the prime minister is aligned with hezbollah. i was surprised to see this headline coming up now as opposed to a couple months ago when has a lot -- hezbollah was in charge of the government. the u.s. was very supportive of a pro-western government which has changed and now they don't want to send arms to lebanon. they are concerned where that could go. it could go to hezbollah which is very hostile towards israel. we witnessed two wars. one in 1996 and another in 2006 where israel and hezbollah were fighting across that border and there is concern that another war could happen. >> host: back in 2006 the war between israel and hezbollah sparked by hezbollah kidnapping two israeli soldiers. we spent 32 days documenting the outgoing israeli artillery shells and the reason washington was sending arms to the lebanese government is to create a counterbalance through hezbollah who were getting their arms from syria and iran so we wanted to beef up the strength of the lebanese government but now that hezbollah is the lebanese government

the prime minister is aligned with hezbollah there. i was surprised to see this headline commission are now as opposed to a couple of months ago when his blood got in control of the government. the u.s. -- when hezbollah got in control of the government. the u.s. is a little concerned about where it could go if we send arms to hezbollah. we witnessed two wars, one in 1996 and another in 2006, where a of hezbollah and israel were fighting across that border. guest: back in 2006, and we have a chapter in the book about this, about the war between israel and hezbollah, we spent 34 days on the border documenting the katisha katyusha -- the katish fighters. we wanted to beef up the strength of the lebanese government. what you are seeing is they are finally catching of to the political changes that are happening on the ground. host: a man wearing an explosive bolts was arrested as he tried to enter the offices of the largest opposition group. how does that factor into the whole situation in the mideast? guest: and jordan is like all of now

, that is one of the most interesting aspects of the society has hezbollah has managed to create. i like to say that the women of hezbollah are really the cornerstone to the movement and are what has turned into something that has such an enduring and resilient bedrock. so each time there's a war, and i mean 1993, 1996, 2006, there's massive amounts of destruction. people's homes are destroyed every time. people's kids get killed. and for it to happen once, anything can happen for instance. for people to be willing with good cheer and high energy to volunteer again and again for this requires something has hezbollah managed to do which is buy in at the level of households at homes. and it's the women in these households who hezbollah has worked really hard to reach and teach and inculcate into their view, and these women become the bedrock of the ideas and of the willingness to fight for them. so i write about this a fair amount in the book. these mothers, martyrs for example, have a very different flavor or psychological profile than mothers of martyrs, i'm going to god or the we

you had said that hezbollah and iran have already established some sort of infrastructure? >> yes. >> what kind of evidence is there for that. >> i think there's a great deal of evidence. if you read what the fbi has written about it and has said publicly, there are strong al-qaeda organizations -- or hezbollah organizations in north carolina, in new york, montreal, toronto, vancouver. along with the iranian intelligence service to keep an eye on the young shah and his followers but it's clearly to have a dual use which is to strike back against us. it's not talked about very much. you know, the bush administration talked about saddam having a terrorist capability here and, of course, he didn't. but the iranians absolutely have a presence here. >> okay. thank you. on our left in the third row. >> i have a question and ask for a comment on the failure of the intelligence community which is part -- you know, which has rapidly grown in funding and also power in the united states, and, you know, is a large part responsible, i feel, for these wars that we engage in and their sug

first of all, you think if the eu was more cooperative in trying to cut off funds to hezbollah that we could have that organization dry up because they have said so themselves. >> i don't think we could end hezbollah, but we could make things incredibly difficult for them. they use europe as a base, they use it as a staging point and the united states has passed legislation requesting time and again the european union to lift hezbollah as a formal terrorist organization. that needs to happen and it needs to happen sooner rather than later. we have seen no fruits of any sort of engagement except for the fact that europe is nothing more than, as they say themselves, a political, moral and fund-raising base. >> wow. i want to you make notes of everything this young lady said, because when i go to brussels, i'm certainly going to utilize that. i have a couple other questions and that is, across the northern tier of africa and the gulf area, we see the rise of, quote, unquote -- sorry for this feedback -- the rise of, quote, unquote, the freedom movement. what is it. >> the arab spring move

