in terms of north korea, the government of south korea now takes, i think, a more realistic view than its two predecessors did. i think they understand better than we do that the real issue here in the short term is the regime transition in north korea. it is by no means -- this is not like england where the eldest son -- when prince charles, when queen elisabeth, finally goes to her reward, there is no doubt prince charles will finally get to be tamed. since he was born eight days before i was, i know how old he is, and how long he has been waiting to be king. he will be and no one will overthrow him. if that is not true -- that is not true in south korea. while there is a risk, there is also a tremendous opportunity. the regime in north korea is very fragile. it could come out easily. we should talk to china to avoid problems if that were to happen. there were real instability, we would go in to try to secure nuclear weapons, prevent massive refugee flows, and we do not want to stumble into something as a result of not having communicated. i do not think there is much evidence at al

regarding north korea's nuclear issue, obama called on china to play a more aggressive role. >> north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program is increasingly a direct threat to the security of the united states and our allies. the international community must continue to state clearly that north korea's uranium enrichment program is in violation of north korea's commitments and international obligations. >> hu said the u.s. and china share common interests and responsibilities on a wide range of international issues, but he added that there's still a gap between their positions, especially on human rights. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the two leaders issued a joint statement wednesday. the united states and china have agreed on mutual vice presidential visits to promote bilateral ties and establish a strong partnership. vice president joe biden will visit china this yearich xi jin reciprocate. the two countries expressed concerns about north korean's claimed uranium-enrichment program. >>> the u.s. and china agreed on export deals of $45 billion. they include children's purc

dai said south korea should not doubt north korea's goodwill. the north has made several offers for dialogue with the south this month, including working-level intergovernmental talks. south korea remains cautious about the invitations. dai also told the japanese lawmakers that china has been asking north korea to take a calm and thoughtful approach to the current situation. china's state counselor traveled to north korea last month and met the country's leader, kim jong il. >>> foreign capital has been pouring into china since the united states announced further monetary easing last fall. money is flowing into inland chi china as well as shanghai and other coastal cities. but the investment boom is raising concerns about inflation. >> reporter: subways, shopping malls, and other real estate projects are under construction in the city of xian in china's's inland province of xanxi. xan xiong owns a real estate company in xian. he launched his business eight years ago. the firm has grown rapidly thanks to china's property boom. last year the compa

the figures used here and it's always hard to know about north korea is that north korea gets 90% of its oil, 47% of its foreign trade and 45-55% of its food from china. what's more essentially north korea's only border to the rest of the world, land border, is with china. there's a tiny sliver will it joins russia. north korea needs that border for legitimate trade and smuggling. as far as the south koreans are concerned the chinese have a lot of leverage but they're not willing to use it. there are a lot of theories here as to why the most prevalent theory is the south koreans believe that the chinese are afraid that if north korea is so fridge ill, if they put too much pressure on it and there's any instability that will spill over into china. what's more is that in fact if there is a collapse up there that south korea will rush in and have a unified korean peninsula that is is democratic and a market economy right on china's borders. the national security advisors said to me late last week china values today's peace and stability more than they value tomorrow's. in other words th

the figures used here and it's always hard to know about north korea is that north korea gets 90% of its oil, 47% of itforeign trade and 45-55% of its food from china. what's more essentially north korea's only border to the rest of the world, land border, is with china. there's a tiny sliver will it joins russia. north korea needs that border for legitimate trade and smuggling. as far as the south koreans are concerned the chinese have a lot of leverage but they're not willing to use it. there are a lot of theories here as to why the most prevalent theory is the south koreans believe that the chinese are afraid that if north korea is so fridge ill, if they put too much pressure on it and there's any instability that will spill over into china. what's more is that in fact if there is a collapse up there that south korea will rush in and have a unified korean peninsula that is is democratic and a market economy right on china's borders. the national security advisors said to me late last week china values today's peace and stability more than they value tomorrow's. in other words that

it was going to be a series of ratcheted up restrictions on north korea and north korea's to turn seoul in south korea to a sea of flames. you probably remember that phrase. both sides were kind of ratcheting up into a conflict that neither side seemed to have a way to pull back from. it was just at that point that former president jimmy carter decided he had better step in and he took advantage of the fact that for the previous three years he had an invitation from the north koreans every year to come to their country, and so he went and within 24 hours had been able to negotiate a stand down on that side. galuchi by now was back in washington actually at the white house with clinton and his immediate people discussing what the next step is going to be. carter called from north korea. the call came into the white house. the secretary came into the room and said it is north korea, it is president carter so president clinton of course stood up to take the call. then she said no, he is calling bob galuchi. [laughter] galuchi said i didn't exactly crawl out of the room on all fours. and of

