policy toward yemen. i am especially pleased to have ambassador benjamin here because among his many impressive accomplishments is his tenure as a former u.s. senior fellow -- he spent 2000 here as a jennings randolph fellow and we're pleased to welcome our alumni backed, especially after they have made good, so please, welcome ambassador benjamin. ambassador benjamin. >> thank you very much, steve for that kind introduction. and for clearly designates me as the ct specialist. however, i'll return to my regular age, if youdon't mind. anyway, it's a great pressure to be at usip. always a pleasure to be in this room. i want to thank you and the institute yemen working group for the invitation. i'm delighted to see colleagues that woud have every built as muchto contribute, ambassador rbara who is one of my predecessors as well as ambassador in yemen, and there are many other people here who i'm sure could say such as much of value. let me say that it's also a particular pleasure to be at the institute becau

>>shepard: yemen said they will not turn him over to the united states because he is a yemen citizen and he has to be prosecuted there. >>guest: that is why you do not see american faces on the ground in the fighting because yemen is a poor country and a, i enjoy yemen and i like to go there. when you put an miles per hour face on taking down a yepen citizen, particularly one who is considered to be a holy person, you will inflame a secondary problem so this is the right way to do it, have the yemen people try him and take care of the problems opposed to us getting involved. >>shepard: thank you for the topic switch. thank you. and now this is confirmmation that there is an ongoing offensive in the south of yemen where a terrorist is located. he is at top of the united states "capture or kill list," but the yemen government is at the lead of the operation and this could be big news. we will follow it. the north korean leader, kim chong-il, may now be ready to name a successor. [ male announcer ] we live in a new world. a world that is open and connected. things get done in the blink

he is free and driving a taxicab in yemen. >> he is a cabbie in yemen. >> and the other man going on trial at get moment you learn things about interrogation. jindal was integrated aft after 9/11. there was no torture, an fbi agent did this, less than a week after 9/11, yielded extraordinary amount of information. and now we sort of moved on this path of people about being sent away for years. and the other about the failure of the military commissions at guantanamo so poll he lows the case of hamdan, who was victorious in a supreme court case and then tried before guantanamo and for americans we have had three cases gone before the military commission and military commissions have been struck down repeatedly by the courts. so, the system is not working. >> do you get the sense when you're talking to these men who are so close to bin laden, familiar with the interaction, with our nation, if you will, in terse of our security representation, that they want to kill us that yemen is a place where you go if you want to kill an american? nch>> there are some people in yemen like that we h

unfortunately for yemen four yemen soldiers killed as well. thousands of civilians have fled and perhaps thousands more could be used as human shields inside the town. this is all in a sphopbs by attempts by militants last week to blow up a strategic natural gas pipeline not far from the town. now to anwar al-awlaki. there had been reports the last couple of days that the u.s.-born radical cleric anwar al-awlaki could in fact be hold up with the al-qaida militants in that town. he is of course of big interest to the u.s. linked to several terror attempts including the failed christmas day detroit bomber. we are told he's hiding out about 60 miles away from the action. and yemen government officials tell me that he is not a target of this action, but they also say they'd love to get him. jenna: greg palkot for us in london thank you. jon: the fight between al-qaida forces and yemen army troops is intensifying. what will it take to get the rebels out of this strategically important country for good. joining us bob bare. the christmas day attempt

>>> in yemen, security forces are touting a victory against al qaeda today. the brigadier general in charge of security says his troops are chasing down militants who flood one southern town to the mountains. yemen's government has been intensifying efforts to combat terrorism in the arabian peninsula. there was violence in the capital of sanaa. al qaeda militants attacked a busload of security forces, wounding eight of them. >>> freed american hiker sarah shourd finally got her wish. she actually spoke with mahmoud ahmadinejad. she spent the time pleading for the release of her friends still being held in an iranian presidenten. >> i want to be able to talk to the president. something i prayed for for a long time. it's a good feeling for me to be able to tell him my story directly. i'm thankful for this, and hope it will make a difference for shane and josh. >> she met with ahmadinejad in new york where he was attending the u.n. general assembly this week. >>> now, the growing sex scandal involving well known atlanta pastor eddie long. a fourth man has filed