. >> women in hezbollah, that is one of the most interesting aspects of this society that hezbollah has managed to create. i like to say that the women of hezbollah are really the cornerstone of the movement and are what has turned it into something that has such an enduring and resilient bedrock, so each time there is a war. 1993 and 1996, 2006, there were massive amounts of destruction. people's homes were destroyed every time. peoples kids would get killed, and for it to happen once anything can happen once. for people to be willing with good cheer and high energy to volunteer again and again for this requires something that hezbollah managed to do which is buy-in at the level of household at home and the women in the households who hezbollah has worked hard to reach and teach and advocate into their view and these women become the bedrock of the ideas and of the willingness to fight for that. so, i write about this a fair amount in the book. he smothers, and martyrs for example have a very different flavor say or psychological profile then mothers of martyrs and men in god on the we

. >> under the title "assistance from hezbollah and iran to al qaeda," the report concludes we believe this topic requires further investigation by the u.s. government. and that's what prompted melon to dig further. >> we took one interview to the next, one tip, one lead, one bit of evidence to the next step. it's now taken us since july of '04 to firmly establish the truth indeed it was iran who assisted al qaeda. >> the 9/11 commission report found several of the 9/11 hijackers traveled through iran into or out of afghanistan without ever getting their passports stamped but the commission found no evidence that iran or hezbollah, the state department sanctioned terror group that is supported by iran, were ever aware of the planning for the attacks. in the lawsuit filed in new york, melon and other attorneys allege iran and hezbollah were involved in the planning. what is your strongest evidence? >> our strongest evidence is the fact that the people who wrote the two pages on the 9/11 commission report calling for further investigation have now given us very long and detailed affidavi

iran and hezbollah collided and worked together with al qaeda to in a sill tate the 9/11 attacks. we are taking a closer look out behind these stunning allegations. is there any truth to them? and sarah palin's star has faded since the last presidential election. but this weekend she kicks off a national tour. is that the start of a run for the white house in 2012? we are trying to sift through all the clues. breaking news. political headlines and jeanne moos straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> slowly, too slowly, for many residents of joplin missouri. they are learning more, though about the loved ones who vanished during this week's devastating tornado. state officials released a list of 232 missing people far below earlier estimates at 1,500. officials concede some on the list are dead. the current toll is 125. they say that number will rise. the process by identifying the deceased can be very, very difficult, relying on medical records and dna. some families are very angry that they can't even visit the morgue to search for relatives. let's g

>> well, of course, iran finances... >> rose: hamas and hezbollah. >> well, much more hezbollah than hamas. >> rose: who finances hamas? >> they get financing from other arab states, from other wealthy people andome fromran as well. they're financed by a varie of.... >> rose: turkey said to me in a conversation in ankara about four weeks ago, "we don't consider hamas a terrorist organization. >> that's right. they do not. >> rose: can other countries play a role here? can turkey play a role? >> yes. turkey can play a role. turkey played a significant role in trying to encourage syria and israel negotiations in 2008. and made significant advance which is unfortunately were disrupted and ended when the gaza operation began in 2008 and weave encouraged turkey to be involved more now. right now, of course, there's no prospect of any movement on syria given what is occurring in that country but we think turkey can play a significant role and we think one of the real issues... i mentioned earlier the increasing international isolation of israel which is very harm to feel israel and very ba

as long as the terrorist state of iran supports hamas and hezbollah and hides behind the terrorists and defines the international community, america will stand against iran. for our sake, and for israel's sake. [applause] iran's terrorists are only the beginning of the problem. they are pursuing nuclear weapon cape the and the ability to launch them in israel. these weapons could reach europe. that would destabilize the region making existing conflicts volatile and more dangerous. the regime threatens the national security of israel and the united states. we will not sit back and watch it develop nuclear weapons capability. [applause] this is why we work so hard to pass last year's bill. it says if you pursue nuclear weapons, you put your economy at risk. i thank each of you here tonight because it was your hard work that got this bill to the president's desk. [applause] many of you personally came to capitol hill and made clear the urgent case for passing these sanctions, not just any sanctions, the aipac team was there to make sure we pass the strongest legislation possible. you shoul