>> i spent about seven years interviewing north korea, not in north korea, but in south korea and around the chinese border. i've been there quite a few times but you can't speak to anybody in north korea, you can't even make eye contact with them to see this is the most repressive regime in an actual case where we can use superlative when you work in north korea you have in mind your and your mind has a minder to make sure you don't talk to anybody but i found north koreans to be quite talkative when they got out of the country and i really just painstakingly pieced together their stories, which in my mind were 1984 come true. >> these north koreans that you spoke to come to the escape from north korea? with a visiting south korea? why were they out? >> brigety hinchey scaap. north koreans basically live in a large prison. they are not allowed all of the country unless they are very elite. these are people who largely when they were starving crossed the rivers that border china and try to make new lives for themselves. the funny thing is when they were in north korea also they were star

that's been one of our threats to north korea. if a bomb goes off and we know it came from you, it will be as if you were the one who set it off. all of this, you know, we had to invest a huge infrastructure after 1945 to do with the fact of nuclear weapons. we're going to have to invent another huge infrastructure to deal with the idea of the world are there are no nuclear weapons. it's sort of a mirror image of the other in a way. but in some ways very similar. i don't mean to sound high in the sky because i'm not. i understand this will be a hard, hard problem, and the question is always going to be will it be worth it for enough country so that they can move. >> you mentioned the 30th anniversary of reykjavÍk. do you think that the world situation related nuclear weapons would be different if the results of the reykjavÍk meeting had been different? >> the question is would the world a different place right now if reykjavÍk had been a success? i was fascinated with the reykjavÍk summit. i got my hands on not only the americ

nothing to envoy in north korea. how did you get access to north korea? >> i spent seven years interviewing north koreans, not in north korea, but in south korea. i've been to north korea several times, but you can't speak to anybody there. you can't even make eye contact with them to say this is the worst repressive regime in the world. actually have a case when you work in north korea, you have a minder, and your minder has a minder to make sure you don't talk to anybody. i found north koreans to be talkative when they got out of the country. i pain stakingly pieced together their stories which in my life was 1984 coming true. >> these north koreans you spoke with, did they escape north korea or visiting? >> everybody has to escape. north koreans basically live in a large prison. they are not allowed out of the country unless they are very, very elite. these are people who largely when they were starving to death crossed the river that borders china, and you know, tried to make new lives for themselves, and you know, the funny thing is when they were in

i've been to north korea quite a few times, but you can't speak to anybody in north korea. you can't even make eye contact with them. to say this is the most repressive regime in the world is, you know, actually a case where we can use superlatives. when you work in north korea, you have a minder, and your minder has a minder to make sure you don't talk to anybody. but i found north koreans, actually, to be quite talkative when they got out of the country, and i really just painstakingly pieced together their stories which, in my mind, were 1984 come true. >> these north koreans that you spoke with, did they escape from north korea? were they visiting south korea? how -- why were they out of the country? >> everybody has to escape. north koreans, basically, live in a large prison. they're not allowed out of their country unless they're very, very elite. these are people who largely when they were starving to death crossed the rivers that border china and tried to make new lives for themselves. and, you know, the funny thing is when they were in north korea although they wer

i've been to north korea quite a few times but you can't take anybody in north korea. you can't have any on contact. is the most were repression of regime in the world. when you work in north korea, you have a minder in your mind or has a minder to make sure you don't talk to anybody. but i found arth koreans actually to be quite talkative when i got out of the country, and that really painstakingly pieced together their stories, which in my mind were 1984 come true. >> these north koreans that he spoke with, did they escape from north korea? were they visiting south korea? why were they out of the country? >> everybody has to escape. north koreans basically live in a large prison. they are not allowed out of their country unless they are very very elite. these are people who largely, when they were starting to cross the rivers of the border of china and tried to make new lives for themselves, and the funny thing is when they were in north korea although they were starving, they had this topic and of that they lived in the best country in the world. we have nothing to