they were supposed to be traveling to yemen. >> security is tight on the street. last year and nigerian -- i nigerian student was arrested on a flight traveling the other way to detroit. on this occasion, there were two federal air marshals on the flight. the two men sat close to each other, but they are now said to have known each other. if a passenger at this is a connecting flight, their bassett -- their baggage is supposed to be unloaded. there are still uncomfortable questions. as to the contents, officials say it is not unusual for mobile phones and watches to be brought together in this way, particularly on a flight bound for yemen. bbc news. >> france has announced as unacceptable insults' derogatory statements concerning the french president's wife, carla bruni. india is delaying a ban on blackberry devices for 60 days while they review reports. the ban had been threatened because india's security services wanted greater access to anchor it did services. it wants the ability to monitor secure e-mail and instead messaging services provided by the canadian

serious questions are asked about american airport security after two men from yemen were arrested in amsterdam. they were arrived on a plane even though a mobile phone was found taped to the bottom of one man's luggage. >> the moment two yemeni nationals were confronted aboard a flight to amsterdam. they are still being held on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack. the fbi concludes their journey was not a dry run designed to test airport security. the two men had flown from chicago and their baggage went without them to dallas on which they were supposed to be traveling, but now it emerges both missed their flight and were rerouted to amsterdam. when customs official discover their bags without them, they opened them to find mobile phones strapped together. there were also said to be washes and knives. dutch police said they were still questioning the two men. >> monday morning men were arrested by the border police. they arrived on a flight from chicago which landed from amsterdam. the arrest took place on the basis of information provided by u.s. authorities. the two men of th

officials believe he's in yemen. one, they believe he's hiding in yemen. is there a particular activity besides recruitment they believe he may be engaged from there? >> the group that's based there, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, i was talking to a couple of senior defense officials just this week. as the yemen military started a major offensive against some of the militant groups there. he said this is a big deal. he said he does not believe that al qaeda there rises to the same threat level as al qaeda does on the border of afghanistan and pakistan. but he said they are very much a growing threat in what once was a group that maybe was only concerned with piracy and very localized issues, they now see starting to join with al qaeda and starting to take more of a global approach. so he said it's not on the level of afghanistan-pakistan yet, but he said it is very, very much a growing concern among military officials. >> chris lawrence thanks from washington. we're going to talk more about this from the legal point of view, civil rights attorney in cl

yemen and somalia have become more dangerous. the rising in importance as theaters and sanctuaries in which al qaeda can operate, including the uk. >> quite depressing conclusion did you try to counteract the threat in one geographical location but as they do it they simply move somewhere else. the overall threat, though, it seems, is real high. >> it is very interesting. the present of british forces and coalition in afghanistan, about removing al qaeda from afghanistan and stopping it from regrouping. but the issue is, what if they move not only to pakistan and regroups to yemen and somalia, for instance, where there is less intelligence coverage and military access. and not even a cooperative government in which to work. for this -- does not mean you should not be in pakistan suppressing them there but the nature of the problem and to present al qaeda may well continue to change in the coming years. >> thank you very much, indeed. still to come, why this rock is breeding resentment in a couple crippled by party. a report from

there is breaking news from yemen on the hunt for al-qaeda. that is coming up shortly. straight ahead, another warning to the u.s. from iran's fiery president. a free hoveround collapsible grabber with the purchase of your power chair. it reaches, it grabs, it's collapsible and it's portable. it goes wherever you go. get it free while supplies last. call the number on your screen to get your free video, brochure and your free hoveround collapsible grabber. call the number on your screen. >> bret: iran's president today addressed a united nations meeting on reducing poverty, hunger and disease. he told delegates that something else is in endangered now. capitalism. mahmoud ahmadinejad had amnous words for the u.s. -- ominous words for the u.s. senior correspondent eric shawn shows us what he said. >> a threat from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. a meeting with select journalists in new york city. he warned if iran's nuclear facilities are attacked, the u.s. would face a war that, "would know no boundaries." and be unprepared for the consequences. the comments came

al qaeda yemen example how al qaeda affiliate gone global in the sense that al qaeda in yemen launched the attacks of the christmas day bombing. shep? >> shepard: the lead story on this program last night was about a big security push in southern yemen to take out this group and one very big leader. where does that stand now. >> well, tonight, shep, a yemeni official tells fox that as a result of that push into the south, specifically the province of schwabb with a where al lack can a is expected to be hiding two dozen members picked up. units are still searching the area. that said, there is no confirmation that al awlaki was among that group, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge in d.c. tonight. thanks. >> you're welcome. >> shepard: jury selection began today for the first civilian trial for a detainee at the military prison in guantanamo bay, cuba. about 400 perspective jurors filled out questionnaires today at a federal courthouse here in manhattan. prosecutors and lawyers are to use the information to select a jury for this man who prosecutors charged in connection with the 19 8