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this provides a sanctum for hezbollah, and destabilize the region. >> how do you know this? >> if the people rise up and the dictator of guns down as many people as possible, you have to make a decision. if you think that this dictator is good to keep. it would be good to lose them. >> thank you very much. one part of the arab world where the u.s. has been involved is the republic of yemen. they have earned the country's reputation as a haven for the islamic militants. the third year old rule of america's allies has been threatened by the protests. he promised not to extend his rule beyond 2013, but the -- he and they are losing patience with the president. we managed to get into yemen to bring this report. >> for the united states, this country is all about the war on terror. the partner in yemen is in trouble. >> i am not going back to my tribe. go out. >> the president is holding on. the outcry is proving stronger expected.united states i both are dealing with a new force. the people. >> the stretches for miles and miles. all this began as a sit-in by a few students. repr

in lebanon, hezbollah cast out a freely elected government and dominates the country. every day, that terrorist organization gets more weapons from syria and from iran. looming over the entire region, of course, the iranian regime and the threat there and in the wider world. there is no doubt that the regime has taken notice of how the united states has responded to the threats in libya and in north korea. if anyone here still doubts the regime of's request of nuclear- weapons, i think you are optimistic. if anyone thinks we can contain the aggression and terrorist of version of a nuclear arms iran, you may not be just optimistic, but somewhat delusional. now, the best threat -- the best remedy for the threat in the world is for the people of iran to rise up and deflate the that regime just as the people of tunisia and egypt have risen up and replaced their regimes. [applause] we all hope that the regimes in libya and in syria will be replaced to the peoples of those countries can escape t yranny. we should make it clearer than it has been for the last two years that a

in lebanon, hezbollah casted out a freely elected government and dominates that country, and every day that terrorist organization committed to the destruction of israel with weapons from syria and iran, and looming over the entire region, of course, the iranian regime and the threat it poses there and in the wider world, and there's no doubt that the regime in iran has taken notice how the united states has responded to the threats in libya versus how it has responded to the threats in north korea. in anyone here doubts the iranian's regime quest for nuclear weapons, i think you're awfully optimistic. anyone who thinks we can contain the aggression and terrorist's version of a nuclear armed iran, you may not just be on optimistic, but somewhat dilutional. [laughter] [applause] the best remedy to the threat of the world is for the people of iran to rise up and replace that regime just as the people of tunisia and egypt rose up and replaced their regimes. [applause] now, we all hope that the regimes in libya and syria will be replaced as well so that the peoples of those countries can e

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they worry about your support of hamas and hezbollah. th worry about the conflict with israel. what do you say to those ople who raise those points that they have relations they have with turkey may be changing? >> rose: i think there is a wrong question here. there was a question before, who lost turkey. >> re: yes. >> it means those who are (inaudible) not part of the west. no, we are part of the western because we are a member of nato and we are, indeed, a way of the full membership of e.u.. so no country in nato can claim that they are more active in nato than turkey. rose: you have troops in afghanistan. >> yeah. turkish contribution in nato has increased tremendously everywhere. turkey'sn the forefront of nato's diplomacy. security policy. >> rose: so when you want to say... >> there is no change in the sense of our orientation in nato or e.u. during our government, we have started negotiations with e.u.. so it means our orientations with e.u. and nato have increased. at the same time, our relationship with our neighborhood has increased. >> rose: a what's been the talyst

and the way you know that is if you look at the strategy of hamas, hezbollah and iran. what is their strategy? it is to make sure israel must never leave the west bank. okay? because as long as israel's there, that is the key to their strategy for globally delegitimizing israel. why play into that strength? >> he gets 29, 28 standing ovations in congress. >> you know, there's a parallel between what the palestinians could get at the u.n. and what the israelis can get in congress. they can both stand up and read the phone book and be assured that a bunch of knuckleheads in the audience will stand and give them a standing ovation. so, but let's think about how bb bibby could have gotten a standing ovation. that would also have been in his long-term interest. let's say bibi had stood before congress and said, you know, my fellow friends and my american friends, your president, president obama, has come to me and said that he believes that there's an opportunity here to break through with the palestinians. i have to tell you, i personally don't believe it. but i know one th