. >>> south korea has made a counter proposal to north korea for talks after rejecting the talks for dialogue. it could the talks would focus on yeonpyeong island. they call for holding a talk on february 21st. they made the announcement on monday and dismissed the north's offer and called to offer propaganda to present itself as a peaceful nation and a tactic to divide south korean society. they called to discuss the north's responsibility for sinking a south korean naval ship and attacking yeonpyeong island. south korea also said it needs to confirm that the north is sincere about scrapping its nuclear program. >>> meanwhile, north korea responded positively to recent remarks by the japanese foreign minister. it may be looking for ways to reopen direct talks with japan. at a news conference last tuesday, seiji maehara said it is important to build direct talks. he said it would be a top priority for japan this year. he also expressed his intention to carefully handle china's proposal for talks with the north. north korea weekend maehara's remark as a positive step in a commentary p

being this close, do you feel under threat from north korea? >> ( translated ): it doesn't take much. if they want to destroy us, then they can. >> reporter: before the korean one recent afternoon, we visited the park family, headed by 77- year-old park seung chang, a veteran of the korean war. how do you see the north koreans, what is your opinion of them? >> ( translated ): they're just plain warmongers. if they attack us, we should attack twice, three times. so they would never even think of attacking us again. >> reporter: his son park kyung- il, at 46, has traveled north several times as a driver. >> ( translated ): i've met with north koreans, and they were like the people in the 50s and 60s in south korea. their life was so pathetic. i felt sorry for little north korean children. >> reporter: and there was 18- year-old park ho sun, who soon starts college. >> ( translated ): i'm a devout christian, so i looked on north korea with more sympathy than with enmity. but the attack on the island made it clear to me that north korea's kim jong

in terms of north korea, the government of south korea now takes a more realistic view of north korea that its two predecessors did. i think they understand better than we do that the real issue here in the short-term is the regime transition in north korea. it -- this is not like england were the eldest son -- when queen elizabeth pilot goes to work reward, there is no doubt prince charles will get to be king. since he was born eight days before i was, i know exactly how old he is and how long he has been waiting to be king. [laughter] he will be caned and nobody will overthrow him. that is not true for kim jong un. while there is a period of risk there for south korea, japan, and the united states, it is also a period of opportunity. net regime in north korea is very fragile. it could come down easily. we ought to be talking to china to avoid problems if that happens because i think if there was real and stability in north korea, we and the south would go in to try to secure the nuclear weapons and restrict refugee flows. we do not want to stumble into something as a result of not h

korea, north korean attack is not the same republic of korea that north korea had known before. the culture of impugnity has come to an end. >> warner: president li put the military on high alert and announced new rules of engagement. in late december the military staged massive land and sea live fire exercises, defying the north's threat to retaliate. there was no response from the north. and he says that was wise on their part. >> why don't we let north korea realize, you know, the consequences when... if and when they perpetrate another attack on us. i think they will certainly regret it. >> warner: this heightened tension between north and south has implications for the 28,500 u.s. troops that remain in korea to help maintain the armistice. four star u.s. general walter sharp, who would command combined korean and u.s. forces if full scale war broke out, is mindful of the delicate line each side has to walk between reaction and overreaction. >> what we see is a challenging north korean threat that is evolving and is focusing now on asmetry cal type of attacks and provocation

korea is an example of that there are they have to walk a line with north korea north korea is its own independent state and if they want to do stuff it's going to do stuff and so it's also learning about the limits of economic and political power and it still faces internal issues how to balance all the millionaires in the cities with hundreds of millions of poor people in the countryside and lastly the issue here is people power this year we witnessed sort of internet surges of nationalism of chinese on the internet taking positions maybe stronger than the position of the government and then the government having to respond to that and sort of navigate that so lots of developments in china this year you know steve it's interesting is we saw. the man of the year where the forbes magazine the most powerful people and for the first time we have the chinese leader on top of this to obama second and i know a lot of people say that as a result a kneejerk response to the midterm elections and fair enough but i mean there is something to that now and maybe not speaking as a do you as a democ

they don't control north korea. they have a lot of influence over it, but this is -- >> the same can be said with their very different, but also difference relationship with iran. >> iran is much further away, and their influence in iran isr much lower than in a place liken north korea. they're fundamental in north korea.a it's right on their border, it's a very -- >> but they're dealing with a nuclear power and a nuclear wannabe. don't they see this as a threat not just to us, but themselves? >> it's not so much the geopolitical -- the geopolitical element of north korea being ont the border of china, it's the idea of instability. >> you're talking about economic instability. >> exactly. >> and they're threatened more by that than nuclear stability? >> i believe they are. >> thank you very much,our mr. acker match. i recognize mr. burton, chairman designate of the subcommittee on europe and eurasia. >> thank you, madam chairman. or chair. thank you -- >> referred to earlier as yourtn excellency, i think. [laughter]