this newspaper article was obtained claiming members of al qaeda in yemen were under siege. late today both u.s. and yemeni officials told fox there was no evidence al awlaki was among that group, shep. >> shepard: coincidence that the raid took place when the white house terrorism advisor was in yemen? >> the official line, shep, is that the two are not connected. some outside observers say a raid like today's can only help the yemeni government by showing they are actively pursuing al qaeda. today the homeland security homeland security advisor personally delivered a letter to president obama to the yemeni president. today they said brennan's visit on monday was not connected to the raid. >> i have seen the reports of the actions in yemen. i'm told they are not tied to anything that john did or said or his presence there. >> a senior u.s. defense official tells our pentagon team that the u.s. military is providing intelligence and surveillance over the operation adding that yemeni security forces have really stepped up ground operations in the last year. and it's important

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citizens exist and on an acknowledgement by the director of national intelligence that yemen is a place where these targets could be quote gone after but will this be a successful challenge or will the u.s. be able to continue treating the entire world this battlefield or joining me from minnesota to discuss it is jack rice former cia special agent and criminal defense attorney jack thanks so much for being here with me now first of all you recently were in iraq so i just want to know from your perspective from what you saw does that look like it's anywhere near over to you. no it's not over i mean with vice president biden talking about how much better it is he's correct if i take you back to two thousand and six when i was in western baghdad to the west things were a disaster so in comparison yes i guess we can give it two thumbs up but if we think about the number of people who continue to die the number of problems that still exist in frankly there's actually no government in place it is not for him since the elections in march we still have very very serious problems the americans

jon onand yemen, mii-5 is looking closely at yemen? >> concern number two is yemen and he eannounce ated that clearly in his speech as well. he also talks about a fellow that we have been tracking very closely, that's anwar al-awlaki, the u.s.-born, now yemen-based radical cleric. his concern, and the group that he's associated with, al-qaeda in the ribban peninsula, his concern, that the message, the internet message coming from awlaki could be picked up by u.k. resident who is in his words could act alone without training and mount an attack on the u.k. if this sounds familiar, again, the u.s. is right there. we've been seeing that happening in the united states, probably the most spectacular, awlaki and yemen-linked terror attack or attempted terror attack, last year, christmas day bombing, detroit. jon: greg palkot, thank you. jenna: the united nations is a home away from home to diplomats all over the world but now the new york city headquarters reportedly could be more vulnerable than ever to a terror attack. david lee miller is

the yemeni embassy say it highlights a misunderstanding of yemen and its citizens. millions of residents along the east coast are bracing for hurricane earl. social security checks have even been mailed early to recipients in ten states. the storm is expected to reach the north carolina coast later today. that's where emily schmidt is tracking the latest conditions. >> this is the eye of hurricane earl, an area of calm in the midst of what is a monster category 4 storm. it's threatening more of the east coast than any hurricane in nearly 20 years. >> he's on the way. >> and that means people are on their way out. >> they won't let us stay. going to make us sit in this traffic. >> roads are likely to overwash and be closed for several days. >> mandatory evacuations are spreading across north carolina. those leaving with unexpected memories. >> we were looking for a nice vacation and now our vacation's over. >> emergency shelterers are being set up in the hurricane warning zone. homes boarded up, boats pulled out of the water for safety. >> a hurricane comes up the co

first and most notably is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and yemen. we suggest it continues to most significant threats and it continues to plot against the homeland. of additional note as both senator lieberman and senator collins noted, dual citizen, who played a dig role in the attempted airliner attack over detroit, continues to be a key concern given his familiarity with the west and his participation in aqap external operations. in addition, east africa remains a kilo cal for al qaeda associates -- key locale for al qaeda associates. some leaders share al qaeda's ideology and publicly praise the osama bin laden and asked for further guidance from the group and as director mueller noted, more than two dozen americans, most ethnic somalia, but not all, have traveled to fight there since 2006. of course the potential for those trainees to return to the united states or elsewhere in the west remains a very significant concern. i think it is also worth noting that al shabab has vividly illustrated its shipment to attacking outside somalia, most tragi