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and the way you know that is if you look at the strategy of hamas, hezbollah and iran. what is their strategy? it is to make sure israel must never leave the west bank. okay? because as long as israel's there, that is the key to their strategy for globally delegitimizing israel. why play into that strength? >> he gets 29, 28 standing ovations in congress. >> you know, there's a parallel between what the palestinians could get at the u.n. and what the israelis can get in congress. they can both stand up and read the phone book and be assured that a bunch of knuckleheads in the audience will stand and give them a standing ovation. so but let's think about how bb could have really gotten a standing ovation. that would also have been in his long-term interest. let's say bb had stood before congress and said, you know, my fellow friends and my american friends, your president, president obama, has come to me and said that he believes that there's an opportunity here to break through with the palestinians. i have to tell you, i personally don't believe it. but i know one thin

first of all, you think if the eu was more cooperative in trying to cut off funds to hezbollah that we could have that organization dry up because they have said so themselves. >> i don't think we could end hezbollah, but we could make things incredibly difficult for them. they use europe as a base, they use it as a staging point and the united states has passed legislation requesting time and again the european union to lift hezbollah as a formal terrorist organization. that needs to happen and it needs to happen sooner rather than later. we have seen no fruits ofny sort of engagement except for the ct that erope i nothing more than, as they say themselves, a political, moral and fund-raising base. >> wow. i want to you make notes of everything this young lady said, because when i go to brussels, i'm certainly going to utilize that. i have a couple other questions and that is, across the northern tier of africa and the gulf area, we see the rise of, quote, unquote -- sorry for this feedback -- the rise of, quote, unquote, the freedom movement. what is it. >> the arab spring movement.

chris: and that means hezbollah, too. >> yes. chris: thank you. when we return, the big question for the week for us, has the bush administration gotten enough credit for the bin laden success? chris: welcome back, this week's big question, has the bush team gotten enough credit for the bin laden killing. rick? >> i don't think they have. they've been speaking up about saying that actually the human intelligence which they emphasized played a big role in this and we all know particularly on intelligence matters, it's a baton one president hands off to another and obama has been gracious about saying that bush deserves credit. >> i think they've gotten enough. they've been all over television and president bush's decision not to go to ground zero was a personal thing. >> i think they should be getting credit. keep in mind that the c.i.a. chris: getting enough? >> i haven't been watching t.v. all week. >> president obama thought that president bush should get credit because he invited him to go to ground zero. i think the reason bush didn't go, the

chris: and that means hezbollah, too. >> yes. chris: thank you. when we return, the big question for the week for us, has the bush administration gotten enough success? almost two billion tons of freight move around this country every year... and control centers like this keep track of it all. it takes advanced telemetry and satellite tracking acoustic detectors and friction modifiers. high tech innovations that help rail move our economy. freight rail companies invest billions of their own dollars - not taxpayers' money - to make rail safe, reliable, efficient and affordable. it takes tons of technology to haul tons of freight. chris: welcome back, this week's big question, has the bush team gotten enough credit for the bin laden killing. rick? >> i don't think they have. they've been speaking up about saying that actually the human intelligence which they emphasized played a big role in this and we all know particularly on intelligence matters, it's a baton one president hands off to another and obama has been gracious about saying that bush des

chris: and that means hezbollah, too. >> yes. chris: thank you. when we return, the big question for the week for us, has the bush administration gotten enough success? chris: welcome back, this week's big question, has the bush team gotten enough credit for the bin laden killing. rick? >> i don't think they have. they've been speaking up about saying that actually the human intelligence which they emphasized played a big role in this and we all know particularly on intelligence matters, it's a baton one president hands off to another and obama has been gracious about saying that bush deserves credit. >> i think they've gotten enough. they've been all over television and president bush's decision not to go to ground zero was a personal thing. >> i think they should be getting credit. keep in mind that the c.i.a. chris: getting enough? >> i haven't been watching t.v. all week. >> president obama thought that president bush should get credit because he invited him to go to ground zero. i think the reason bush didn't go, the photograph of the two of