they don't control north korea. they have a lot of influence over it. >> the same could be said with their very different but also dangerous relationship with iran. >> iran is much further away and influence in iran is much lower than it is in a place like north korea. their fundamental and north korea. it is right on their border. >> but they are getting with a nuclear power and a nuclear wannabe. wannabe. >> exactly. >> the chinese are pretty farsighted. do they see this as a threat not just to us but themselves? >> they see the mark near-term threat. it's not so much that you political -- the geopolitical out of south korea been on the border of china, it's the basic lady of instability. >> talk about the economic instability? >> absolutely. >> yield back the remaining four seconds. >> thank you very much, mr. ackerman. i recognize mr. burton. >> thank you, madam chairman. or chair. thank you for -- >> prefer as your excellency. [laughter] >> thank you for having this hearing. i'm going to ask a couple of questio

korea is an example of that they are so they have to walk a line with north korea north korea is its own independent state and if it wants to do stuff it's going to do stuff and so it's also learning about the limits of economic and political power and it still faces internal issues how to balance all the millionaires in the cities with hundreds of millions of poor people in the countryside and lastly the issue here is people power this year we witnessed sort of internet surges of nationalism of chinese on the internet taking positions maybe stronger than the position of the government and then the government having to respond to that and sort of navigate that so lots of developments in china this year you know steve it's interesting is we saw. the man of the year where you are the forbes magazine the most powerful people and for the first time we have the chinese leader on top mr obama second and i know a lot of people say that as a result a kneejerk response to the midterm elections and fair enough but i mean there is something to that now and maybe not speaking as a do you as a de

i think the energy for change in north korea is growing. we do not know when this energy will reach critical mass. >> suarez: you've mentioned that seoul is very close to the north korean border. do you get the sense when are you there that this is a city always on defensive alert, that always has to be thinking about the possibility of an attack? >> absolutely, ray. because it's so close and because of the way the north has amassed its forces, remember that the north has the fourth largest army in the world, over a million men. huge, huge network of artillery systems, 13,000 or so. the largest special ops forces i'm told in the world. and most of it, 70% of it in the last couple of decades has been moved right up against the dmz. now a lot of it is hidden underground but right up against the dmz, as i said, so close to where we are standing here. so the prospect of surprise attack is a very real one and that's not to mention the fact that of course they've got missiles, enough plutonium for it's believed six nuclear devices. and authoritie

bosworth visited south korea and china before flying to japan. north korea offered to allow u.n. nuclear inspectors into its uranium enrichment facility and recently called for unconditional talks with south korea at an early date. sasae and bosworth discussed the north's strategy and exchanged views on china's proposal to hold meetings of the six-party talks on the north's nuclear program. but they agreed that they will continue to urge north korea to take concrete action toward dismantling its nuclear facilities as a precondition for resuming talks. two officials confirmed that japan, the united states and south korea will continue to coordinate their positions on north korea. >>> the chinese government says president hu jintao will visit the united states for four days starting the 18th of this month. it will be the president's first visit to the u.s. in five years. the chinese foreign ministry announced details of the trip on friday. it says hu will meet u.s. president barack obama in washington on the 19th. china views the trip as one of its most important diplomatic events

bosworth visited south korea and china before flying to japan. north korea offered to allow u.n. nuclear inspectors into its uranium enrichment facility and recently called for unconditional talks with south korea at an early date. sasae and bosworth discussed the north's strategy and exchanged views on china's proposal to hold meetings of the six-party talks on the north's nuclear program. but they agreed that they will continue to urge north korea to take concrete action toward dismantling its nuclear facilities as a precondition for resuming talks. two officials confirmed that japan, the united states and south korea will continue to coordinate their positions on north korea. >>> the chinese government says president hu jintao will visit the united states for four days starting the 18th of this month. it will be the president's first visit to the u.s. in five years. the chinese foreign ministry announced details of the trip on friday. it says hu will meet u.s. president barack obama in washington on the 19th. china views the trip as one of its most important diplomatic events