the yemen embassy says the arrest highlighted ongoing misunderstanding of yemen and its citizens. residents are bracing for hurricane earl. social security checks have been mailed out early. the storm is expected to reach the north carolina coast later today. that's where emily is tracking the latest conditions. >> this is the eye of hurricane earl, an area of calm in the midst of a monster category 4 storm. it's threatening more of the east coast than any hurricane in 20 years. >> he's on the way. >> and that means people are on their way out. >> they're gonna make us sit in this traffic. >> likely to overwash and be closed for several days. >> mandatory evacuations are spreading across north carolina. long lines of late summer tourists leaving with unexpected vacation memories. >> looking forward to a nice vacation and now our vacation's. earl-induced work is just beginning. boats pulled out of the water to safety. >> hurricane up the coast, we try to be prudent and make sure the boat doesn't get damaged. >> you never know what flying debris you're gonna get. >> we could see wat

he's believed to be hiding in yemen, and u.s. officials believe he's a significant operational figure with al qaeda. in court papers filed this morning, the obama administration said the case could require the disclosure of highly sensitive national security information. and that's why it want this is case dismissed. the obama administration is invoking its state privileges. the cleric is a u.s. citizen. joining us now by phone is jonathan turley, an expert on constitutional law at george washington university. and he also has experience as lead council in a state secrets case. all right, professor, i'm glad you could be with us. does this case merit a state secret privilege? >> well, i have to say, i find it questionable. because the indication really raises a very simple and threshold issue, and that is, can the president of the united states on his own authority simply say, i'm going to kill this citizen? now, obviously the administration has some very good reasons to want to capture him. but to do a targeted assassination of

that could help the united states extradite him if he is captured alive in yemen. the feds say h he helped plan e tailed underwear bombing above detroit the suspect on the left side of the screen. and the fort hood attack. he is particularly dangerous we are told because of his presence on the internet and his ability to inspire apparently lone wolf attack. despite that the decision to press charges against him is controversial. it could force investigators to they havetails that shelters kept close to the vest. is the best case is scenario e government? >> if abdulmutallab does a plea deal with the government and he will become a primar primary ws in the case. there was direct contact tweeny between umar farouk and anwar ail awacky. including advice and how to side step surveillance. sources also told fox that he was the middleman between abdulmutallab and the bomb maker in yemen. in return for his help, farouk would in principle get a reduced sentence in he cooperated with the government. charging alwaki in a criminal case has a number of risks with the intellige

one of al soofi's friends in detroit said it's not uncommon for people returning to yemen to bring cell phones and medicine for others taped together. >> they want to tape it together to make sure this is my stuff, you got to give it to my wife or my son or whatever i send it to. >> reporter: u.s. officials seem to accept that explanation, and today the department of homeland security said the incident showed the airport security system is working and able to respond quickly to potential threats. the two men are still being held in amsterdam tonight but u.s. authorities who were so concerned yesterday are now saying they know of no reason to hold the men or their cell phones or their pepto-bismol any longer, diane. >> so, they accept the explanation on the pepto-bismol and the cell phones? >> reporter: apparently so. >> all right, thank you, brianfo >>> and in the middle east, palestinian gunmen opened fire on an israeli car in the west bank, killing four people, including a pregnant woman. the strikes possibly designed to disrupt the peace talks between israel and the palestinians begi

bound for dubai and then yemen. the authorities here have been guarded with all but a few of the details they have at this stage. can you tell us how seriously it's being taken by the dutch authorities? >> seriously because we have arrested them. we're taken this seriously because otherwise we didn't arrest them. >> reporter: al soofi fell under suspicion as soon as he began his journey in alabama. security agents searched his bag and found a phone taped to a bottle. some reports also suggest he carried knives, box cutters and watches taped together. as none of the items presented a danger on their own he was allowed to continue his journey. he flew first to chicago where his companion joined him. they were due to travel on to yemen via washington and dubai but at the last minute their destination changed to amsterdam. now their bags were going through washington and they weren't. that set alarm bells ringing again. this case is particularly sensitive here because it has real echoes of another case. a nigerian accus