chris: and that means hezbollah, too. >> yes. chris: thank you. when we return, the big question for the week for us, has the bush administration gotten enough success? [ woman ] this icelandic mud was working wonders on my skin. but if it was going to do the same for my spa, i had to figure out a way to get it back to the states. so i called my citibank small business expert. he got me a line of credit to make it happen and even improved my cash flow. now, my spa has more business than ever. ...and so does our cleaning crew. [ male announcer ] at citibank, we believe small business is a big deal. what's your story? citibank can help you write it. chris: welcome back, this week's big question, has the bush team gotten enough credit for the bin laden killing. rick? >> i don't think they have. they've been speaking up about saying that actually the human intelligence which they emphasized played a big role in this and we all know particularly on intelligence matters, it's a baton one president hands off to another and obama has been gracious about s

they support terrorist groups like hezbollah and hamas. so why not just say, he needs to be removed? >> well, you're right, that iran is supporting them. and we're calling them out on it. but i think we also know that there are many different forces at work in syria. and we think it would be better if the people of syria themselves made it clear to assad that there have to be charges. >> the whole notion of regime change isn't working very well in libya, is it? >> i disagree with that. i think we are seeing slow but steady progress. the pressure on the gadhafi regime has increased to the point that gadhafi's wife and daughter fled across the border into tunisia in the last two days. the oil minister has defected. so we're making progress. i wish it would go faster. they certainly wish it would go faster. but we're on the right path. >> why does the killing of civilians in libya justify u.s. military involvement, but the killing of civilians in syria does not? >> there's no one size fits all, and there's no magic wand. if there were, we'd b

in lebanon, it sponsors the militant anti-israeli organization hezbollah. but it's withdrawn its own forces from lebanon after years of direct meddling in the country's affairs. to the north, it's built close relations with turkey. both states keen to contain kurdish nationalism. but it's been accused by its eastern neighbor iraq, a facilitating terror attack there, and crucially, it's allied with iran. the partnership is regarded with horror by america and arab gulf states. as the regime attempts to crush the protesters, it claims they would plunge the country into chaos, including religious conflict between so many muslims and the minority of the president and some of his senior officials. conflicts that might spread beyond syria's borders. a claim the opposition will dispute. >> this is across the board grass roots revolution and against the corruption of the assad family. it's not a sectarian revolution. it's not anti-christian. no one wants to establish an islamic state. it's all about establishing a civic society, a political, democratic, accountable

very sensitive but you also have all these connections that syria has with iran we believe and use hezbollah as well with that i just didn't have mass which with me make it very dangerous for the so-called international community to come we are minutes early intervention in syria we have no answer to your president bashar assad's regime and that is why i think that all these bases are engaged in the get out don't want president bashar assad to mediate to have turnitin. at a very dangerous you creation of the region in the way and with that instead the center is that everything that we see or basically saying would be a little too hot to handle. well i think. that's according to you all the or most of the country that have the convenient starts in the united states i mean they made it clear the u.s. is itself that there have been facing a quagmire in iraq until a few time ago the same speed dating in afghanistan we've seen them in the media and then they retired a little bit because they saw that there was no exit that was evident and it was obvious in the lincoln case and that's why they don

people situation in israel to also have all these connections that syria has with iran you can even use hezbollah as well. based in your house which would mean very dangerous for. national community with the military intervention in syria we know. president bashar assad's regime in the u.k. led the charge in pushing for a quicker response to the syrian crackdown and british foreign secretary william hague said he welcomes the sanctions but the battle weary britain is this looks all too familiar it's more than six weeks since sanctions on libya which adds to failure and the public has grown at the diplomatic dice against syria can only prompt a similar fate and see the mediterranean gunships sail east lower and it's arty. and pacing sanctions which have proven in a fish and in the past a more about grabbing power in the region than protecting civilians says chandan from the british civilians for peace in libya. the west would like the syrian regime like the libyan regime like with hizbollah and the palestinian resistance to disappear yesterday now achieving that is a whole different kettle of fish