on north korea's nuclear program. deputy secretary of state james steinberg will visit seoul tokyo and beijing over a three-day period january 26th. the announcement came shortly after north korea's leaders announced high-level military talks with the south on thursday. the north wants to explain its artillery attack on yeonpyeong island in november and its alleged sinking of a south korean ship in march. in response to the proposal, the south has suggested the two sides hold preliminary talks. meanwhile in washington, chinese president hu jintao expressed concern about north korea's uranium enrichment program for the first time during the summit with barack obama on wednesday. an nhk reporter says the united states wants to use the tour by the official to boost collaboration among the three asian countries and persuade north korea's government to take concrete action towards denuclearization. >>> japanese prosecutors have decided not to indict a former coast guard officer who leaked video footage of the conclusion be

her book nothing to indy, ordinary lives in north korea. how did you get access to north korea? >> i spent about seven years interviewing north koreans, not in north korea, but in south three of in their round the chinese border. you can't get to anybody in north korea. i found north koreans to be quite talkative when they get out of the country. painstakingly keeping together the story which in my mind, 1984. >> these number three is that you spoke with talented they escape? with a visiting south korea? >> everybody had to escape. basically it is a large prison. there are not allowed out of their country. these are people partially when they were starving to death crossed rivers the border china and tried to make new lives for themselves. the funny thing is that when they were in north korea although they were starving they had fed his propaganda that they lived in the best country in the world. we have nothing to indian the world. then they come out and realize that people eat rice and have television and can read whatever they want. >> you found that there were pretty unaware

this too far because it fears the collapse of north korea because the bulk of north korea's population in industry is in the northern part of north korea, and were you to have a collapse of the state, you could have millions of north korean refugees flooding across the river into china itself, and china is, you know, is very much afraid of that, so why it wants a regime that's more tolerable and more like china itself more than the kind of stalinist monstrosity, at the same time, china is very fearful of a collapse, so china is upholding the status quo in north korea, but my opinion is a regime like this is ultimately not viable in the world we live in today and that were the north korea regime were to unravel suddenly, you could have the mother of all humanitarian interventions because on one day the north korean people would be the semistarving north korean people with a population comparable to that of iraq is the responsibility of the north korean regime. the next day it could be the responsibility of the international community which in effect means the responsibility of the u.s.

test from north korea this year and it's transition also in terms of and you don't want to skip ahead but often when you have elections in two thousand and twelve the process begins in two thousand and eleven and as we start this year whether it's elections in the united states in russia in egypt all around the world the process in north korea which is not an election but a process that's supposed to culminate in two thousand and twelve this is a year of transition and it's unclear how it's going to work out i think broadly speaking it's a year of transition in that unless they repeal the law of supply and demand the economies in the u.s. and europe should improve over the course of the year so. it's a big twixt in-between year i think jim if i can stay with you you're also an expert on iran what do you think of that ratcheting up more pressure another round of sanctions. the use of force is still on the table as it were i mean this could be a big year when there's a lot of inflation in iran there's a lot of the sanctions are taking in effect and we see. again the issue of refined pet

him. >> anything on nuclear sites in north korea? >> i'm not going to characterize what the governor told the deputy secretary. >> did you get an answer about the protests in tel aviv? >> a small number of people came to the residence. they tossed one tear gas cannister. we did not see this as an attack on the ambassador's residence. >> in that letter from netanyahu, should we interpret that as the timing of that as connected to the issue of settle ments? >> that's a question for the israeli government. we are reviewing the letter. this is an issue that has come up from time to time in our discussions with israeli leaders, this one and others and we'll review the letter. >> the e.a.u., the terms in particular on visa bans. i know there are economic sanctions in place. anything more that the u.s. might do to make it displeasure known? >> there are things we will re-evaluate in light of what has happened here as we have made clear. i think you will see a statement by secretary clinton and the high representative but we think this is re

test from north korea this year and it's transition also in terms of and you don't want to skip ahead but often when you have elections in two thousand and twelve the process begins in two thousand and eleven and as we start this year whether it's elections in the united states in russia in egypt all around the world the process in north korea which is not an election but a process that's supposed to culminate in two thousand and twelve this is a year of transition and it's unclear how it's going to work out i think broadly speaking it's a year of transition in that unless they've repealed the law of supply and demand the economies in the u.s. and europe should improve over the course of the year so. it's a big twixt in-between year i think jim if i can stay with you you're also an expert on iran what do you think of that ratcheting up more pressure another round of sanctions. the use of force is still on the table as it were i mean this could be a big year when there's a lot of inflation in iran there's a lot of the sanctions are taking in effect and we see. again the issue of refine