officials at yemen tell cnn they're tracking him and now believe he's holed up in yemen's known stronghold. but yemen's government is purposely downplaying al awlaki's importance. >> the government has to be very delicate in how they try to catch them. >> reporter: the u.s. military wants to spend more than a billion dollars worth of equipment and training to yemen, guns, helicopters, patrol boats and allow american advisors to go out with yemeni troops in noncombat rolls. a u.s. official says there's no doubt he needs to be dealt with, he doesn't belong on the battlefie battlefield, on the street or anywhere else he could do bad things. but even though he may be hiding in yemen, he's an american who's been put on a hit list to be captured or killed. president obama evoked a state secret privilege which says targeting american citizens outside a battlefield is unconstitution unconstitutional. the government says it's not going to tell an active terrorist how it fights. the aclu says the government leaked information about him as part of a coordinated political press strategy, to prove to t

bound for dubai and then yemen. the authorities here have been guarded with all but a few of the details they have at this stage. can you tell us how seriously it's being taken by the dutch authorities? >> seriously because we have arrested them. we're taken this seriously because otherwise we didn't arrest them. >> rorter: al ofi fell under suspicion as soon as he began his journey in alabama. security agents searched his bag and found a phone taped to a bottle. some reports also suggest he carried knives, box cutters and watches taped together. as none of the items presented a danger on their own he was allowed to continue his journey. he flew first to chicago where his companion joined him. they were due to travel on to yemen via washington and dubai but at the last minute their destination changed to amsterdam. now their bags were going through washington and they weren't. that set alarm bells ringing again. this case is particularly sensitive here because it has real echoes of another case. a nigerian accused o

counter terrorism officials now say al awlaki has become a major figure in al qaeda in yemen, acting as the terror group's lead english-speaking voice. officials have also linked al awlaki to the underpants bomber seen here on the left and the suspect in the deadly shooting at fort hood in texas who is on the right, as well as the man suspected of trying to detonate a car bomb in times square. the concern now how the administration will handle al awlaki's case should authorities capture him alive. catherine herridge is live in washington tonight where she has been following this story. catherine, this guy has been on the government's radar for a long time now. what is taking so long? >> well, shep, charging al awlaki in a criminal case has risks. especially for the intelligence community. if you don't have a principle witness like the underwear bomber, the department of justice would need to provide evidence of al awlaki's direct involvement in terrorism. and this could force the u.s. government to reveal evidence gained through confidential sources and foreign wire taps. so, in othe

a unified yemen. this is absolutely essential for regional stability, including the future of the yemeni people. anything that promotes any of these devices and tendencies will be harmful both to the people of yemen but also to security in the gulf and beyond. i cannot do more than _ how important it is that the elections go well -- more than underscore how important it is that the elections go well and succeed in bridging these divides. we have also worked on diverting attention from the threat of extremism in the country. there is an abundance of reasons why the political process needs to continue to go well. >> there was a column this week called, "a superpower super broke," talking about the u.s. it is estimated that there are about two hundred al-qaeda agents. >> how many? >> 200-300. >> i thought you said two hundred million-300 million. >> know, we are spending about $1 million apiece. this is the tip of the iceberg. this is a conceptual question. is there any thinking about approaches that are

born and educate head's plotting from his base in yemen. al-awlaki is linked to the shooting at fort hood, attempted christmas day bombing and the failed car bombing in times square. >> many citizens, anwar al-awlaki, who played a significant role in the attempted airliner attack over detroit. continues to be a key concern given his familiarity with the west. >> western recruits are drawn to his message. >> homegrown extremists are harder to detect and able to connect with extremists. they're more operationally capable than what we've previously seen. >> senators were told the al-qaeda affiliate in somalia is also an emerging threat. the group is actively recruiting americans of soma somali descent. the double suicide bombing in uganda in the world cup may be the first red flag. with a more diverse threat and at least two near-misses, christmas day and times square where the bomb scared they warned perfect security is up realic. >> impossible to garp tee there will -- guarantee there will be another attack. we can't put the country under a

in yemen. in countries away the region. >>shepard: pakistan with the c.i.a. >>guest: is this the time with new peace negotiations that we want to open up this new front called iran, a country which has a network in our own country of hezbollah agents, people who are willing to do its bidding? this is a serious decision and i think both lieberman and the president understand the necessity of laying the groundwork for it. >>shepard: it feels like it is going to come to a head. >>guest: most thing about a year. >>shepard: from south florida all the way up to the coast of maine, look out there is a tropical thing that -- poof -- will drench 50 million of us. stay tuned. >>shepard: a newly formed tropical storm washing out roads in cuba headed for the bahamas and up the coast. what is up? >>reporter: you think wind and storm surge, and this is all rain. and a big area. the center of the storm is north of cuba, but a big area with a lot of dense rain. we have it going across florida, major rain, causing big time flooding, but already spreading across parts of the c