they support terrorist groups like hezbollah and hamas. so why not just say he needs to be removed? >> well, you're right. that iran is supporting them and we're calling them out on it. but i think we also know that there are many different forces at work in syria, and we think it would be better if the people of syria themselves made it clear to assad that there would have to be changes. >> couric: the whole notion of regime change isn't working very well in libya, is it? >> i disagree with that. i think we are seeing slow but steady progress. the pressure on the qaddafi regime has increased to the point that qaddafi's wife and daughter fled across the border into tunisia in the last two days. the oil minister has defected. so we're making progress. i wish it would go faster. they certainly wish it would go faster. but we're on the right path. >> couric: why does the killing of civilians in libya justify u.s. military involvement but the killing of civilians in syria does not? >> there's no one-size-fits-all and there's no magic wand. if there were, we'd be waving it like crazy. an

terrorism throughout the region and well beyond the region especially when it comes to their support for hezbollah and hamas and others. i guess i would ask a couple questions in this area. there's a 2009 -- or i'm sorry, a 2011 annual worldwide threat briefing. our director of national intelligence, and it states in pertinent part -- i'm reading just a limit excerpt. it says and i quote iran has a scientific technical and industrial capacity to produce enough highly enriched uranium for a weapon in the next few years if it chooses to, unquote. and we know that one strategy alone does not a successful solution make. but we know we have sanctions in place. i'm one of the senators who is cosponsoring legislation to further enhance those sanctions. but we know sanctions are part of it and they are working and they are necessary even though we want to do more in that area. we also know diplomacy plays a huge role here and your work has demonstrated that. so we've got more to do to hold the regime accountable and i just wanted to get your sense based upon your experience and also in light of the positi

situation with israel you also have all these connections that syria has with iran you believe and hezbollah as well we just didn't have mass which we mean it is very dangerous for so-called international community to come up with a military intervention in syria we turn it seems to president bashar assad's regime the u.k. lead the charge in pushing for a quicker response to the syrian crackdown and british foreign secretary william hague said he welcomes the sanctions but to battle weary britons this looks all too familiar it's more than six weeks since sanctions on libya would judge to failure and the public face the role of the diplomatic dice against syria can only prompt a similar fate and see the mediterranean gunships sail east. london. imposing sanctions which prevent inefficient in the past a more about grabbing power in the region and protecting civilians says towns and the need. for peace in the. the west would like the syrian regime like the libyan regime like with hizbollah and the palestinian resistance to disappear yesterday now achieving that is a whole different kettle of fi

official situation in israel you also have all these connections that syria has with iran you can even use hezbollah as well. just in your house we should make it very dangerous for the whole national community to come with a military intervention in syria we know. president bashar assad's regime the u.k. led the charge in pushing for a quicker response to the syrian crackdown and british foreign secretary william hague said he welcomes the sanctions but to battle weary britons this looks all too familiar it's more than six weeks since sanctions on libya would judge to failure and the public role in the diplomatic syria can only prompt a similar fate and see the mediterranean gunships sail east and its r.t. . e.u. sanctions the struggle for world dominance and the protection of civilians. in the cold. in libya. the west would like the syrian regime like the libyan regime like with hizbollah and the palestinian resistance to disappear yesterday now even that is a whole different kettle of fish i think where the west is now in this historical moment everyone knows that the uni polar world has finished

and hezbollah are all supported and backed by syria and syria is the only neighbor of israel besides lebanon which is a very different case altogether. there are signs of border agreement with israelis they are in the city effectively in a state of war and the situation changes in egypt and of course it's complicated who knows what's going to happen in egypt to go i think that whether the americans like it or not there are forces at play in egypt will that will cause more pressure on the government to to support the people in gaza and i think that in general when you have a situation with like that with syria which is supporting these groups and then you have a new situation in gaza israelis will definitely be feeling more and more uncomfortable to say the least so it's aren't going to go down when we head mind boggling my it's mind boggling jonathan should say they've lived in peace with thirty two years the syrian the israelis and syrians whereas if i was a couple of years ago they bombed illegally the syrian nuclear program and again as professor brierly in tehran said they have n