test from north korea this year and it's transition also in terms of and you don't want to skip ahead but often when you have elections in two thousand and twelve the process begins in two thousand and eleven and as we start this year whether it's elections in the united states in russia in egypt all around the world the process in north korea which is not an election but a process that's supposed to culminate in two thousand and twelve this is a year of transition and it's unclear how it's going to work out i think broadly speaking it's a year of transition in that unless they repeal the law of supply and demand the economies in the u.s. and europe should improve over the course of a year or so. it's a bit to extend between your i think jim if i can stay with you you're also an expert on iran what do you think of that ratcheting up more pressure another round of sanctions. the use of force is still on the table as it were i mean this could be a big year with there's a lot of inflation in iran there's a lot of the sanctions are taking in effect and we see. again the issue of refined p

test from north korea this year and it's transition also in terms of and you don't want to skip ahead but often when you have elections in two thousand and twelve the process begins in two thousand and eleven and as we start this year whether it's elections in the united states in russia in egypt all around the world the process in north korea which is not an election but a process that's supposed to culminate in two thousand and twelve this is a year of transition and it's unclear how it's going to work out i think broadly speaking it's a year of transition in that unless they've repealed the law of supply and demand the economies in the u.s. and europe should improve over the course of the year so. it's a big twixt in-between year i think jim if i can stay with you you're also an expert on iran what do you think of that ratcheting up more pressure another round of sanctions. the use of force is still on the table as it were i mean this could be a big year with there's a lot of inflation in iran there's a lot of the sanctions are taking in effect and we see. again the issue of refine

test from north korea this year and it's transition also in terms of and you don't want to skip ahead but often when you have elections in two thousand and twelve the process begins in two thousand and eleven and as we start this year whether it's elections in the united states in russia in egypt all around the world the process in north korea which is not an election but a process that's supposed to culminate in two thousand and twelve this is a year of transition and it's unclear how it's going to work out i think broadly speaking it's a year of transition in that unless they repeal the law of supply and demand the economies in the u.s. and europe should improve over the course of the year so. it's a big twixt in-between year i think jim if i can stay with you you're also an expert on iran what do you think of that ratcheting up more pressure another round of sanctions. the use of force is still on the table as it were i mean this could be a big year when there's a lot of inflation in iran there's a lot of the the sanctions are taking in effect and we see. again the issue of refined

korea or because they fear that if north korea collapses they will look at a level of refugees they've never seen before? >> i think it's both. and i think it's also a calculation about... and where we may have differing calculations about how best to influence north korea's behavior. >> rose: on the behavioral side, do you see in your contact at the united nations on the part of the chinese a new sense of confidence and esteem about the role they can play? a real recognition that we know who we are and what we've become beyond the fact that we've had a civilization that goes back thousands of years? >> i think that there is a greater degree of confidence in chinese diplomacy. it's usually manifest in quiet confidence. once in a while it gets a little more assertive but that's not that often. not that often. and i find in my dealings everyday with them that they are pragmatic, they're rational, and they're surprisingly transparent and refreshingly transparent in terms of... >> rose: meaning they'll tell you exactly what they think and feel? >> yes. in most instances yes. >> rose: and s

after north korea is iran, afghanistan, saudi arabia, and somalia. >> worldwide, worst place is primarily in the muslim world. >> christian persecution increased significant in places like iraq jumping to no. 8 up from 17 last year. >> iraq has jumped specifically because of the inteional targeting of the christian community of extremist of the factionsof iraq. al-qaeda indicated on its websites, christians were quote, legitimate targets for their holy warriors. >> just before christmas, muslim waged attas including a massacre at a baghdad church. >> we are labelling it religiouside, they want to exterminate all christians from the country of iraq. >> the obama administration is condemning e attacks. state department is deeply concerned about what appears to be a rising number of attacks on christians in middle east and africa. ephram aham the cbn news. >>> christians in egypare cryinout. egyptian officials blame al-qaeda. egypt christians say the government does nothing to protect them. heather sells has more. >> reporter: they are trying to determine if home grown islamic radicals were