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they want to wipe him out by these drones and then the aclu is right on it. >> a yemen american cleric who did all this crazy stuff. the united states nor the c.i.a. is confirming he's being targeted. the aclu is saying you can't be targeting american citizens. >> bill: the guy's father is on board. >> on board with the aclu. >> bill: and he lives in the united states? >> right. and the obama administration just a couple of days ago, friday, said absolutely not. we have under the state secrets right, we have the ability to not tell you when we're targeting somebody. >> bill: okay. does the obama administration have the right to kill people with drone missiles. >> yes. >> bill: under what? >> if the president of the united states and this happened in 2002 with president bush -- if the president signs literally on a death warrant for somebody, they have -- they being the c.i.a., not the military. the c.i.a. drones have the legal -- >> bill: it -- can it be anybody on the face of the earth or that does it have to be a designation first to kill these people with the drones? >> it would hav

yemen in the middle east is at the bottom. the united states ranks 27th. 2. >> president obama needs to add equality again to his again. just ahead. an amazing discovery. >>> a teen's diary hidden during world war ii is uncovered when we return. and now our fox in the classroom update. >> a salmonella outbreak linked to two iowa egg distributes has sickened over 1,000 people leading to voluntary recall of more than half billion eggs. both wright count i ty egg an hillandale farms have a history of violating state an federal law. the recall is already affecting the way americans shop. i don't take a lot of stock in kind of worrying fear like that but i thought on the safeside i won't buy a in egg. >> reporter: salmonella affects the intestinal tract causing diarrhea or vomiting. >> the very young, or very old or people with weak immune systems. the could potentially even die. >> if he food and drug administration believes additional recalls are likely. southern pakistan is on alert as worst flooding in the country's history con

greta just brought up yemen. greta just brought up yemen. that is a place, the world, maybe the french could be involved in this one. we should try to do something about somalia. that is becoming a world problem. that needs to be handled. host: you said somalia needs to be handled. militarily or diplomatically? caller: militarily. mr. lloyd, -- mr. loy, i do not know about the tactics or anything, but perhaps you do? caller: thank you for the question. this kind of question is what is perplexing to a lot of americans. what is the right tool to use when we see something happening, developing? we must find our way out of what has been the traditional cold war the way of thinking, on the one hand, and recognize the new national -- transnational threats that are rising, on the other. probably a different set of tools that could be brought to bear as we cope with the transnational threats, including the terrorists of the 21st century, as opposed to the one that we coped with in the 20th-century. inside of the national security envelope, i mention

i think there's a shift from the general al qaeda general command towards yemen. now i think if you assess the situation from there. i think it's been increased recently, we talked about a few hundred, maybe 200, 400 personnel there. mainly in southern parts of yemen, shabwa and abyan. >> does you think the united states is fighting this correctly? >> i think we have failure of communications between the muslims, including governments and officials, with the americans. so we need to improve the level of communication so the american efforts to control extremism and terrorism doesn't appear as if al qaeda would like to market it to the muslims like america fighting against islam itself. that's why i appreciate many american officials recently, the issue of the koran, where president obama was very clear about his position against this issue, and he said we are not at war against islam. we fight against al qaeda. al qaeda harmed us, not islam. and secretary of state clinton said when she was against burning of koran, even secretary of defense, he phoned the guy hims

yemen, kuwait, and the eastern province of saudi arabia have substantial shiite minorities. pro-democracy protesters in bahrain are mainly shi'ite and they are angry at what they call continued discrimination. the evidence presented by the government says that there is a network that is instructed to commit terrorist acts. they told us that all of those they have arrested have been and will be treated according to international team rights standard. there is proof of the torture. >> at the ruling to meet this not show political reform. what they want is an authoritarian dictatorship. they would want to convince the world that elections constitute democracy. >> the wife of the alleged torture victim has come back to london where their children are at school. the family knows he may face the death penalty. >> it made me very upset, very hard. my mother is now working, she does not speak english. >> how much britain's quiet diplomacy can help them is not yet clear. >> pakistan's for of england has been the most controversial cricket tour four years. the series was played agains