think that the israelis definitely do not like the syrian president or hamas the islamic jihad and hezbollah. supported and backed by syria and syria is the only neighbor of israel besides lebanon which is a very different case altogether. or that hasn't signed a border agreement with with israelis they are in the city effectively in a state of war and the situation changes in egypt and of course it's complicated who knows what's going to happen in egypt but i think that whether the americans like it or not there are forces at play in egypt will that will cause more pressure on the government to to support the people in gaza and i think that in general when you have a situation with like that with syria which is supporting these groups and then you have a new situation in gaza israelis will definitely be feeling more and more uncomfortable to say the least so arrant go ahead is really going on with the way ahead mind boggling. it's mind boggling that jonathan should say they have lived in peace with thirty two years with syria the israelis and syrians whereas if i was a couple of years ago t

investigation of the death of pakistani president, the hostage crisis of beirut and the struggle against hezbollah against many other things. he is here today to talk about his new book chasing shadows. he talks about how he was fascinated with the 1973 assassination of the 10 it renault josef alon from bethesda maryland. interestingly enough, as a high schooler, fred had a job at a nearby gas station in bethesda and cut chile's he probably pumped gas for the colonel before his assassination. he may have had a brush with him in the early '70s by the time he became involved with the assassination was very cold case and the book recounts how he became interested and how he pursued for the killers. now i will turn it over. before we get started if you have cellphones or devices, please turn them off and fred will talk about 35 for 40 minutes then we will take questions and answers at the end. ladies and gentlemen,, fred burton. [applause] >> thank you for having me today. i appreciate the international spy museum for agreeing to host my book launch and that is very kind of you. before i get started o

point well i think the israelis definitely do not like the syrian president hamas this time it's been hezbollah are all supported and backed by syria and syria is the only neighbor of israel besides lebanon which is a very different case altogether. but hasn't signed a border agreement with the israelis they are in the city effectively in a state of war and the situation changes in egypt and of course it's complicated who knows what's going to happen in egypt but i think that whether the americans like it or not there are forces at play in egypt will that will cause more pressure on the government to to support people in gaza and i think that in general when you have a situation with like that with syria which is supporting these groups and then you have a new situation in gaza israelis will definitely be feeling more and more uncomfortable to say the least so. go ahead is really going on with the way ahead mind boggling my it's mind boggling that jonathan should say they have lived in peace for thirty two years but syria the israelis and syrians whereas in fact a couple of years ago they had p

first of all, you think if the eu was more cooperative in trying to cut off funds to hezbollah that we could have that organization dry up because they have said so themselves. >> i don't think we could end hezbollah, but we could make things incredibly difficult for them. they use europe as a base, they use it as a staging point and the united states has passed legislation requesting time and again the european union to lift hezbollah as a formal terrorist organization. that needs to happen and it needs to happen sooner rather than later. we have seen no fruits of any sort of engagement except for e fact that europe is nothing more than, as they say themselves, a political, moral and fund-raising base. >> wow. i want to you make notes of everything this young lady said, because when i go to brussels, i'm certainly going to utilize that. i have a couple other questions and that is, across the northern tier of africa and the gulf area, we see the rise of, quote, unquote -- sorry for this feedback -- the rise of, quote, unquote, the freedom movement. what is it. >> the arab spring moveme

years people want a better life crossing the border now you have this partido of security and drugs and hezbollah that drives the the regular media but it's also you know it's a lot of politicians actually means causes tale well i think it has happened here chris thank you so much for joining us tonight. now don't go anywhere without warning i still show interest coming out and grab a drink for i'm happy our segment artie's getting churchill and a rapper bill rammell is going to talk about some criminals purchase a really really bad a deal perhaps he felt that the. let's not forget that we in the park right. i think. he'd want to well. we have a government says they're safe get ready because of their freedom. a charter broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. new web site it's twenty four seven live streaming news towns like thank you about the ongoing financial hardship unlimited free high quality videos for download. and stories you never saw in mainstream. media so. the political. parties are just saying. hey guys welcome to charlotte tell me i'm going to show

