitutional system, a system grounded on rationality and international human righ

have space for a terror organization, you need visionary leaders to look at an 1-year-old saudi or yemenind say your target is not just a local police station or nuri al maliki. your target is overseas. that takes people very rare in the terror world so if you get those overtype safe haven and leaders who can execute sophisticated operations, game on. we're in trouble. potentially in the future. >> talking about leaders who can execute operations, u.s. officials say five of iraqi's army's 14 divisions are combat ineffective. i mean, that is -- that's shock. why are they so bad? >> well, it's not too shocking when we've seen the developments over the course of the last month and a half or so the complete collapse of a number of units that have been in contact with i.c.e. >> is that just poor leadership corruption among the leadership. >> anderson, you're on it. is it it starts and finishes with leadership. what this has become is the isf has essentially become a shia militia. it's been politicized completely, sunni leaders, kurd leaders have been moved aside, malaki has put his cronies. it

there is new concern thatitis forces in iraq and syria may be working in tandem with yemeni bombmakers to generate bombs that could be hidden in makeup containers or in clothing, in toothpaste tubes or in printers built in non-metallic containers with low vapor explosives making them very difficult to detect. what makes this all the more frightening, known to be among isis forces fighting in iraq and syria are hundreds of westerners carrying u.s. or european passports. >> we're working hard to identify those who might want to travel, those who are over there so we can figure out who to watch when they come back. >> u.s. officials are imploring foreign governments to bolster airport security. >> i can't give you all the details but that's very important to do because a number of airports do not have the types security they should have. basically we're saying anyone that will be having someone fly to the u.s. they have to increase their security. >> terrorism experts say on three different occasions in recent years al qaeda in the arabian peninsula evaded airport security and was able to

there has been reporting of a who try to learn from the yemeni franchise of al , and we do have this group of foreign fighters that has gone over to iraq and syria. are u.s.es in citizens. those certainly are most concerned because we can travel most easily. i would think for every american, no matter what their political views are. host: eleanor is on our line for republicans in massachusetts. caller: a moment of silence. the invasion on the united -- the military has to be put there and no amnesty for illegal immigrants. question -- have a comes the united states first. comesler: united states first. [indiscernible] this was brought forth and presented as opposition to the oil cartel. this would bring down the price of fuel. qaeda and the al --ficulties in latin america it will bring down the price of the fuel flux would revitalize the economy. it will start with nato. i am not an expert on the oil business. certainly oil prices has gone up and one can presume the instability there is certainly having some impact. i do think it is important to talk a little bit about the situation

. -- yemenis. have not been able to have level of satisfaction that they would mitigate the threat that those detainees would pose if we offloaded those 90 plus detainees to yemen. host: have these programs in saudi arabia and afghanistan, have they worked? guest: people who are critical of any detainees leaving guantÁnamo say, no. people who support guantanamo through attrition say, yes. there is no perfect rehabilitation program. somebody isow that going to go back to criminal activity or terrorist activity. you have to do something. there is a fierce debate about something like that. concerns yesterday expressed on our show. 104 have reengaged into the battlefield, killing americans, killing afghanistan freedom fighters or military and children and who knows who else. 104 went back to the battlefield. these five, who are now in qatar, where are they going to be in six months or one year or year and a half? of was the vice-chairman intelligence for the taliban. -- you knowry high -- these are ter

there has been reporting of a who try to learn from the yemeni franchise of al , and we do have thisup of foreign fighters that has gone over to iraq and syria. are u.s.es in citizens. those certainly are most concerned because we can travel most easily. i would think for every american, no matter what their political views are. host: eleanor is on our line for republicans in massachusetts. caller: a moment of silence. the invasion on the united -- the military has to be put there and no amnesty for illegal immigrants. question -- have a comes the united states first. comesler: united states first. [indiscernible] this was brought forth and presented as opposition to the oil cartel. this would bring down the price of fuel. qaeda and the al --ficulties in latin america it will bring down the price of the fuel flux would revitalize the economy. it will start with nato. i am not an expert on the oil business. certainly oil prices has gone up and one can presume the instability there is certainly having some impact. i do think it is important to talk a little bit about the situation on t