i think there's a shift from the general al qaeda, general command to yemen, towards yes, ma'am en. now, i think if you assess the situation there, the number has been increased recently. we talk here about a few hundreds, maybe 200, 400 personnel there, mainly in shabua and abiya, southern part of yemen. but they're very active. >> do you think the united states is fighting this battle correctly? >> i think the united states, it's very important. you cannot ignore the u.s., whether you like it or not. but the problem, i think we have failure of communication between the muslims, including governments and officials, with the americans. so we need to improve the level of communication so the american efforts to control extremism and terrorism doesn't appear as if al qaeda would like to market it to the muslims like america fighting against islam itself. that's why i really appreciate many american officials recently, the issue about burning the koran where president obama, he was very clear about his like position against this issue and he said we are not in a war against islam, we f

and so we have some who have gone to places like yemen. we have some u.s. persons who have gone and trained in the fatah and now have returned to the united states. and this is something that we have seen increase, really, over the past 20 months. and something that our department is working on along with the fbi and the national counterterrorism center. >> madam secretary, let's move to the issue of global aviation security. it's the reason you are at this united nations conference in montreal today. i know you are trying to get global consensus about improvements to aviation security. i got to ask you. how is it that nine years after 9/11 we're still just talking about this? this is not one of those threats that came out of nowhere. why has it taken so long to have it taken seriously, to try to get some of that coordination? >> well, let me break your question into two parts. first, there have been a number of territories in the wake of 9/11. obviously, just look at what has happened domestically. hardened cockpit doors, federal air marshals on plains, ex

rescue in the gulf of eaden today where pirates had taken control of a german flag cargo ship between yemen and somalia. using helicopters as a diversion, the marines pulled alongside of ship in small boats and climbed aboard. the pirates gave up without a fight. all 11 crew members are safe. still ahead on the cbs evening news, highway deaths are at the lowest they've been in six decades. what is behind the dramatic drop? but up next, they say they feel like strangers in their own country. muslims shocked by the growing opposition to new mosques. ÷ >> smith: the furor >> smith: the furor over plans to burn the koran and the building of the proposed islamic center near ground zero has had ripple effects all across america. there are 2.5 million muslims in this country, and about 1900 mosques, but building a mosque has suddenly become a hot-button issue in many communities. as seth doane reports, that's just what happened in murfesboro, tennessee. >> reporter: like most 13-year- olds he's proud of his school, his soccer trophies, and his country. >> i'm as american as you get. i'm as patrio

birmingham, alabama, airport with a legal permanent resident, al soofi on his way to visit relatives in yemen. in the checked bags, screeners found cell phones and watches taped together and a phone taped to a bottle of pepto-bismol. it looked suspicious, but no explosives were found and he was cleared for travel. he booked flights from birmingham to chicago then to washington-dulles and on to amsterdam. but when he got to chicago, investigators say, he missed the dulles flight, so the airline put him on a direct flight to amsterdam while his suitcase flew on to dulles. it was intercepted when security officials realized al soofi was no longer flying with it. the second man in amsterdam had nothing suspicious found in his bag and was mistakenly thought to be flying with al soofi. tonight officials say they think the items were taped together to be given to separate relatives. they view this false alarm as proof that the system is working. pete williams, nbc news, at the department of homeland security. >>> one of mexico's most ruthless and violent drug lords, a man responsible for smuggling t

mostly arabs, though we have also some africans, some from kenya, uganda, arabs from yemen, afghanistan, chechnya. >> reporter: chechnya? the force has opened three new -- to better protect the presidential palace from attacks. soldiers took me to what they call the dead zone where they pointed out el shahbab positions. they said foreigners were often in charge of local fighters running posts and buildings just below the line of fire. >> that is a beauty. that is a market. and they it shall that's where you find foreigners. when we are fighting here, the foreigners are a little bit in their rear. >> reporter: this summer, the au's modest gains have taken them up to the seaport overlooked by the once grand aruba hotel. there's often take of a new offensive against them an they pledged more troops there. but this is a war of attrition fought in the ruins of a once grateful city where victory is as unlikely as surrender. jane ferguson for cnn, mogadishu, somalia. >>> we're going to turn back to politics. lining up on christine o'donnell's side, another top republican throws his support beh