and if you do the research and see what hezbollah has become. it's a nonstate, nonuniform belligerent armies. very capable military. such capable military right now that they have missiles in their arsenal that can strike every city in israel. but yet we don't see them as being part of an enemy. you know, back some time ago in the early 1800s we had an incident with some folks we called the barbary pirates and here we are in the 21st century battlefield we have the exact same and we have these individuals called the somali pirates but yet we don't know how to contend with them. that was one of the questions that i asked one of the defense legal team when they came over to testify. how do you classify the somali pirates? are they just criminals that when they kill americans as we know they did with those four individuals who were on a u.s. flagged commercial vessel, their own private vessel and we give them constitutional rights and bring them back or do we see them as 21st century battlefield or do we see them as an islamic terrorist army? that

. >> the real danger, and other real danger is a group lining hezbollah. >> you're laughing, bob, because you had to do that to get into the s.e.a.l.s, right? >> no, you take the guy that was the leader of the attack, mohammed atta, if you had gone to the cafe in ham burg, you wouldn't have recognized him as a military operative, because he has no military background. he was an unhappy student from egypt, he was planning, and shopped for the best flight schools by going on to the internet. the vulnerability, in my view, have been substantially reduced after 9/11. i think this is an indication that we have a tremendous amount of capability and the success that came out of it comes from that capability, but now in my view you have to focus on e1yi79, tunisia, on building democratic regimes, which is the number one enemy of al qaeda. >> i keep thinking about this, the guy who's 20 years old as a terrorist, thug or brainpower behind it, ten years ago was a 10-year-old kid and 9/11 was ten years ago. i keep saying you can't kill all terrorists, you have to kill the reason they want to be terro

we got 12,000 rockets fired from those areas on our cities, on our children by hezbollah and hamas. the peace keepers in lebanon failed to prevent the smuggling and the weaponry. the european observers in gaza, they evaporated overnight. so if israel simply walked out of the territories, the flow of weapons into a future palestinian state would be unchecked. and missiles fired from it could reach virtually every home in israel, in less than a minute. i want you to think about that, too. imagine there's a siren going on and off, and we have less than 60 seconds to find shelter from an incoming rocket. would you live that way? do you think anybody can live that way? well, we're not going to live that way, either. the truth is that israel needs unique security arrangements, because of its unique size. it's one of the smallest countries in the world. mr. vice president, i'll grant you this. it's bigger than delaware. [ laughter ] it's even bigger than rhode island. but that's about it. [ laughter ] israel, on the 1967 lines, will be half the width of the washington beltway. now, here's

our greatest example is from hezbollah. the treasury department took action against a lebanese bank and some lebanese drug dealers who were moving drugs from south america. one of the ways that they were getting the money back to 11 on west through trade laundering. they sent that money to used car dealers in the united states, purchased their cars, and had them shipped to africa. they sold the cars and africa and took the money and send it back to lebanon on. if you moved it through something other than bills, in this case automobiles. host: judy is a republican. hi, judy. caller: my question is to ask why do we continue to fund -- oh. host: keep going. it's like you have some honking geese in the back. caller: i want to find out why we fund domestic terrorist groups and what we are going to allow them to change things in their schools to teach more of what they wanted. guest: one of the things that we need to do is have a serious discussion about values and ideas and what should be taught in schools and what should not. i

setrying to play a role and its relationships are primarily, as you know, with iran, syria, hamas, hezbollah. can turkey play its real role if that's the perception of turkey? >> well, let me ask you something, let me tell you something. with the european union, this process of ours, our process with the european union, well, is is a process that started in 1989, and this is now about 50 years, more than 50 years, we are at the doors of the european union. and there is a european union that does not still accept turkey as a member. this is their understanding. and whato we lack in turkey? what do we lack? i mean, the-- there are countries among the 27 members who are well behind turkey. so turk sepresented-- a political obstacle. weep toecome a european union member. we doing our best so that we become a member. but for the last eight years, the efforts-- i know my efforts, t, unfortunately, the european ion ill continues very clearly is-- is changing the rules of the game in the middle of t game. i mean, presenting obstacles that are not part of the european key. it is not honor. they don't