yemeni government put its best effort in 2012 and they did a great job except all of them just melted into the mountains and desert. and it's actually a technique that i think they've adopted, when the enemy advances you retrieve. you take all of your weapons and your people and you wait until they get some of their little doodads down there in the valley and down in the village as and then you go down and start carrying out attacks, keep attacking them until they are depleted enough and that is what they're doing right now in yemen and also somalia. so somalia, absolutely they only control a few districts and areas that they are able to cherry out attacks which they had been prevented from doing so for a couple of years. once again they did with the capability and the ability to carry out attacks. so i don't want to sound like a debbie downer. but i'm just putting forward this is not a map of success but al qaeda advancing and so i would like to answer about the split between this and al qaeda. which i think is a serious issue and i don't want to downplay it. if it goes towards this,

the yemeni government put its best effort in 2012. guyskicking the al qaeda out. they did a great job except all the al qaeda guys just melted into the mountains and desert. that is what they did in mali. technique ist think they have adopted. it is when the enemy advances. you take all of your weapons and your people. go off to the mountains, wait till they get done with their doodads when they have gotten tired of it, you go down there and start carrying out attacks. you find a weak spot. keep attacking them until they are depleted enough that you can go ahead and push them out. that is what they are doing right now in yemen and somalia. in somalia, absolutely they only , control a few districts. they are able to carry out again attacks inside of mogadishu which they had prevented for doing so for a couple of years. once again, they have risen to the capability to carry out these attacks. i do not want to sound like debbie downer here. i think there is a solution but this is not a map of success here. this is a map of al qaeda advancing while we retreat. if i ca

they range from -- the majority of them, of course, are yemeni, but there are another dozen afghan downmericans decided to keep a few, and a few to try, and the rest of the other half are people for whom the state department has been negotiating either repatriation or resettlement deals in order to thin it out. one point, though, senator mccain is absolutely right. they did not have any intention of letting everybody go. they planned on moving guantanamo detainees to the u.s. for another form of indefinite detention. >> on the debate going back and forth, what do you make of it? just the way people feel? we showed that poll. people are torn. it's becoming so politicized, i was talking to governor rendell and davis earlier. they're turned off how this has been politicized. everything is, of course. but we don't know enough. what is your reaction to how people are reacting, whether in washington, or around the country, just to us making a deal to get a guy back who we're not so sure about the circumstances of why he ended up captured in the first place? >> i think it is a reflection on ho

yemeni government put its best effort in 2012 into kicking out the al-qaeda guys there, did a great job accept all the al-qaeda guys just melted into the mountains and into the desert. that's what they did in mali. it's a mallet technique i think they've adopted which is when the enemy advances, you retreat. you take all of your weapons, take all of your people and go off to the mountains and wait until they get done with her little doodads down there in the valleys, down in the villages and then whenever they got tired of it, you good at the start carry out attacks. and their weakest you find a week spot cities can go ahead and push them out. that's what they're doing right now in yemen and somalia. so somalia absolutely they only control a few districts, a few areas but the able to carry out again attacks inside of mogadishu which they been prevented from doing so for a couple of years. once again they have risen to the capability and the ability to carry out attacks. i don't want to make it sound like debbie downer here, there's a solution. in fact, i think there is a solution. but i

. -- yemenis.not been able to have level of satisfaction that they would mitigate the threat that those detainees would pose if we offloaded those 90 plus detainees to yemen. host: have these programs in saudi arabia and afghanistan, have they worked? guest: people who are critical of any detainees leaving guantÁnamo say, no. people who support guantanamo through attrition say, yes. there is no perfect rehabilitation program. somebody isow that going to go back to criminal activity or terrorist activity. you have to do something. there is a fierce debate about something like that. concerns yesterday expressed on our show. 104 have reengaged into the battlefield, killing americans, killing afghanistan freedom fighters or military and children and who knows who else. 104 went back to the battlefield. these five, who are now in qatar, where are they going to be in six months or one year or year and a half? of was the vice-chairman intelligence for the taliban. -- you knowry high -- these are terrorist

really be for him at an accelerated rate will find a way to solve the problem of where to send the yemenisand he'll do so despite the political opposition that he faces because it's the right thing to do and it's something he's committed himself to do all right that was human rights attorney david remes thank you very much well a lot of phone the world's second largest mobile phone company has prompted protests after government wiretapping on a massive scale was revealed the company operates across numerous borders and can't always protect its users from the rights that certain governments maintain to snoop into citizens calls texts e-mails arches and we are david reports. over the past year there have been explosive revelations about the way in which the national security agency has been tapping into the e-mail and phone communications of millions of users and fact is that captivated us over the last year but today the plot thickens because now we're learning that the u.s. is far from the only government to go willy nilly and surveilling our communications case in point vodafone the compa