the two men are from yemen but live here in the u.s. they abruptly changed flight plans in chicago on sunday, going to the netherlands, while sending their luggage to washington. investigators say the two men did not know each other and were not traveling together, and on top of that, they were not on any terror watch lists. >>> the obama administration has appealed a federal judge's order that undercuts federally funded embryonic stem-cell research. the justice department claims stopping such research would cause irreversible harm to millions of extremely sick patients. stem cells are master cells which can turn into any tissue in the body. opponents say their use destroys human embryos. >>> there are fewer kids in foster care than a few years ago and child welfare advocates say that is a food thing. the federal government says that the number of foster kids dropped 8% in one year and 20% in the past decade. child welfare advocates say the credit goes not only to sped-up adoptions but help for troubled families to keep kids at home. >>

and were traveling to yemen. >>> off the coast of finlands, what maybe the oldest champane has been salvaged from a ship wreck at the bottom of the scene. the bottles seem to be from the 1800s. they might have been a gift from king louis. >>> the dow industrial was up almost five points today. only analysts say that apple will come out with a wifi equipped nano. other i sas that it will introduce a new laptop equipped with netflix. >>> and our chief meteorologist tracking warmer weather is back right after this. >>> in saratoga pet owners are on alert tonight after an alarming coyote sighting. lloyd lacuesta is live with our report. >> reporter: saratoga woods is a neighborhood of some 400 homes it's located in the flat lands not the his. but for the past few months, it's been a hundreding ground for coyote -- a hunting ground for the coyotes. >> he was found right here. >> reporter: he was china attacked by coyotes last month. >> what is happening the food chain is usually bunny rabbits that have been overpopulating. so they've come to domestic animals. >> reporter: six cats have been kille

one hundred thousand troops in afghanistan when those operations come out of somalia and yemen as when and pakistan and yes so that consistency is not there in our in our foreign policy particularly in our now security policy and that's very worrisome to me because you don't have consistency if you don't have good critical thought if you don't have a degree of intellectual honesty in your policymaking you are going to have bad policy and you're going to have things like iraq we're going to find yourself nine years into afghanistan entangled in a civil war spending one hundred billion dollars a year for a purpose that does not make the united states safer matthew you've been saying that stabilizing the government in afghanistan does not the feed al qaida and and that it's like using a flash hammer to kill a fly do you think it's such a fly and if not a sledgehammer what should be used to kill that fly you know i mean sure of fly can bite you short before i can affect you he could get in your refrigerator make your food mold to you or what not but you try and kill most. chamar you end up

hundred thousand troops in afghanistan when those operations come out of somalia and yemen as when and pakistan yes so that consistency is not there in our in our foreign policy particularly in our now security policy and that's very worrisome to me because you don't have consistency if you don't have good critical thought if you don't have a degree of intellectual honesty in your policymaking you are going to have bad policy and you're going to have things like iraq we're going to find yourself nine years into afghanistan entangled in a civil war spending one hundred billion dollars a year for a purpose that does not make the united states safer matthew you have been saying that stabilizing the government in afghanistan does not defeat al qaida and that it's like using a flash hammer to kill a fly do you think it's such a fly and if not a sledgehammer what should be used to kill that fly you know i mean sure of fly can bite you short before i can affect you he could get in your. refrigerator make your food moldy or what not but you try and kill with sledgehammer you end up wrecking yo

hundred thousand troops in afghanistan when those operations come out of somalia and yemen as when and pakistan and yes so that consistency is not there in our in our foreign policy particularly in our now security policy and that's very worrisome to me because you don't have consistency if you don't have good critical thought if you don't have a degree of intellectual honesty in your policymaking you are going to have bad policy and you're going to have things like iraq we're going to find yourself nine years into afghanistan entangled in a civil war spending one hundred billion dollars a year for a purpose that does not make the united states safer matthew you've been saying that stabilizing the government in afghanistan does not defeat al qaida and that it's like using a flash hammer to kill a fly do you think it's such a fly and if not a sledgehammer what should be used to kill that fly you know i mean sure of fly can bite your short fly can affect you he could get in your. refrigerator make your food moldy or what not but you try and kill most sledgehammer enough wrecking your hou